Gerrard Clay Pigeon Shooting

[Bob]

A mate of mine (Tore Brovold) actually took silver in the olympics shooting pigeon clays, and I think that making the last shoot IS possible.... IF the ball goes about 150 miles an hour. The pigeon clay travels at about 90 miles an hour (at the olympics anyway). To make contact at the point the video shows, the ball must catch up with the clay within about 50 feet. BUT the clayshooting-device could have been set to launch at a lower speed.

But I think it's a fake....

IF the ball goes about 150 miles an hour.

that's a chip shot and therefore is probably less than half of that - 70mph (at a push).

[the rev leeroy brown]

clay pigeons dont keep speeding away from you at 150 mph. they get to a certain hieght then waiver for a bit before they drop. for approx 1-1.5 secs the pigeon slows in speed and stays within a set area of space. this clip could be perfectly real.

[saj]

clay pigeons dont keep speeding away from you at 150 mph. they get to a certain hieght then waiver for a bit before they drop. for approx 1-1.5 secs the pigeon slows in speed and stays within a set area of space. this clip could be perfectly real.

Mate it is real - the producers were astonished that he managed to hit it in under 10 attempts. They thought it was gonna take about 80 shoots

[Tee]

Fake - no way in the world could anyone do that.

[Bob]

Mate it is real - the producers were astonished that he managed to hit it in under 10 attempts. They thought it was gonna take about 80 shoots

Yeah, we've read the stories; apparently Rafa was looking out at the same time and was also astonished.

[saj]

Yeah, we've read the stories; apparently Rafa was looking out at the same time and was also astonished.

Nah Rafa was trying to knock it out of the sky by throwing his kidney stones at it

[Bob]

Seen this on another thread:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-H2-C8rxk

[kingfunk]

http://adsoftheworld.com/node/33406

Steven Gerrard and Xavi Alonso had a go at kicking a few balls at some clay pigeons at Liverpool's training ground, which isn't an easy thing armed with just a football. Alonso launched a clay pigeon from a machine they'd wheeled out on the pitch and Gerrard smacked a ball nearly hitting it. He had another go and, second attempt, he hit it breaking the clay in the sky. Manager Rafa Benitez, watching from his office looked pretty impressed at Gerrard's feat, as were Liverpool training staff standing behind the camera.

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Shoot location:
“Clay Pigeon” Liverpool Football Training Ground, UK

[kingfunk]

Im suprised Dirk didnt run after the clay and come back with it in his mouth......