Scouting, Volume 55, Number 2, February 1967 Page: B3
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REMEMBER TO FOLLOW THROUGH STRAIGHT OVER THE TARGET
TO MAKE A MONKEY'S FIST
INSERT PING-PONG BALL AND TIGHTEN
PRACTICE ON A TARGET LIKE THIS
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TARGET—40 FEET FROM THROWING POINT
THIS IS A GOOD EVENT FOR A SCOUT RALLY!
LIFELINE THROWING
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'ne of the requirements for the Lifesaver Badge
of the Boy Scouts of South Africa is to throw a 60-
foot line to a target 40 feet away. The target consists
of two pegs set 4 feet apart. The candidate must reach
the target (between the two pegs) in two out of
three tries.
Your troop may hold an interpatrol contest to see
which patrol is the best at lifeline throwing.
Coiling the line
Everything depends on the careful coiling of the
line in—or rather on—your hand. But first it is wise
to put a monkey's fist in the free (or throwing) end,
and a bowline in the standing part. When coiling,
remember that the free end with the monkey's fist
must fly off your throwing hand first,. and the suc-
ceeding coils must follow in the right order; other-
wise they will snarl up in the air.
To make a monkey's fist
1. Make three or four turns in one direction.
2. Follow with the same number of turns at right
angles, and
3. Finish with a third set of turns between (1) and
(2).
Hold the free end of the line in your left hand, with
forearm at right angles to body, and the monkey's
fist hanging about a foot above the ground. Then lay
up the turns on the palm of your left hand, making
each about 9 inches shorter than the free end, so that
the monkey's fist hangs below the coil. The turns are
laid alongside each other and do not cross at any
point.
Then remove the coil from your left hand, slip
the bowline in the standing-part round your left
wrist, and return one-third of the coils to your left
hand, retaining the other two-thirds in your right
(throwing) hand with the free end nearest your
fingertips.
When ready to throw
When ready to throw, stand sideways to the target
and swing both arms together across the body, fin-
ishing with the throwing arm at full stretch and
pointing over the center of the target. (If you find
you are pulling your shot badly, this will probably
be because you are carrying your follow-through too
far to the left.)
Practice on a target like this
Lash a 4-foot spar across a thicker piece, which
you can drive into the ground so that the "arms" are
about 12 inches above ground. Use a 60-foot line and
throw from a point 40 feet from target.
—Veld Lore, Boy Scouts of South Africa
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