Throwing sport

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A throwing sport is divided into several categories. Basically, it's about throwing an object. The decisive difference is the sports equipment. Whether the meeting point of a target object is decisive or the flight distance is measured also varies among the sports. One can distinguish the throwing sports as follows.

Throwing disciplines

Discus throw , hammer throw , javelin throw and shot put are throwing disciplines in athletics . They are referred to as "monotechnical" sports because the way they move remains the same. Akontion was a sub-discipline of the Pentathlon and is now the javelin throw.

Long throw
Pumpkin throwing , rubber boot throwing and stone throwing are among the throwing sports in which the playground equipment is thrown as far as possible.
In rubber boot throwing and stone throwing, the device is thrown by the athlete himself. The pumpkin throwing is done by slingshots or catapults . The ball throwing discipline for children and young people is also one of the long throwing sports.
Games with balls or balls
Klootschießen and slinging ball are among the throwing sports that are performed with balls.
Boßeln as a superordinate form of throwing sports can also be practiced in different variations, for example as ice boos and broom throwing .
Target games
Ax throwing is a throwing sport in which one help meet a target of an ax must.
Trend sport
Fishing golf is one of the trend sports that combine two sports. The game device is a fishing rod connected to a golf ball , which has to be brought into the holes provided on a golf course by throwing the fishing rod.
Other throwing sports

literature

  • Lothar Hinz, Heinrich Gundlach, Klaus Bartonietz: Athletics, throwing and pushing . Analyzes and recommendations for the disciplines shot put, discus throwing, javelin throwing and hammer throwing. Sportverlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-328-00414-9 .
  • Klaus Roth, Renate Schubert, Daniel Memmert: Ball school throwing games. Hofmann, Schorndorf 2006, ISBN 3-778-00211-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klootschießen - Boßeln - Schleuderball on gym-sport.de
  2. ↑ Axtwerfen on axtwerfen.de
  3. ↑ Competition regulations for fishing golf ( Memento from August 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on angelgolf.info