The thrower, in the ordinary form of the game, was expected to retain the recumbent position that was usual at table, and, in flinging the cottabus, to make use of his right hand only.
No spear thrower or bow and arrow was known.
Hercules Wimbledon's top javelin thrower Bekele Tola gained a double success taking the javelin with 58.69 meters and shot with 10.89 meters.
When guarding the thrower, the marker may not straddle the pivot foot of the thrower.
The Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans is famous for the throwing of beads when someone, usually a woman, flashes the thrower.