Thank you!!!

Thanks for ALL the input on the WOB stuff and the links to videos.  I managed to get my form back almost barely in time for today's KC Highland Games.

I managed a PR today!  I was 'hoping' for 13ft.  Because the competition was ... well fresh (LOL) ... we ended up going up to 14ft.  WOW!!  WOW!!

Directly attributable to the help here.

Thanks again.

(ps...I have also learned the importance of a clean handle....WHAM...weight went about 10feet forward and I went about five feet backward.  That was ... interesting.)

haha,

I meant his aerial display when he lost hold of the weight

Duncan McCallum wrote: ..or his arm is still attached to the weight and we want to be able to say we watched it happen. -------- "I should have cleaned the mud off the handle." Yes, you should have Dave.  Yes, you should have.

Hey, who knew that dry mud could be just as hard to hold onto as wet mud..  Still fighting with the video formats...but almost have a blooper reel all to myself...what with throwing myself across the field on the LWFD.

As for the new WFH techique...we'll call it the Lewis Flop.  The point of the throw is to plan it so that you catch the bar with the center of the weight (WFH > where handle meets weight)(sheaf > middle of bag)...now you have to throw with enough momentum to then cause the implement to spin around the bar.  This appears to be good for another 5-6".  Now, that spin has to be planned exactly right so that you can then use the flexibility of the bar to rebound the implement...thus freeing it from the spin and causing it to change direction a second time and be cast free of the bar.  Thus you have now managed the Lewis Flop.

Videos of this techique will be selling for $50.  Definitely a steal when you realize the AMAZING results from this SUPER SECRET technique that has heretofor only been seen in the deepest darkest wilds of Irleand.  And today you can get it for only five easy payments of $10.