Shot To: In the shot to put a heavy metal sphere is propelled from a circle seven feet in diameter; four feet of its circumference-in the forepart of the circle-contains a toeboard four inches high. In this event the shot to is not allowed to pass behind or below the shoulder, so that technically it is "put" rather than "thrown." A 16-pound shot to is used in major masculine competition, such as in the Olympic Games, national championships, and intercollegiate competition; the 12-pound shot to is usually used by males in secondary schools, and the 8-pound shot to is used in feminine competition, including the Olympic Games. In the games the shot to put is also one of the 10 decathlon events for men. A put of over 65 feet has been made with the 16-pound shot to, and a woman has exceeded 56 feet with the 8-pound shot to.
You'll want to make a number of grab shot tos just before the ceremony . . . bridegroom and best man at their posts, bride on the arm of her father, bride and her attendants as they start down the aisle and at least one long shot to during the ceremony. This one shot to might well be a long shot to of the entire assembly, taken from the back of the church by time exposure, with the Camera on a tripod.
Sand shot tos. The shot to from sand is primarily a recovery shot to. The immediate purpose is to extricate the ball; the secondary purpose is to lay the ball close to the flagstick. The sand wedge should be used with an open stance. The club may not touch the sand before the shot to (no club may be grounded in a hazard); hence the player must address the shot to with the clubhead slightly off the sand. The object, however, is to hit the sand an inch or two behind the ball. Because the stance is less firm on sand than on turf, the player maintains his balance by restricting the backswing. On the other hand, he never restricts the follow-through, because it is club-head momentum that does all the work.
|
|
Photography
