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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 7590888" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Not missing anything. Odds are extremely good that an object of that mass and those dimensions <em>cannot </em>be thrown with accuracy. As a freely moving weight, it is much harder to control than an identical weight constrained in a framework- see the difference between works out on free weights (dumbbells, kettle bells, etc.) as opposed to weight machines.</p><p></p><p>Change a caber’s construction to a denser material, and it becomes much easier to throw as it becomes more compact.</p><p></p><p>The time constraints I’m referring to have nothing to do with competition rules, but rather how much time it takes a competitor to gain control of the caber and achieving a grip that will allow him to throw it <em>at all.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Certainly. And that requires practice. Lots of it, too.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Taekwondo demo is precisely the kind of thing I was talking about just above:</p><p></p><p></p><p>And the level of skill they’re displaying takes lots of practice on those specific moves and target locations. </p><p></p><p>You should also note that all of the high jumps involve <strong><em>TWO</em></strong> throwers acting in tandem. At the very least, the second person involved in the throw is stabilizing the primary thrower, probably to improve precision and prevent injury.</p><p></p><p>A thrower who tries that move solo in free space- IOW, not braced against a wall or without an assistant- might not walk again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 7590888, member: 19675"] Not missing anything. Odds are extremely good that an object of that mass and those dimensions [I]cannot [/I]be thrown with accuracy. As a freely moving weight, it is much harder to control than an identical weight constrained in a framework- see the difference between works out on free weights (dumbbells, kettle bells, etc.) as opposed to weight machines. Change a caber’s construction to a denser material, and it becomes much easier to throw as it becomes more compact. The time constraints I’m referring to have nothing to do with competition rules, but rather how much time it takes a competitor to gain control of the caber and achieving a grip that will allow him to throw it [I]at all.[/I] Certainly. And that requires practice. Lots of it, too. The Taekwondo demo is precisely the kind of thing I was talking about just above: And the level of skill they’re displaying takes lots of practice on those specific moves and target locations. You should also note that all of the high jumps involve [B][I]TWO[/I][/B] throwers acting in tandem. At the very least, the second person involved in the throw is stabilizing the primary thrower, probably to improve precision and prevent injury. A thrower who tries that move solo in free space- IOW, not braced against a wall or without an assistant- might not walk again. [/QUOTE]
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