Heavy weight for distance, first time EVER in practice last night.....30 feet.

And this implement is easily a pound, maybe two over-weight.

Low, slow, go...UP

1. Bend the knees before you begin...get DOWN and stay DOWN until the second turn

2. Cast the weight slow..slow..**SLOW**... make it move, and no more. Cast pretty level, about head-high, aiming a little off to my left (I'm right-handed) not straight ahead. Did I say "slow"? This is the most important thing. Move the weight as slowly as you can, just get it moving in a circle. SLOW, I said SLOW.

No, not even THAT slow...go SLOWER. People told me "slow in the back" a hundred times, but I didn't "GET IT" until about a week before the Dunsmuir Games. Really going SLOW has totally changed my weight for distance throws.

quick feet...stovepipe turn, don't move forward in the trig...but I've already got that.

3. Once the weight starts coming around, just as I'm beginning to go to turn #2..GO.. GOGOGOGOGO!!!! Torque that thing! CRANK IT.

4. Now, stand up, throw UP...no line drives here, throw UP! Look up, chest up...UP, Up, UP. Throw as HIGH as you can, and PULL.


You throw UP at the end because you've started the whole thing on the level, with a level cast. If you just accelerate the weight in the same plane, you'll throw a line drive and give away 3-4-5-6 feet.

My LWFD throws last night and the 4-5 I did this morning when I parked the truck are ALL over 42 feet, now. Most are probably close to 45. My PR before I figured this out was 40 and change.

Low, slow, go... UP

I am SO looking forward to Sunday.