Teach Yourself Discus Throw

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. History and development of Discus Throw. 3. Essentials of Discus Throw. 4. Equipments of Discus Throw. 5. Skills and techniques of Discus Throw: i. The Pivot-Rotation style. ii. Jumping rotation style. iii. Common errors in Discus Throwing. iv. Review of the skills and techniques of Discus Throw. v. Coaching points in Discus Throwing. 6. Warm-up exercises for the Discus Throwers. 7. Rules of Discus Throw.

"Discus Throw is an important and integral field event in athletics. The Discus Throw was included in the Olympic Games an individual event for males and females. It is a part of the Decathlon but is not included in the Heptathlon. The tremendous increase in distances thrown by modern athletes has resulted from improvements in techniques employed by athletes who have also spent years in weight training specifically related to the event.

The present book deals with all aspects of Discus Throw viz., historical background, skills and techniques, and rules. The text are arranged in a lucid form and being written in simple colloquial English.

In this way, the present book has wide scope for the new aspirant athletes especially Discus Throwers who wish to develop and sharpen their Discus Throw skills, athletes, students and teachers of physical education and sports etc." (jacket)