That's some sp ... uh ... javelin-throwing

[Smallpotatoes]

Were the specs of the javelin changed a while back so it wouldn't go as far and did that necessitate a new set of records?

 

[shotglass]

They were changed, but I don't know the specifics.

I think the main checkpoint for the top throwers now is to be planted at the time of the throw -- a right-hander's left foot is already down, and it leads into the buggy-whip.

At the time I threw, we were just to concentrate on the javelin following its own path at a 45-degree angle. Some of these guys are setting up considerably higher than that.

 

[John]

Some of us may remember my old HS teammate as well - he won a Big 10 title at Penn State eight years or so ago. He was throwing 220ish then; I was 100 or so feet behind. (And just because some people are born with unreal athleticism, he's the same guy who won the World Long Drive championship a few years back.)

Shotty, the link you gave didn't want to load for me, but I watched a few of his others. It seems weird - not only from him, but from some of the other world-class guys - that we were always taught to throw with a much higher elbow, say nose level or so.

These guys have a much lower elbow which, I want to say, decreases the whip. But the arm speed is incredible.

God how I miss watching javelin.

Are you talking about Greer? I thought he went to Northeast Louisiana.

 

[Hustle]

No...sorry for the confusion.

My teammate was Carl Wolter.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Unavailable for comment

 

[shotglass]

Word has it that aerodynamics play a major role in the flight. ;)

 

[Double J]

This ex-javelin thrower points out an American record in the event tonight ... 299-6 by Breaux Greer. Try to picture it ... goal line to goal line on a football field. Gasp.

Unfortunately, they initially had a bit of trouble confirming the distance. You might say it was.....hard to pin down.

 

[shotglass]

We used to have "javelin-catching" contests during practice.

Rocket scientists, we were not in my hometown.