Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

DISCUS-THROWING I 57 above the head-the right arm is reached right up, but the left arm is bent at the elbow. When the discus is right up, the body is fully extended up– wards and leaning back a little from the hips; all the weight has now passed on to the left leg, and the thrower has risen slightly on to the toes of the right foot (sketch 1, p. 156). This movement is repeated two or three times, and then, when the throwing arm 1s well behind the body, the thrower begins to turn. ~ ... --- ...... - 5 The other variation which Taipale favours is at the et:td of the throw, when he does not reverse the feet, but lets his arms and shoulders complete the " follow through " of the throw instead. When he reaches the middle stage of the turn, with knees slightly bent (sketch 3), he straightens out the right knee in a very powerful leg-drive, getting the last impulse right from the toes themselves, so that the leg from hip to down– pointed toes is all in one straight line when the body