Information about Throwing

Throwing may refer to:
  • Throw (grappling), a martial arts and grappling technique that involves off-balancing or lifting an opponent
  • Throwing (cricket), bowling a delivery in cricket with an elbow flexion degree higher than that set by the ICC
  • Knife throwing, the art of throwing a knife at a target
Throwing may also be:
  • Another name for English knitting, a style of knitting
  • The process of making ceramic ware on the potter's wheel
  • A computer programming term for raising an exception in exception handling
  • A type of match fixing where a game is deliberately lost
In Physics a throw can be:
  • Throw (projector) - the distance of movie projector to the screen
  • Throw, part of an electrical switch
  • The distance that a jet of fluid travels, such as in diffusers for room air distribution
In athletics, the throwing events are:
throw (in Japanese martial arts referred to as nage-waza, 投げ技, "throwing technique") is a martial arts term for a grappling technique that involves off-balancing or lifting an opponent, and tossing them to the ground.
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In the sport of cricket, throwing (commonly referred to as chucking) occurs when a bowler delivers a ball with an illegal bending of the elbow. If the umpire deems that the ball has been delivered illegally, he will call a no ball.
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Knife throwing is an art, sport, or variously an entertainment technique, involving an artist skilled in the art of throwing knives, the weapons thrown, and a target.

The throwing knife


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English knitting, also known as right-hand knitting or throwing, is a style of Western knitting where the yarn about to be knit into the fabric is carried in the right hand.
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Match fixing or game fixing in organized sports occurs when a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result. Where the sporting competition in question is a race then the incident will be referred to as race fixing.
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throw is the distance of a movie projector from the screen. It is the distance the image is thrown onto the screen, and it has a large effect on screen size. [1] Often in home theatre individuals lack the correct throw distance in the room, but can buy a
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HVAC (pronounced either "H-V-A-C" or, occasionally, "aitch-vak") is an initialism/acronym that stands for "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning".
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Discus is an athletic throwing event in track and field competition. The discus, the object to be thrown, is a heavy lenticular disc with a diameter of 220 mm (8.66 inches) and a weight of two kilograms (4 lb 7 oz) for the men's event, and one kg (2 lb 3 oz) for the
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The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual hammer was thrown.
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The javelin throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, carbon fiber.
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The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving "putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible.
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