Talk:Discus throw

this is the most basic description of a discus throw. It is useful as an overview of what a discus throw is, but it does not berrrgin to cover half of the different motions a thrower must use to acheive maximum distance.

Who is Garth Allen? I googled his name and found no connection between a Garth Allen and a discus record. For now I have replaced Juergen Schults name (and in any case his name should have been conserved since its a table of record progressions). I must say that this editing of the record list seems to me intentionally misleading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.81.237.109 (talk) 11:28, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Recent Article Cleanup

I recently cleaned up the article. I placed Garth in the Top 10 above the World Record Progression list because he's good. I deleted the whole Best Year Performance list, the National Record list, and the European Record list. The BYP list only included women and frankly was not needed. The NR and ER list are both not needed because the Top 10 is the most important list for the article. The article should not be exhaustive in terms of giving every single good throw. The Top 10 list is a good keep and the WRP list helps show the growth of the discipline. I will probably be adding more material to the article (history, technique, etc) shortly. Baegis (talk) 07:10, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Origin

What is the origin of using a discus in ancient Greece? Was it originally a weapon, like the javelin? Badagnani (talk) 06:39, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Olympic Competition ?

The author of this section of the article seems to be confused about what a World Record is. A performance can only be called a World Record if it complies with and is ratified as having complied with the rules stipulated by the body under whose aegis the sport is organised and the competition is held. For athletics (Track & Field) that body is the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) which was founded in 1912. The first performance ratified by them as being a World Record for the discus was - as the table lower down on the page suggests - James Duncan's winning throw at Celtic Park, Long Island on the 27th May 1912. The Greek Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos was not a World Record holder and exceeding his performance make Bob Garrett a World Record holder for, among other reasons, the obvious fact that the 1896 Olympic discus was thrown from a square rather than from the stipulated 2.5 metre circle (which a reading of your own reference would have told you).

The whole section can therefore be deleted, since all it says is that only one World Record has been set in the Olympic games; a statement that could if required be easily incorporated into the text elsewhere.Cottonshirt (talk) 10:08, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Since no one has disagreed with my suggestion that this section should be deleted, I have now deleted it. Cottonshirt (talk) 14:54, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Spelling

I thought discus was spelt as discuss.--Launchballer (talk) 16:02, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Discuss = talk about something. Pronounced differently too (extended 's' sound at the end of the word compared to discus). --jjron (talk) 23:36, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Physique and training?

Article talks a lot about the motion of the throwing and the types of discuses. But does not share what sort of physique is beneficial for the sport. Or how athletes train. These are common sense general interest questions. Please do NOT erase this message without discussion. Also don't tell me to edit the page. I came here LOOKING for that info. Making a note that it is missing is a sound use of the talk page.