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- From: bblohm@boi.hp.com (Bill Blohm)
- Subject: Re: Throwing tuning
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:07:08 GMT
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- Jim,
-
- Thanks for the many pointers. Each piece of information was very helpful.
-
- There were two of us out there that day, a leftie and rightie (me). My friend
- the leftie prefered to throw with the elbow pointing outward and I found I throw
- better with the elbow pointing to me. At least I seem to get more flights that
- way.
-
- Point taken about practice, practice, practice. I wanna anyway!
-
- As to the spin, I had not thought about ease of imparting the spin being tied
- to elbow-out or elbow-in. That is another thing I think I will play with, too.
- However, I think I was perhaps not quite clear about spin definition. I was
- thinking more along the lines of the actual amount of spin and it's effect. I.e.
- 10 rpm vs 30 rpm (or whatever the rate is). I would think that the more rpm I
- give the 'rang as it leaves my hand, the higher it would climb.
-
- I know about true side-arm being bad. I wasn't thinking and threw one almost
- purely sidearm and boy, did that give me a sore muscle! However, I had not
- noticed any tie-in between angle from vertical and flight pattern (circular vs
- elleptical vs straight out and back). Perhaps I had too much wind for that
- to have any effect on the flight path. That is another think I'll have to
- check out.
-
- Why don't you like the plastic ones? Mine is wood, but I was thinking of
- building some of my own as I progress and was thinking of making one out of
- some plexiglass I have, just to see how it worked out.
-
- Bill
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