Scientific Athletics

the mu cl s. hould he be in a w ak condition imme– diately before I racti , he should d fer it until a more convenient o casion, a if perform d while the muscle ar weak, inf riority of tyl and r ult would accru . If a ball cannot r adily be pro ur d, a proportionat ton will an wer th purpo e admirably. Inde d, it i at fir t very a lvi able to u e a ton , so a to ascer– tain th corr t ,veight of hot to be ultimat ly u eel. Wh n pro uring the latt r, howev r, th athlete must not choo e a light mis ile which he might inadv rtently endeavour to throw, for thi. ,v uld sooner or later occa ion mo t pr judicial eff ct , and po ibly di lo a– tion . Th refore, the hot mu t b so graduated that it cannot b literally thrown : Urn neces itating the athl t to di harg th same properly. "Cnlik th former f at, the pr . ent one command se,, ral faciliti , the principal of which i that it 'an at fir ·t be performed within a narrow margin m a uring only about 42 ft. in 1 ngth. Having securely fast ned the stanc , which should not exc eel 6 in . in h ight, m asur off 7 ft. 6 in .: th regulation pac in which to execute th initiatory moYem nt. houkl th b ginn r h cl flcient in 1 g– pow r, he may vary th clistan ·c of the nc · ary run until a particularly suitabl . pace is cl t rmined. after it may b increa. eel a cording to the · tr ngth, until th standard margin is obtain cl. In assuming th initial attituclc, practi ally all athlet s tancl parall 1 with th' ·tance, and in the po ·ture r pre– . nt d in th ac ompanying illustration. \\ pr f r, how v r, to have th heel . lightly behind the to , for by o doing we find that the movements ·an be per– form d with mor fa ilit and ,, ry powerfully and that th rapidity of th arm in shooting th ball forwards i unimp cl cl. The beginn r should as rtain and aclopt th po tur which uit · him b ·t, a no on firm d pr c d nt can b giv 'n in thi connection. 108