Coaching and Care of Athletes

PLATE LVI PRELIMINARY SWINGS FIG. r 8z. K. Hein, Germany, E uropean record-holder in I 93 7 a t r 87 ft. 8:1- ins. F IG. r 83. P. Ryan, Ireland and U.S.A., world's record-holder in I 9I 3 a t r 8g ft . 6! ins., with the hammer at the low point. Note the hand-grip. F IG. r 84. M. C. Nokes, Grea t Britain, who broke the English record in 1923 a t r 72 ft. zt ins. , beginning to lift t he hammer over his head. F iG . r8s. H ein accelerating on the downward swing.