Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

172 SUCCESS IN ATHLETICS chronise with the squaring of the shoulders to the direction of the " put" (sketch 4), at this point, too, the feet are beginning to be reversed ! Care must always be taken that the hand containing the shot is kept close in to the shoulder through all the movements until the actual moment comes for shooting out the arm; if this advice is carefully adhered to, it will greatly add to the smoothness of the action throughout, and will also mean greater power in the final thrust, which will then come from the shoulder with all the weight of the body behind 4 it ; but if the arm is held out from the body, the effort will have more of the nature of a throw than a direct " put," and there will be no body work and right leg drive behind it. If this mistake is being made, a pain will soon be felt in the region of the elbow. · Attention is called to the pictu~e (fig. 67) of R. S. vVoods, from which it will be seen that he is combining the two styles above refer;red to, for while he is · keeping the elbow low and the ground foot at right angles, he ' is certainly kicking straight up to the front, and has the shoulders pretty well square to the direction of the "put." A great thing in this game is to know how to get the shot away from the hand. This should most certainly be done by giving the last impulse from the wrist and finally from the three middle fingers as well, which should be accomplished in such a way that a spin, if so it can be called, is imparted to the shot ; if this is properly done, the hand will be turned palm upwards at the end of the arm thrust. .)