[Archers] Atlatl in Atlantia

[barysears]

A couple of points:
Is three feet enough?  Former javelin throwers may want more. Penalty 
for early/late throw?
How many throwers rushing the line at one time? How many targets at one 
time?  There could be a lot of movement going on.
I wonder if we could learn something from the thrown missileers?

barre

On 9/30/2013 6:05 PM, John Atkins wrote:
> Siegfried of the sore arm had a good point that the final step for 
> atlatlist be that they throw while straddling the line.  This would 
> accommodate those that do the hop, skip and jump to throw.  And, as 
> Siegfried of the sore arm pointed out an atlatl "weapon" does not 
> "mis-fire" until the arm is actually moving forward at which point 
> they should be straddling the line.
>
> Another thought,
>
> Cog
>
> Sent via electrons
>
> On Sep 30, 2013, at 5:58 PM, "Jay Nardone" <jaynardone at comcast.net 
> <mailto:jaynardone at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>> I like this idea!
>>
>> Janyn
>>
>> *From:* John Atkins [mailto:cogworks at triad.rr.com]
>> *Sent:* Sunday, September 29, 2013 8:54 PM
>> *To:* Jay Nardone
>> *Cc:* Archery List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Archers] Atlatl in Atlantia
>>
>> Janyn,
>>
>> Just a thought.  Myself, like many atlatlist step into our shot. 
>>  Should the perhaps the atlatl " line" be a zone I which the 
>> atlatlist must remain for the throw.  I.e. a three foot zone defined 
>> by two lines.
>>
>> Just a thought,
>>
>> Cog
>>
>>
>> Sent via electrons
>>
>>
>> On Sep 29, 2013, at 7:46 PM, "Jay Nardone" <jaynardone at comcast.net 
>> <mailto:jaynardone at comcast.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Good evening my Brothers and Sisters of the Bow (and now the
>>     Atlatl.) Today again I saw the fruits of our labor with Atlatl
>>     and the rules we have set in place. I am convinced we did the
>>     right thing and are on the correct course with our thinking.
>>     Scores are starting to show up and they are right in line with
>>     where I expected them to be. Seeing even our seasoned throwers
>>     tells me that our course and scoring are set correctly, again we
>>     will give this a year to play out as we discussed. Also I have
>>     been asked by a few people so I thought I would discuss the topic
>>     here. There is no set rule governing the requirements for darts.
>>     There is no length requirement or specifics for materials or
>>     construction. All I would ask is that you participate with the
>>     "spirit of the game" in mind and we participate with honor and
>>     what we know of the equipment in mind.
>>
>>     The other thing I just wanted to reiterate to all of our
>>     marshal's is to please be diligent with running the line. I
>>     witnessed today a few occasions where a thrower would throw the
>>     dart and in the process of their shot, move up a bit and then
>>     throw again each time moving up into the range. I think I was
>>     doing the same thing when I threw. I just want to make sure the
>>     lines are kept equally and our throwers are kept safe, so please
>>     pay extra attention to the line while we all gain experience with
>>     this addition to our game. I want to thank you all again for the
>>     conversations, the suggestions and to all of you who took your
>>     own time to help setup practice ranges so people could try what
>>     we were preposing prior to the final decision.
>>
>>     In Service,
>>
>>     Janyn
>>
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