Olympian Field Events

36 THE OLYP.IPIAN EIELD EVENTS. THE FREE TYLE . The free style of dis us throwing has attained to great popularity among the ontinental nations and in America. o great is its popularity, indeed, that no athletic programme is consid red omplete from whi h this event is exclud d. Th p rt is gradually b coming known in Great Britain, but ports promoters are some– what slow in taking it up. The b ginner will ncounter s me diffi ulty in handling the di us, and this mu t be over ome before any att mpt at throwing is made. T h Id th di u , lay it flat up n th palm f th out tretched right hand, as h v n in the accompanying photograph, P ition 1. It is r tain d from tipping by the tips of the fingers curl d ab ut th dg , and is sup– ported by the palm f th hand and the out-turned thumb. From thi po ition the di us is swung a ross in front f th body, the ba k f th hand b ing turned upperm st as it om s acro s; the di u is th n retain d in p iti n by ntrifugal f r until it comes t rest on th palm f th 1 ft hand (P iti n 2). Th n xt thin t b 1 arn d by th novi the dis u pr p rly m: ay fr m th hand wh n the throw, and this sh uld 1 arn d fr m a p sttt n. The a 1 rat ry turn may be 1 ft al th thr v ing has be n mast r d. Th gr at t r t of th art i to au th discus t 1 a th band in u ha\ ay that it will fly gyr pi ally flat, r, in th r w rd , t mak th di u " al ." Thi i a mpli h d by imparting a r n id ra 1 spin from I ft t right on a h rizontal plan 1 y m an f th fing r– tip a th mi il 1 av s th hand. The n vi , ha in g mast r d th s points, may n w tak up his p iti n ho' n in Fig. 1, and try a throw with th turn. Wh n omf rtahly pla d in th rir 1 th ath] t swing th di. ru g ntly to and fro a ro. th b dv at fu11 t arms' 1 ngth, as d rib d in th