Quote Originally Posted by Arizona Scot View Post
Wow Yaish those videos are great, you and Alan have really set a high bar that I am going to shoot for. I know I won't come close to your numbers at first but it deffinately gives me a number to shoot for. Can't wait for the stone throw tutorial looking forward to studying that one. One dumb question if I may when they measure the stones and hammers is it from where they hit the ground or from where they roll to?
That's not a dumb question, I get asked that all the time.

It's where they hit.

In fact, if the stone rolls a LOT (same with WFD to a lesser degree) then you threw it too low. People think that 45 degrees is the optimal release angle, and it might be in stones, but it's sure not in hammer. It's probably ten degrees higher than that....hang time COUNTS. If you throw it high, the implement will come more-or-less kind-of straight down, and won't roll so much.