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[–] TIN@feddit.uk 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I threw a tennis ball for the dog this morning, so I know what this guy feels like.

[–] sarchar@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

I lifted my beer glass 4 or 5 times tonight. Woooof. I feel his pain.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hammer throw must wear out shoes in really strange ways.

[–] Aquila@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Thrower spinning shoes are kinda slippery and have circular ‘traction’ lines. But yea they generally wear out pretty quick

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Slow motion yeet is fun to watch!

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The water definitely increased the coolness as well

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a weird sport. It's crazy that there was so much resistance to adding skateboarding in 2020 while this has remained a staple.

I don't mean that disparagingly at all. It's just a weird tradition

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Judging a skateboarder’s performance has too many variables. Throw big rock far is an easy contest to measure and watch.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Judging a figure skater's performance has just as many variables! There are other more direct examples but the "controversy" around skateboarding came to mind first

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All Olympic events that require arbitrary judging should be replaced with Chess.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Honestly I've always held the belief (not strongly, mind you) that competitions with judges doing the scoring aren't really "sports" since you're at the mercy of opinion, not game rules. My personal definition isn't universal and is of course based on nothing.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Chess-and-then-dancing (I feel boxing is too much).

[–] Ildar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why it is called hammer throwing? It look more like cannonball

[–] Dampyr@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I guess the weight has changed shape throughout the years.

The traditional hammer throw is more similar to a hammer ahah traditional hammer throw Some more info on wikipedia

[–] Ildar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you 👌

[–] athos77@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is very much not what I envisioned a throwing hammer to look like. Did the definition of the word change over time, or the shape of the object change, or is this some kind of training 'hammer'?

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

How do I stop videos from playing at full fucking volume when I get to their tab?

[–] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Pfft that wasn't even a hammer he yeeted, it was just a ball, which was MADE for flying through the air. That's not even that impressive.