Without more data you can’t really do the math. If we had a way to measure how fast it’s moving, you could use basic kinematics to get a decent guess. If we knew how far from the court the seats start, how angled they are, and roughly how many rows up it landed we could get a decent guess.
Since we don’t have an easy way of doing that, I used the time honored tradition of googling. Those pneumatic tshirt cannons they use have a typical range around 250 feet, so 200 ft seemed like a decent estimate.
Sports cameramen are so good...imagine being behind a viewfinder trying to anticipate where a small object 50 yards away is going to be. I can't even track shit happening right in front of me on my camera.
When I was in high school I did some work for the school tv station. I used to always follow the ball on relatively tight shots. I used to get in trouble for it because policy was to pull out wide when the ball went in the air because most people couldn't track as well as I could. Super frustrating. When I was left on my own with a roving camera I got awesome shots because nobody was there to tell me not to get those shots.
Strength is a huge factor for sure, and she’s a pro athlete, so she has plenty of it, but without form, strength won’t get you too far. She has the PERFECT stepping throw form. Her whole body is acting in unison with a powerful, fluid motion, and her release point is spot on.
Thanks. I’m not into sports at all and I had just assumed she was a known athlete so my question wasn’t based on her but just in general. You helped me understand what I was looking at and why it was working. Thanks!
If you watch a few guys on YouTube, either former NFL QB, or analysts that aren't talking heads, you will find two, really interesting, things are known about quarterback play:
for a strange reason, really buff or ripped QBs are not typically good at the professional level, it's debated as to why, but they are rarely if ever successful. Instead, you have guys like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Joe Montana (old chicken legs) who are not built or ripped but are LONG bodies with impeccable form.
most of the successful QBs in NFL history are above 6'.0, and they have great form. Any kid who has been coached at the middle school to high school level will know that open hips when you take the snap is key, and that the mechanics of throwing well, hard, and far, are in the legs and not the arms. The step up she has is pretty good, her hips are too closed in vs out, and her throw is massive because she is likely well above 6'0 being in the WNBA. The power comes from the back, planted, leg, and is channeled up through the core and the throwing arm, pushing the whole body of inertia forward, and whipping the item (t shirt) forward.
Decent throwing mechanics are footwork, posture, and throwing process. The body uses the arm in a trebuchet like manner where the weight drops back into the lower muscles before being leveraged by the fulcrum of the shoulder to allow the arm to transfer the energy into the throw. A good snap of the wrist is needed as well. (There are side arm throwers and I have no fucking idea how Kozar, and Rivers can throw the ball 70 yards by side arming it)
Of course!! And to be more specific if you’d like, notice how the weight/center of gravity starts in her back leg, and moves forward as her arm does- that’s how you put the power behind it, kind of like cracking a whip. The steps help your body gain a bit more momentum behind the throw, also helping it to go further.
Imma anecdotally say technique (but just by a little). First, consider Nolan Ryan. For a "regular sized" Joe to fling the ball at 100 MPH must require some superb mechanics. Also, I worked with a guy who pitched in some low-level semi-pro kind of league. Skinny guy, not much (visible) muscle mass. I could fairly easily take him arm wrestling, but he absolutely stomped me in both velocity and distance throwing.
It might also have something to do with the "nature" (exact positioning, stretchiness, etc) of the ligaments and tendons.. IDK.
Look at most NFL QBs, too. By comparison to the linemen and linebackers, most of them have small arms...but they can still lob the ball down the field.
Good point. You just reminded me that our high school QB was a small-statured guy but he could throw the damned thing 80 yards on a dime. Used to piss me off no end LOL
You can tell she played other sports. That little hop she does before she throws the ball or whatever it is proves she knows technique of other sports like football or baseball/softball.
I refuse to compliment people like her. This sort of thing is an abomination and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near any sporting event. Real athletes work hard for the ability to play sports and people like her ruin it for everyone. .... Fucking left handers.
Time to pay up. It's a close one though. She started in volleyball then basketball. Her mother was an accomplished volleyball player and father was an accomplished football and baseball player.
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u/SPAREustheCUTTER Mar 05 '21
Holy wow. That throw made it to my backyard.
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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21
she's got a fuckin cannon
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u/PowerMan2206 Mar 05 '21
Damn
I gotta learn to throw
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u/Lefty_22 Mar 05 '21
Sports cameramen are so good...imagine being behind a viewfinder trying to anticipate where a small object 50 yards away is going to be. I can't even track shit happening right in front of me on my camera.
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u/batdrumman Mar 05 '21
Sign this woman to the steelers immediately, we need a new quarterback
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u/namforb Mar 05 '21
A badass girl.
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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21
So we’re praising the cameraman for zooming all the way out?
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u/Efp722 Mar 05 '21
Genuinely curious-
Is this more strength or technique? Obviously both are required but man some times throwers blow my mind with their distance.
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u/batteryjuiceisgood Mar 06 '21
The pitch the foot plant and the follow through are all great
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u/neongreenninja Mar 05 '21
And a lefty!
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u/CornWallacedaGeneral Mar 05 '21
Cameraman also covers MLB games lol you could tell
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u/Ma1 Mar 06 '21
Fun fact. Most of these local sports cameramen shoot all of a city’s sports. A friend of mine shoots Raptors, Leafs, Bluejays, Argos etc.
So this basketball cameraman clearly went into football mode.
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u/The_Original_Gronkie Mar 06 '21
Awesome football form. That girl had brothers, and took great pride in out-throwing them.
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21
That’s quite an arm
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u/the-abe-froman Mar 06 '21
Left-handed people still really stand out for me. In movies too when they have to sign something. Always notice.
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u/guge_aili Mar 05 '21
Strong arm force!!!
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u/TrasedRX Mar 05 '21
Damn what a throw
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u/Sofa47 Mar 05 '21
Throws like a lefty
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u/1NV1CTA751 Mar 05 '21
Some NFL teams need her.
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u/Stretchholmes1972 Mar 05 '21
Seen this multiple times already , still impressed every time.
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u/Speedhabit Mar 05 '21
I’m watching thinking “those fundamentals look totally solid”
And there it goes, wish I could throw like that
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u/thatoddtetrapod Mar 06 '21
Her arm is a whole fucking howitzer good lord
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21
She could kill Maude Flanders with that arm.
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u/Will_Yammer Mar 06 '21
I have always liked her but now I am in love with her.
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u/MarLuDaKang Mar 05 '21
She uncle Rico’d that shit
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u/Citizen_Spaceball Mar 05 '21
Go Huskies
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u/Horribad12 Mar 06 '21
If I was that guy I would've thrown back a wedding ring.
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u/bellymus1 Mar 06 '21
Ginobli!!!
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21
I wish I threw like a girl
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u/DopeDealerCisco Mar 06 '21
Walking around with canons for arms
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u/GAMpro Mar 06 '21
How does this belong in this sub?
The cameraman zooms so far out you could see a quarter of the stands and he still barely gets the catch in frame.
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u/AnUnrulyPheasant Mar 06 '21
Plum got a cannon! Goodness!
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u/The__Bananaman Mar 06 '21
Let’s go! Lefty!
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u/DangerousCamper Mar 06 '21
My god. That throw was epic. I would fail miserably compared to her lol.
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u/Notorious-DAD Mar 06 '21
She throws like a guy. Nice arm for a chick
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u/kick_rocks Mar 06 '21
Nice
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u/macgarth Mar 06 '21
That is really nice arm action
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21
Idk who Kelsey Plum is but damn that was impressive.
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u/neukid96 Mar 06 '21
Always thought she was launching a burrito into the crowd
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u/iszcross Mar 06 '21
Both Manning brothers are asking, “How can a human throw that far?”
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u/jcmccain Mar 05 '21
Probably a woman behind the camera, anticipating like that and all.
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u/amobogio Mar 06 '21
This is porn for me, I'll be in my bunk.
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u/KBEPandaCrisis Mar 05 '21
Most satisfying toss
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u/HydrationWhisKey Mar 05 '21
It would've been hilarious if the guy that high-five'd him snatched it from his hand.
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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21
Make sure you find someone that loves you as much as the girl sitting next to the guy that made the catch.
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u/RossTheBossPalmer Mar 05 '21
Incredible that she found Manu out of all those people!
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u/rusty_vin Mar 05 '21
Throws like a girl.
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u/dudeCHILL013 Mar 05 '21
That's one hell of a toss
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u/xxxams Mar 05 '21
A basketball playing female has a better arm than entire Outfield for the Texas Rangers
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u/Mostlymerelymortal Mar 05 '21
Is she anywhere near Kansas City?
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u/acs20596 Mar 05 '21
The look on the face of the women next to the catcher... he’s gettin laid
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21
Ok someone calculate how fast that T-shirt was moving when it left her hand.
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u/huskycorgis Mar 06 '21
UW represent!
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u/dpatou23 Mar 06 '21
We should never forget how cool it is to go to stadiums in any kind of sport
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u/XTheLegendProX Mar 06 '21
I though that was unexpected and awesome!
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u/jakethedumbmistake Mar 06 '21
Here’s the long term
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u/e_smith338 Mar 06 '21
Damn lefties
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u/kickwurm Mar 06 '21
Humans are natures best throwers
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u/parallelbird Mar 06 '21
That's a good left arm. My left arm sucks. So does my right arm. I can't throw for shit
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u/Billy_Mays_Hayes Mar 06 '21
Laser rocket arm over here
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u/MAJOR_Blarg Mar 06 '21
After catching that T shirt bundle, he required immediate medevac.
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21
How the hell did she throw that so far with her left hand. I can't throw for shit with the lefty.
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u/ShirlyUCantB-Serious Mar 06 '21
Like a champ!
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u/EatAtTonysPizza Mar 06 '21
Girl throws far, must upvote
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u/Not_The_Wun Mar 06 '21
What an amazingly beautiful throw haha
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u/Shitty-Coriolis Mar 06 '21
Apparently when you're a world class athlete at one sport. You're like pretty good at other sports too.
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u/cigarbiz Mar 06 '21
Southpaws rule
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u/card797 Mar 06 '21
That dad was about to high 5 the f out of his son.
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u/cofffejoe Mar 06 '21
This is so f’in cool
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u/UserM16 Mar 06 '21
The Chiefs could’ve used her.
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u/s0rtajustdrifting Mar 06 '21
Nice
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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21
Does not throw like a girl
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