Coaching and Care of Athletes

THE JAVELIN THROW the line of direction, towards which the toes of the right foot are pointed. .The run-up must be gradually evolved. First knit the smooth run, the bounding strides, the cross-step, the throwing stance, and the reverse of the feet into a rhythmic, cohesive whole, working up 4 4a FIG. 152. THE JAVELIN HAND-HOLD from a walk to a trot and a gentle run before any attempt is made by the athlete to build up speed in the run and strength in the throw. The technique of the throw itself can be produced satisfactorily only if the coach insists upon all the movements being mastered by long-continued practice in slow motion. Working in slow motion, the athlete can count, "One, two, three," and so on to the beat of the correct cadence. The first thing the coach should teach the athlete is how to hold the javelin. Fig. 152, (1), (2), (2a), (3), (4), and (4a) depict the hand-hold used by J. Myrra, the first of the post-War generation sBg