Throwing sports
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Throwing sports, or throwing games, are physical, human competitions where the outcome is measured by a player's ability to throw an object.
A man bowling a ball in tenpin bowling
Ken Westerfield, side-arm (forehand) Frisbee distance throwing Record, 552'. Boulder, Colorado, 1978.
A man in the build-up phase of the hammer throw
Phases of the javelin throw
Hammer throw
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The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
Throwing sports
…throwing at a given target or range. The four most prominent throwing for distance sports are in track and field: shot put, discus, javelin, and the hammer throw. Target-based sports have two main genres: bowling and darts, each of which have a great number of variations. Throwing sports have a long history…
A hammer thrower in full rotation, spinning the hammer in a circular path
The traditional Highland games version of the event
Thrower inside a hammer cage, with the markings for the throwing circle and the throwing sector visible on the ground
Scottish hammer throw illustration from Frank R. Stockton's book Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy