spear throwing
Launching a javelin
Spear throwing is the act of hurling a spear, whether for hunting, combat, or sport.
The practice dates to humanity's earliest weapons technology.
Modern spear throwing appears in athletic competition, historical reenactment, and traditional hunting cultures.
The javelin throw in track and field is a formalized version: She set the state record in spear throwing.
- javelinThrowing spear for sport
- Olympic eventSport contested for medals
- ancient weaponsCombat tools from antiquity
- athleticsCompetitive physical activities
- trajectoryPath of moving object
leverage · hunting · big game hunting · kinetic energy · aerodynamics · tribal traditions · hand-eye coordination · track and field · assegai · release point · follow through · body mechanics · pilum · Paleolithic era · warfare · training regimens · balance · ceremonial rituals
- throwing gamesdarts, cornhole, disc golf, discus, frisbee
- ancient athleticsOlympics, pentathlon, marathon, boxing, wrestling
- traditional gameslacrosse, stickball, shinny, snow snake, hand game
- Arabian sportscamel racing, falconry, horse racing, pearl diving, traditional archery
- Nilotic culturecattle herding, scarification, cattle raids, cattle raiding, tribal elders
- African traditionsinitiation ceremonies, naming ceremony, ancestral worship, rites of passage, tribal chiefs
spear throwingarchery
Shooting with bows
bow and arrow · rifle shooting · gunfire · shooting · firearms
spear throwinghand-to-hand combat
Fighting without distance weapons
close combat · grappling · unarmed combat · melee combat · close-quarters combat