Pair students up along the end of a court or field. One person stands in front while the other stands 2-3m behind for safety. The first person in the pair will have their turn to sling the discus out. (The student will be standing side on with the discus in their dominate hand.) When the whistle blows their partner will go and collect the discus and the first person moves to the back. Their partner will then have their turn to sling the discus. For each sling focus on the following: 1. "Duck Beak" The discus should be held like a duck beak with the thumb underneath and the 4 fingers on top. 2. "Aiming arm at 45°" The hand without the discus is known as the aiming arm, this should be pointed out to where the student will be slinging the discus, at an angle of 45°. 3. "Around the clock, to 1 o'clock" The students slings their arm around from a starting position of 6 o'clock to a finishing position of 1 o'clock. For left handed students they sling from a starting position of 6 o'clock to a finishing position of 11 o'clock. 5. "Superman" When slinging the discus, the arm with the discus slings around so that it is beside the aiming arm - finishing like superman. 6. "Chin, Knee, Toe" Once the above technique has been achieved this step is added in between step 2 and 3 above. This means that the student will bend their back leg and lean back slightly so that their chin, knee and toe are vertically aligned. This will help to generate power. See the images for examples of each of these steps.
For younger classes instead of focusing on "Chin, knee, toe" replace with simply bend your back leg to sling from. Start with students kneeling side on to isolate the correct arm technique first before progressing to standing.