Quote Originally Posted by GoodGirlGonePlaid View Post
I have a technique qestion. On sheaf, is your back/right elbow bent or straight on the release?
Mine's bent. Is it supposed to be?

Also, what tartan are ye wearin'?
My arms are probably bent a bit. Radius is important, so the straighter and longer, the better, though. The three key things, I THINK....I am not really all that great of a sheaf tosser....are.

1. BIG windup...get up on your toes, crank that thing back, WAY back

2. drive DOWN to a point about 8-12 inches ahead of your left foot (right foot if you're left-handed)

3. Come up HARD. This is not a subtle event. HARD...power clean HARD, drive your chest up HARD.

Th is is not a "rotation" movement. It's an up-and-down movement. It's different if you're spinning the sheaf throw, though. I'm clueless about that.

....and of course "stop" the left hand, well... the one that's down near the tines of the fork. However, I used to focus on really stopping that hand hard and trying not to let the fork "drift" up higher than my shoulder. After watching a bunch of guys and gals who throw sheaf a lot better than I do, I am less focused on that hard "stop". Yeah, you gotta "stop" the fork to some degree, bot that's not the POINT of the throw. If you drive down and then come UP, really hard, you're not going to be able to stop the fork at your shoulder. Backing off the power of the throw until you CAN stop the fork at your shoulder only results in a whimpy toss. That's no good.

so I say, RIP THE SNOT OUT OF IT, and if your hand winds up at a 60 deg. angle up in the air, but the bag flies off the fork, then hoooray for you!

GGGP, Tartan is the X Marks tartan, BTW.... I sold that kilt about 5 months ago. It was a nice kilt, though.