Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoBut… weren’t javelins originally designed to be dangerous?
minus-squareJASN_DE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoTrue, but even the earliest commanders usually frowned on spears coming their way which were meant for the enemy.
minus-squareStaticFalconar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoMuch like guns, so the Olympic sports of shooting has very little with most guns the average gun owner would have.
minus-squarePlopp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThis is true. That’s why you rarely see hunters use the hammer throw spinning technique used in Olympic shooting.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYou were also supposed to be able to hit your target.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYeah… but it might have been a good tactic for the really shitty javelin-throwers, so they could make up in range what they lacked in accuracy.
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI’m not picky, any target is fine. Boar, pheasant, peasant, doesn’t matter.
But… weren’t javelins originally designed to be dangerous?
True, but even the earliest commanders usually frowned on spears coming their way which were meant for the enemy.
Much like guns, so the Olympic sports of shooting has very little with most guns the average gun owner would have.
This is true. That’s why you rarely see hunters use the hammer throw spinning technique used in Olympic shooting.
You were also supposed to be able to hit your target.
Yeah… but it might have been a good tactic for the really shitty javelin-throwers, so they could make up in range what they lacked in accuracy.
I’m not picky, any target is fine. Boar, pheasant, peasant, doesn’t matter.