56lb. weight experience

[jgorley]

Twenty feet on the 56#wfd is not a bad throw. I won the Enumclaw B division with a 24'1" throw. After the initial cast and the weight hits the low point really jerk your shoulder in the opposite direction to snap the weight into the second rotation. You really need to lean into it to keep balanced. I also start with my feet almost perpendicular to the field, kind of almost like I am halfway done with my first spin. This helps my initial spin. With the big weight my feet kind of stick to the ground and don't want to spin. Starting this way ends with me hips open to the field.

[Ryan Nielson]

That sounds like good info there. I am actually going to practice this some more. I threw it for 21 the other day so I expect I can get a few more feet out of it with some more practice at least. Too many throws and it may physically destroy me though so I'll have to limit the work on that. I'm also guessing my brother who seems to do better than me on this also outweighs me by about 70lbs. so there's probably quite a bodyweight advantage on this event.