Yep..skyrider, the game is a hoot...as I never partiscipated much until my mid 30's..and finally I ran into enough players where I discovered that many leagues have gone with a handicap system, so that when you're playing a much better player than yourself..that its actually fairer...since he spends alot of the game trying to catch you (similar to the bowling HCP they now use)...so the competitiveness is really fun..We throw in Blue Clay up in Ft WAyne & down here in Sebring Fl...but many here are still "slidin' them in" in the sand...yuk!!
Also a few beers in hand on a hot summer day just for the fun of it is a cure all for everything...uh huh/.... ;^) JJ
Shellon...it couldn't have been THAT bigga knot..after all they are only 2 & l/2 oz in weight...it does smart for sure...especially if you get hit in the ankle or shin...I was in a tournament once & 5 minutes into it my partner got me in the shin...threw terribly after that & paid big bucks to play!! hahaha
I think the thing I love about shoes is the quiet time of practicing by myself, and how a person can just shut out everything else going on in one's world...as a good h-shoer needs to concentrate on his/her game.. I also love the many many new & good friends I have made in traveling around..its a commonality of sorts & most of these people are either farm people or older people who played it forever...but its definitely NOt an "old mans game" by any means..as I've played ll year old champions & gotten a good whippin' JJ
JJ....do you throw with a "flip action" or the "spin motion" to get that shoe to align with the stake? Seems that most good competitors throw the once-around-spinner.
Wow...Shellon..in da head eh??..I once saw a 6'8" guy take it flat in the chest but never in the head...wowowow..
Sky..yep I throw what's called a 3/4 turn shoe...I started out flippin' for a few years & just watching the good throwers realized that turning the shoe was the way to go...also had SOOOOOOOOOO many good ringers come off flippin' them!! I want to learn a turn and l/4 shoe down the road, as its a very good shoe & there's alot of hot shots that preach it...upside is, it won't hurt you doctrinally!!! LOL..JJ
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JJ....I've been known to throw a few. I like the game, but don't really take it to serious levels of competition.
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Yep..skyrider, the game is a hoot...as I never partiscipated much until my mid 30's..and finally I ran into enough players where I discovered that many leagues have gone with a handicap system, so that when you're playing a much better player than yourself..that its actually fairer...since he spends alot of the game trying to catch you (similar to the bowling HCP they now use)...so the competitiveness is really fun..We throw in Blue Clay up in Ft WAyne & down here in Sebring Fl...but many here are still "slidin' them in" in the sand...yuk!!
Also a few beers in hand on a hot summer day just for the fun of it is a cure all for everything...uh huh/.... ;^) JJ
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I used to play but knot (on my noggin) anymore.
Gosh I hadn't thought of that game in such a long time.
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Shellon...it couldn't have been THAT bigga knot..after all they are only 2 & l/2 oz in weight...it does smart for sure...especially if you get hit in the ankle or shin...I was in a tournament once & 5 minutes into it my partner got me in the shin...threw terribly after that & paid big bucks to play!! hahaha
I think the thing I love about shoes is the quiet time of practicing by myself, and how a person can just shut out everything else going on in one's world...as a good h-shoer needs to concentrate on his/her game.. I also love the many many new & good friends I have made in traveling around..its a commonality of sorts & most of these people are either farm people or older people who played it forever...but its definitely NOt an "old mans game" by any means..as I've played ll year old champions & gotten a good whippin' JJ
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JJ....do you throw with a "flip action" or the "spin motion" to get that shoe to align with the stake? Seems that most good competitors throw the once-around-spinner.
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James, I don't know the weight of the shoes, but it cut my head open.
These reminded me of railroad spikes.
I'd play again. With a helmet.
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Wow...Shellon..in da head eh??..I once saw a 6'8" guy take it flat in the chest but never in the head...wowowow..
Sky..yep I throw what's called a 3/4 turn shoe...I started out flippin' for a few years & just watching the good throwers realized that turning the shoe was the way to go...also had SOOOOOOOOOO many good ringers come off flippin' them!! I want to learn a turn and l/4 shoe down the road, as its a very good shoe & there's alot of hot shots that preach it...upside is, it won't hurt you doctrinally!!! LOL..JJ
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