The Video Thread

[eclarkhb]

Here are some videos of me from Queen Mary Games on Saturday:


56# Weight over Bar - 11'


22# Heavy Scottish Hammer - 72'


56# Heavy WEight for Distance - 24'9" - this ones a BITCH


22# Braemar Stone - 30'2"

[o1d_dude]

Looks like you had nice weather down at the Queen. Last time I was there, it snowed on the Grapevine and from the Queen you could see snow on all the moutain tops.

Anyway, here are a couple of things I noticed in your videos.

1. In the hammer video you are set up with your heels almost against the trig. That's a bit too close even if you were wearing spikes. Without spikes you should stand about 12-18" away from the trig so you have room to recover after release. With that much recovery room, you will be able to throw with more "violence".

2. In the Widowmaker (HWFD), your technique is fine right up until the second spin. After the first spin, you're stepping through the rotation which slows you down. Ideally, you go slower in the first spin and accelerate the second. Go back and watch the video. See how first your right foot steps and is then followed after a second or two by the left foot? You want to imagine your shoelaces are tied together and try to get both feet down as almost-simultaneously as possible. STICK the left foot down so you can push with the right hip to accelerate the weight.

3. The stone looks pretty good. Just make sure your right hip leads your right shoulder. That's the dreaded "X-position" and is analogous to drawing back on the bow for power.

Good effort and you've got a lot of potential that you haven't tapped into yet. That's a good thing! Harness it and throw far.

[GoodGirlGonePlaid]

@Eclarkhb
Yup, can see that the First Place mug was properly awarded!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Whoa, those cars look like they're in the danger zone, they didn't seem so close.

[eclarkhb]

Looks like you had nice weather down at the Queen. Last time I was there, it snowed on the Grapevine and from the Queen you could see snow on all the moutain tops.

Anyway, here are a couple of things I noticed in your videos.

1. In the hammer video you are set up with your heels almost against the trig. That's a bit too close even if you were wearing spikes. Without spikes you should stand about 12-18" away from the trig so you have room to recover after release. With that much recovery room, you will be able to throw with more "violence".

2. In the Widowmaker (HWFD), your technique is fine right up until the second spin. After the first spin, you're stepping through the rotation which slows you down. Ideally, you go slower in the first spin and accelerate the second. Go back and watch the video. See how first your right foot steps and is then followed after a second or two by the left foot? You want to imagine your shoelaces are tied together and try to get both feet down as almost-simultaneously as possible. STICK the left foot down so you can push with the right hip to accelerate the weight.

3. The stone looks pretty good. Just make sure your right hip leads your right shoulder. That's the dreaded "X-position" and is analogous to drawing back on the bow for power.

Good effort and you've got a lot of potential that you haven't tapped into yet. That's a good thing! Harness it and throw far.

Thanks for the tips - I appreciate it!

[eclarkhb]

@Eclarkhb
Yup, can see that the First Place mug was properly awarded!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Whoa, those cars look like they're in the danger zone, they didn't seem so close.

Hey, I saw you got some medals as well this weekend! Congrats to you too!!

The cars were about 200' away, so they look closer in the pictures, they weren't in danger.

[Alan H]

Two thumbs up on everything....just SO much better than Ventura. Now you get to go get beat up in the B's for a while!

[Alan H]

GGGP goes big in the Sheaf!

[o1d_dude]

Nice toss, GGGP! You had at least three more feet of altitude than you needed.

Good block, too.