Quote Originally Posted by GoodGirlGonePlaid View Post
Ah, Alan makes it look so easy!!!!

**addendum**
I am a total newbie to the games. I just started practicing with our local group in August (I didn't even know what all the events were,much less ever have picked up a hammer or stone), and I have zero "field" part of the track & field experience (my sports are/were running, hiking, biking, yoga and boxing).

I know there are dozens of things wrong with this, but I'm posting it anyway, so a year from now I can come back, dig up this thread and say that's where I started and see how far I've come (crosses fingers).

I worked hard to get this far, though. Lots of time alone in the park trying to figure it out as well as going almost every Sunday to the practice group.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/we3poll...57627889629669
You know, the truth is that there's a WHOLE lot more stuff going RIGHT with that throw, than there is stuff going WRONG. I didn't see that one. Yeah, sure there's room for improvement. But that's not a bad single spin at all. You started with a good pull. You didn't "pendulum"....you didn't yank the weight around. You got your feet around. You alllllmost got your hip around, that'll come. You held on to it a tenth of a second too long, but that's because of your hip.

Not bad at all. You can be proud of that.