Page 3 of 4 FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 LastLast
Results 31 to 45 of 53

Thread: Can a person kick a ball farther or throw a ball farther

  1. #31

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by BroncoWave View Post
    I tend to agree with this. Seems like the classic fish story, where the fish you caught gets bigger every time you retell it. I have a REALLY hard time believing anyone has every thrown an NFL football 100 yards. MAYBE 90 if there was a really strong backwind, but even that I doubt.
    Well, like I said, I have never seen it done. The longest throw I've ever seen was the one Elway completed in high school. The feet of throwing a ball 90+ yards doesn't seem impossible to me. I could throw a ball over 50 yards when I was 37 and I'm only 5'11" 190.

  2. #32
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    colorado
    Posts
    26,922

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by BroncoWave View Post
    Vortex football.



    Yes, thats it!

    Elway could only throw that thing 90 yards and that thing flies forever. I doubt that he or anyone else could throw a larger less aerodynamic object equally as far or close to it.
    The Plan at the moment:

    Draft: Trade a 3rd and 6th this year to a team to move up and get a 2nd next year (this will happen).

    Players I want:
    Jake Ferguson (Jake Butt) or Jelani Woods or Jeremy Ruckert or Cade Otten (owen daniels) at TE- All 4th rd or later.
    Troy Anderson LB 3rd/4th rd (yay Timmy!)
    Neil Farrell, JR DL- run stuffer- bye purcell

  3. #33
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Tucson, AZ
    Adopted Bronco:
    Josey Jewell
    Posts
    30,216

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by underrated29 View Post
    Yes, thats it!

    Elway could only throw that thing 90 yards and that thing flies forever. I doubt that he or anyone else could throw a larger less aerodynamic object equally as far or close to it.
    Well, I know Elway could throw the ball 80 yards because I saw him do it
    twice: once in high school, and once against SD as a pro.
    .
    Though He slay me, I will trust in Him . . . (Job 13:15)


  4. #34
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    maryland usa
    Posts
    42,464

    Default

    I think it depends on the individual like another poster suggested.

  5. #35
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Adopted Bronco:
    Mister Cobble
    Posts
    53,562

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by topscribe View Post
    Well, I know Elway could throw the ball 80 yards because I saw him do it
    twice: once in high school, and once against SD as a pro.
    .
    Big difference in 80 and 90 yards though. I don't doubt he could throw it 80, but that seems like the upper limit to me. And in a game, when you saw him do it, he probably had some adrenaline pumping too, which always helps.

  6. The Following User High Fived BroncoWave For This Post:


  7. #36

    Default

    Elway used to throw some deep balls 60 yards or more, and sometimes that was from one side of the field to the other so I don't think 80 to 90 yards is out of the question.

    As to the size of footballs, I thought I remember reading that the high school balls were in fact smaller up until about 5 years ago. I'll see if I can find a link.

  8. #37
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Tucson, AZ
    Adopted Bronco:
    Josey Jewell
    Posts
    30,216

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by BroncoWave View Post
    Big difference in 80 and 90 yards though. I don't doubt he could throw it 80, but that seems like the upper limit to me. And in a game, when you saw him do it, he probably had some adrenaline pumping too, which always helps.
    I wouldn't doubt it. It was during game action Elway did it.

    You may be right about the difference betwenn 80 and 90, too. It may be
    like the day Roger Bannister ran the 4 minute mile, if they would have said
    he could have run it in 3:50, which was then a long ways away from the
    3:59 he ran. Sometimes, a few seconds or yards seems so close, but
    then get out there and try to do it,

    Take Favre's 77 yard toss, for instance (which he did in anger, so there's
    the possible adrenaline factor). That's only three yards away from 80.
    So could he do it? Well, obviously, he couldn't do 78, and that's one yard,
    if you get my drift.
    .
    .
    Last edited by topscribe; 10-09-2013 at 08:07 PM.
    Though He slay me, I will trust in Him . . . (Job 13:15)


  9. #38
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    420 Feet High
    Adopted Bronco:
    Derek "aaarrruuuuuu" Wolfe
    Posts
    2,487

    Default

    Not sure about throwing a ball, but as far as Disc Golf goes....

    You can roll a disc further than you can throw it. Though there are not many good opportunities to roll them on most of the courses.

    Just an FYI....


    PEACE!!!
    SAKUNA MATATA - Black Forest, CO

    ^Thanks MasterShake^

  10. #39

    Default

    Here's the video. He's standing on about the 10-12 yard line, he spins and rolls to his left and launches the ball from the 7 between the hash marks. The guy catches the ball at the six yard line on the right side of the harshmark, but the ball would have easily travelled to the 5 or 4 yard line if not caught.

    Check it out at the 12:56 mark. It's easily 88 yards in the air.


  11. The Following User High Fived Al Wilson 4 Mayor For This Post:


  12. #40

    Default

    So I finally found the video, and no one takes the time to look? Jeesh!


  13. #41

    Default

    I saw it babycakes. Hell of a throw.

  14. The Following User High Fived Slick For This Post:


  15. #42

    Default

    I tried to count the yard markers. It looked to be about 70 yards.

  16. #43

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by dbfan2007 View Post
    I tried to count the yard markers. It looked to be about 70 yards.
    70? He threw it from the 7 to the 6..

  17. #44

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor View Post
    70? He threw it from the 7 to the 6..
    The quality is iffy. I can't tell for sure if that's the goal line. So I assumed the lines were 5 yards apart and counted them.

  18. #45
    Join Date
    Aug 2007
    Location
    Tucson, AZ
    Adopted Bronco:
    Josey Jewell
    Posts
    30,216

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor View Post
    Here's the video. He's standing on about the 10-12 yard line, he spins and rolls to his left and launches the ball from the 7 between the hash marks. The guy catches the ball at the six yard line on the right side of the harshmark, but the ball would have easily travelled to the 5 or 4 yard line if not caught.

    Check it out at the 12:56 mark. It's easily 88 yards in the air.

    Now I remember. Elway actually passed from the 8. I thought the ball had
    come down at the opposing 8, but TXBronc is the one who corrected me,
    made me look a little closer.

    You need to count the yard lines to get at the actual yardage. There are
    actually 12 yardlines between the throw and the catch. And then he threw
    2 yards before the first yardline, and the catch was made 2 yards beyond
    the last one. That figures to 64 yards.

    Then he passed it from roughly 2 yards from the center of the field to half-
    way between the center and the right sidelines, which would be about
    13 yards, so it went about 15 yards across the field. Using the formula for
    the hypotenuse, which is the straight line between point A (the pass) and
    point B (the catch), it comes to 65.73 yards actually in the air. Still a heck
    of a throw for a high school kid, but probably not all he was capable of.
    .
    Though He slay me, I will trust in Him . . . (Job 13:15)


Go
Shop AFC Champions and Super Bowl gear at the official online Pro Shop of the Denver Broncos!

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
status.broncosforums.com - BroncosForums status updates
Partner with the USA Today Sports Media Group