Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

~'54 SUCCESS IN ATHLETICS- I Champion in 1911, 1912, and 1913, which will probably do more to teach him the initial stages of the turn than any written description possibly can. In the top cinematograph picture it will be seen that the athlete, having taken up his position in the circle and made the preliminary swing as already described, is about to commence the turn; both knees are bent, the body is leaning forward, the discus is held well back. It should be observed that in no. 2 picture the athlete is thrusting off the right leg and passing the weight on to- the left leg, on which he turns ; in no. 3 the right foot has been lifted up and the turning move– ment has fairly commenced; in no. 4 the right leg is passing through to the front preparatory to being put down as the base from which the throw will be made. The reader is particularly requested to observe the arm work and to note how perfectly upright is the body, after the athlete has got fairly into l!is swing, and also that the head is kept well back throughout the move– ment so that the chest muscles are in no way contracted. Figs. 54 to 65 1 which represent A. E. Flaxman, who was second to W. E. B. Henderson in the English Championship in i91 r, 1912, and 1913, give a very fine idea of the body muscles which are brought into play, and also illustrate how well this fine thrower used to get his body forward in the turn so that pace was generated at once and he could thereby get all his body work into the throw. But, to revert to our detailed description, after the preliminary swinging the athlete gets his throwing arm well pack by turning the body round to the right while the weight rests on the right leg (see figs. 55 and 56); then whirls himself around on the left leg (see sk~t<;:h_~, p. 156, and figs. 57, 58 and 59), with lme~§