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Rh you observe good throwers, you will see them manœuvre to get it on a certain part of the crosse just as they are about to throw, and regulate—often unconsciously—velocity, distance and style by this principle. We do not say that there is an exact focus; but we know there is almost one.

The velocity of a ball, propelled with the greatest force, is increased in proportion to its nearness to the termination of the lower angle at the start. The secret of hard, swift throwing is to start the ball from the lower angle, as seen in.

A ball can be thrown farther from the lower angle than from any other part of the crosse.

Long shots can be well guided, if thrown from the lower angle; but medium throws are better guided, as a rule, if thrown from the centre or top surface.

Throws of the same kind may require more or less impulse, according to the point thrown to. A throw to a man of your side, as a rule, requires a different momentum—and consequently a different starting place on the netting—than the same throw to goal. If you make a certain throw to a man, and expect