Video from 01MAY11

Here is some video from practice today. Very windy.
Did not get any film of stone, WOB, or sheaf.

Here is HWFD, LWFD, Hammer, and Caber.

Thoughts?

HWFD 1st
attempt

HWFD 2nd
attempt

LWFD 1st
attempt

LWFD 2nd
attempt

Hammer
1st throw

Hammer
2nd throw

Caber
attempt

Caber
another attempt

Here is what I got from Dan McKim:

"Looks like you have a good feel for it ... just a few
things I noticed:

1)Elbows are pointed out. I like to keep my elbows
closer to my body until I get to the final pull.

2) More speed. Speed. Speed. Speed. Run faster! Get
that caber head moving quicker!

3) Too low on the drop to pull it up. You could actually
even hold the caber higher, which will help you have it
in a higher and more powerful position when it comes time
to pull.   I don't like having a big squat at the end of
the run and start of the pull; you lose all the speed and
momentum you've worked so hard to gain. It's a flip and
pull from the hip, not from the basement.

Here's a video of me that might help. Watch the slow-
motion sequence and see how high my hips actually stay
and how my elbows start closer to the body and work their
way out as I concentrate on pulling the caber straight up
my body and up through my chin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eH3DtUDFAs

You might have seen it, but I did a tutorial on the
caber:
http://www.youtube.com/user/mckimdaniel#p/a/f/0/fVwEqo4jV
h0

If you'll see in the is montage at the end, my best
throws are when I pull up through my chin and I actually
get some air! You're short changing yourself on your
throws -- get some big pulls, finish it all the way
through, and get some hang time!

I hope that all makes sense -- you look real good, Jason.
You're incredibly smooth and in control of the caber,
which is a hard point to teach and learn. You have a
natural knack for that! The things I've told you are
what I see, and if it works, great! And if not, that's
fine, you just need to find what works for you."

Thanks, Dan!

The HWFD is 56. I have only competed twice as a LW so I
practice with the 56; she is a merciless mistress!

The Caber is 16'6" and 90-pounds (Iron Wood).

LW class throws a different caber than the AMs? I have
always thrown the same one as guys like Craig Gallo.