Instead, think of pulling the caber up and through your chin. Letting your hands get out and away from your body on the pull limits your power and control of the caber. The big thing to remember is that you aren't throwing it out away from you - you want an upward pull. The pull is such a critical component of the throw, and is the final piece to turning big sticks and getting 12:00's awarded.
Admit it, you've always enjoyed throwing your weight around. This "recipe" is important, and none more critical when it comes to a long caber (20'+). This helps speed up the top of the caber and gets it falling faster. As you're driving the caber and sprinting down the field with the speed of a deer, fleet-footedness of a mountain goat and the physique of a Greek statue, throw your shoulder forward into that stick when it comes time to pull. You'll hear throwers say, "I just can't get it off my shoulder." That's code for, "Wow, this caber is huge," or, "Wow, this caber is long." To help with that, you've got to give it some shoulder. Longer cabers fall much slower than the shorter, heavier cabers. Now, I do have a small "recipe" for a long stick, but it's not really a "recipe " more of a microwave meal. I feel I can best say it this way: pull sooner than you think you should or need to. You just pulled too early." I've only seen this a few times in my career, as the opposite is almost always the case. Whatever the visual you need, realize you will rarely EVER hear the words, "Wow. Once you stop applying speed to it, it's no longer gaining - you're losing. Think of it this way, as soon as you stop running, the caber is slowing down. I've really stuck with that through the years, as it works better than the other cue I hear a lot "pull as soon as the caber passes your eyes." I've found that when I do that, I pull far too late. I was once told I needed to initiate my pull as soon as the caber left my shoulder. I'd like to give you "x" recipe for long sticks and "y" recipe for short sticks, but I just can't. You see, I'm a simple man and I like my throwing to be as simple as possible, too, as I believe it equates to fewer errors. Now, this won't surprise anyone, but I'm no genius thrower. This is such a hard, hard thing to coach, as it all depends on the length of the caber - that is, physics wise. but now what? I've seen it countless times in competitions and all too many times to me. You might have an amazing "pick" that just drops into your hand cradle, a high carry that allows you to drive the stick with speed, and a quick gather step that puts you in just the right position to finish the throw. It can all crumble at the end if you're not careful.
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