Caber toss

Caber Toss (English: tossing the caber, caber toss short ) is a traditional Scottish sport. It is operated in Scotland for centuries and is now an integral part of the annual Highland Games; but it is also a discipline of Olympics of Gotland.

The pitcher holds the tree trunk first with both hands vertically in front of his body. Then he takes off, the log will not tip over, and throws the root of so that this first performs a 180 ° turn in the air. So he meets with the original top end first on the ground. Due to the torque it tilts further then, so in the end the end that had the thrower in your hands, shows away from it.

The aim of the caber toss, it is not to throw the trunk as far as possible, but in a straight line as possible. If the trunk lying diagonally, then the thrower is penalized with a deduction of points, the component becomes higher, the greater the angular deviation. Tilts the back strain after impact towards the thrower, then the point deduction is even higher.

The strains used are usually 5-6 feet long and weigh between 35 and 60 kg. The weight and size of the stems require from the participants considerable strength and skill.

Mountain Turnfeste

The caber toss also found in the German-speaking input, as it absorbed the gymnastic movement in their exercises that were initially of physical training and performance in the context of military thought. So one of the caber toss competition to the traditional disciplines that are executed at Mountain gymnastics festivals. The rules that throwing technique and the dimensions of the logs used are different from the Scottish tradition.

The smaller than in Scotland sized tree trunk is held from the state in parallel aligned feet with both hands vertically in front of the body and thrown out of this position is high and wide. The tree trunk must Like the Scottish rules arise on the ground and thereby tip over at a right angle to the front so that the held during the release into the hands of lower end in throwing direction comes to lie down with your during the release upward end first. From different litters of an athlete will ever pass the furthest removed in the standings, unless it has complied with the rules, and rewarded with 0-25 points. A transgression of the discharge mark and a deviation from the throwing technique or the type of tipping over makes the throw invalid. For women and men's big and heavy tree trunks are used differently.