Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

r56 SUCCESS IN ATHLETICS which are better suited to some athletes, and are therefore worth while mentioning. The first of these variations is used by Taipale of Finland, the World's Champion at this sport, as also is th~ second, by which he seems to be able to get more power into the leg-drive. When making the movements pre– paratory to the t.)lrn Taipale does not swing the discus hor:izontally across the body; instead of work- mg up his momentum by means of the preliminary swing, he does it as follows. The feet are placed comfortably, as described in the early part of this chapter dealing with how the hand should rest on the discus and the fingers of the left hand hold the implement in place. Standing squarely on both feet, with the discus between the palms, Taipale holds the hands down I by the right side; then he slowly draws the arms up until the discus, still between the hands, is right