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as though the fisherman were casting his lure to a point at 

 right angles to, and not towards D (Diagram 23), no matter 

 in what plane the cast is being made. 



In the right hand side cast the effort should be as at 

 golf a swing, whose force is greatest at that radial point of 

 its circling movement, which is at right angles to the 

 direction of D (Diagram 23). In the overhead cast 

 the swing should be made with an upward motion in a 

 vertical arc of a circle instead of a downward one,* the mind 

 being concentrated on the upward effort, the greatest force 

 being used towards the zenith. 



I cannot help referring at this moment to the oft-repeated 

 advice, " Keep your eye on the ball/' Golf authorities fre- 

 quently refer to the fault of not keeping the head down, but of 

 moving it before the club has struck the ball, their idea being 

 that the movement of the head, or the fact of the eye being 

 taken off the ball, is responsible for the foozling of the shot. 



Accuracy is not due, however, to the fact that the eye 

 is kept on the ball, or that the head remains stationary, but 

 that the mind has remained stationary to the object which 

 the golfer should have in view, i.e., the striking of his ball. 

 If his attention should wander from this object, in spite of 

 the fact that his head is kept down, he will, unless he has 

 made a habit of a correct stroke, foozle his shot. If for 

 instance his mind turns to the consideration of the direction 

 in which his ball will go before he has struck the ball, his 

 drive, etc., will suffer, for his swing will not reach its 

 maximum force when the face of the club comes into contact 

 with the ball, but at some point in the course nearer the 

 direction to which he has turned his attention. 



Among the many fine axioms given by the late General 

 Nogi to the Japanese youths, on the night of the funeral 

 of the late Emperor of Japan, was the following : 



* As at golf. 



