Olympics womens discus

[parrothead57]

I know this isn't disc golf related but....I'm watching the olympic trials. In womens discus throw the top qualifier just threw 216 ft. Thats a 1kg (1000g) disc! Amazing!

 

[NOStheBOSS]

I would say I'd like to see what a top discus thrower could do with a golf disc but it would feel like a paper plate to them

 

[3j0hn]

Looks like the Eastern Bloc women used to be able to huk it 250' ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_throw#Women_2 ) and the men toss a 2kg disc about the same!

 

[BraveThrower43]

THrowing a Discus is nothing like a disc. Although doing nothing but working on technique and core strength does help.

The 2k disc feels heavy as hell compared to a dg disc.

 

[lion]

The spin is opposite. When I was in high school I checked a 1.6kg disc 188feet my senior year and lately I have been doing a 360 run up for distance throws or wide open holes and my wife always says I can do it because I used to throw the discus and hammer in college, but I always tell her and friends its an opposite spin and no snap, more of a push off the fingers with the built up momentum. 216 feet is pretty good, that's Olympic medal caliber. Furthest I ever saw a girl throw in person was 205 back in 2000.

 

[jkdisc]

The spin is opposite. When I was in high school I checked a 1.6kg disc 188feet my senior year and lately I have been doing a 360 run up for distance throws or wide open holes and my wife always says I can do it because I used to throw the discus and hammer in college, but I always tell her and friends its an opposite spin and no snap, more of a push off the fingers with the built up momentum. 216 feet is pretty good, that's Olympic medal caliber. Furthest I ever saw a girl throw in person was 205 back in 2000.

i was also a discus thrower, i competed in college but there is no carry over to dg. in fact i have to remember not to spin by habit.

 

[BraveThrower43]

i was also a discus thrower, i competed in college but there is no carry over to dg. in fact i have to remember not to spin by habit.

Same deal here. Someone once said I should have a sick 360 chickenwing :thmbup:

 

[foo_g]

mmmmm.... 360 chicken wings

 

[madman1101]

If only i could forehand a discus... i'd dominate the olympics

 

[Brall]

ahh, i love discus! i keep a few in my trunk (and a shot put)

someone help me out, how much do discus weigh in jr. high and high school for men? i think 1000grams for jr. high and 2000 for high school? i should look at the ones in my trunk. i never paid attention to their weights.

anyway, i think i still hold the record at 131' for jr high (1991). broke it by 28'. small high school, fyi.

but i stunk high school. never got above 144'-ish i think.

unfortunately i sometimes do a silly spin after i throw a golf disc which is a bad habbit i started in my youth while throwing shot & discus. you can see me do it here (vid of me a few weeks ago). it looks rediculous!!

 

[Connor Jones]

Same deal here. Someone once said I should have a sick 360 chickenwing :thmbup:

THAT WAS ME!!!

I was that someone.

I still feel like you would.

 

[parrothead57]

ahh, i love discus! i keep a few in my trunk (and a shot put)

someone help me out, how much do discus weigh in jr. high and high school for men? i think 1000grams for jr. high and 2000 for high school? i should look at the ones in my trunk. i never paid attention to their weights.

anyway, i think i still hold the record at 131' for jr high (1991). broke it by 28'. small high school, fyi.

but i stunk high school. never got above 144'-ish i think.

unfortunately i sometimes do a silly spin after i throw a golf disc which is a bad habbit i started in my youth while throwing shot & discus. you can see me do it here (vid of me a few weeks ago). it looks rediculous!!

High School Boys = 1.6 kg
Age 11-14 Boys = 1.0 kg

 

[vonDrehle]

The spin is opposite. When I was in high school I checked a 1.6kg disc 188feet my senior year and lately I have been doing a 360 run up for distance throws or wide open holes and my wife always says I can do it because I used to throw the discus and hammer in college, but I always tell her and friends its an opposite spin and no snap, more of a push off the fingers with the built up momentum. 216 feet is pretty good, that's Olympic medal caliber. Furthest I ever saw a girl throw in person was 205 back in 2000.

My best was 130ish...

/walks away sadly...

 

[jkdisc]

High School Boys = 1.6 kg
Age 11-14 Boys = 1.0 kg

yes, girls also throw the 1k. college and open men throw 2k.

 

[UTTERBACK]

Just checking in as another college discus and hammer thrower.

 

[sisyphus]

Favorite discus memory

Threw discus in High School, but had a coach who only knew distance running. He left the field event guys alone so much, he once just gave us a technique manual. :doh:
Anyway, he'd occasionally look down over the hill to see if we were working or not. That's all.
None of us were very good (130-140' max), so one time when he glanced down, we grabbed the girl's discus and launched it 180-200', to see his jaw drop...until he realized what we'd done.

 

[jkdisc]

Threw discus in High School, but had a coach who only knew distance running. He left the field event guys alone so much, he once just gave us a technique manual. :doh:
Anyway, he'd occasionally look down over the hill to see if we were working or not. That's all.
None of us were very good (130-140' max), so one time when he glanced down, we grabbed the girl's discus and launched it 180-200', to see his jaw drop...until he realized what we'd done.

many HS coaches dont know the field events, im a track coach now and i have to cover 2 throws, 3 jumps, pole vault, hurdles and relay hand-offs. i was actually a decathlete in college so i do know my field events.