Highland Games Contestants???

[beowulf67]

First, welcome to the wonderful world of picking up heavy oop: and tossing it around.
Size and strength are important but good, solid technique is really what you need.
Since I lack all of these attributes, I just throw for fun.

And if you want to toss cabers, that event is really all about technique. Learning to pick the caber and get control is the hardest part, I feel. The toss is pretty much run, squat, pull. But you have to have it under control first, and I don't know that size and strength matter that much there, unless you get into the really monster cabers that some AD's like to throw out for their own evil purposes.

If you can find some throwers locally, get with them for a practice session and give it a go. Or just find some games, contact the AD and show up. The other guys will be happy to see you and be very helpful.

[Panache]

Ayin,

I would sort through some of the posts and threads by Yaish. He has been doing the Highland atheletics for a while (and the one time I saw he compete he swept all the events) and has offered sound advice in the past to the members of XMTS. I think I even remember him writing that he was working on a guide to the Heavy Events. If you can't find what you are looking for I'd send him a PM and I imagine he could point you in the right direction.

Cheers

Jamie