Comments on: The Two-handed Bowl and other Revolutionary Sports Techniques

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:03:00 +0000

OK, I admit it. I haven’t watched ski jumping in a while but….

QUOTE:After this triumph, the “Windisch technique” became the dominant jumping technique until 1985.

What is the dominant jumping technique now?

By: Sarah in CA

Sarah in CA — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:22:00 +0000

Excellent article!

By: Mangesh Hattikudur

Mangesh Hattikudur — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Great catch Jim (et al). The 64 error was my fault! Sorry about that… that important last digit was a casualty of my cut and paste.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Before he became a pro, Jason Belmonte was killing the competition at the international amateur ranks. A truly unorthodox release. All we need now is a Taiwanese “spin/helicopter” bowler to win in the PBA to really change the way people approach the game.

BTW, his eleventh strike in that vid was badly thrown. It’s too “head pin high” and he almost had a “brooklyn” with a “ringing nine”. Very lucky indeed.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:21:00 +0000

Place kicking definitely did look odd back in the day. When Elam tied the 63 yard field goal record in 98, I remember seeing clips of the previous record holder. He kicked with the front of his foot, but if I remember correctly, he didn’t have toes.

By: TXCherokee

TXCherokee — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:14:00 +0000

Ummm…even though I live in the Dallas area I’m going to assume that the Giants career scoring record is higher than ‘64 points’. Otherwise, great post.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:04:00 +0000

Great post! But as a Giants fan, I must point out Gogolak scored 646 points in his career, not 64. (Otherwise it would be a pretty embarrassing team record!)