Quote:do you know anyone in the local police force - dog training unit by preference. Get hold of one of their padded suits and have people try and hit me with tennis balls (while wearing the suit - obviously
Or possibly they might have one used in unarmed combat training.
In our military training they use pugal sticks... I think... anyone have input on that? our local National Guard units might have some of them...
Or maybe hockey goalie protective equipment...
Best idea yet for a target I think... er... aah...
or was that TWO??? Real live targets... well... aah... for a while anyway...
Haven't been able to develop a reliable (the balloons keep rupturing when I dial on the power) pouch for the mini water balloons yet... maybe we should switch to tennis balls and up the pro' for everyone. Tennis balls really shouldn't require that much protection... at least not like something such as the very hard rubber hockey puck (their mass is pretty high too...). I've played a little hockey and pucks can really feel lethal if you are not a fully pro'd like the goalie.
Anyway thanks for the ideas (all of them). I am planning on having several of them available. Got the pipe yesterday for the target stands and one of the backstops (two stands... both will have a 10x10 foot backstop... target stands are 8x8 foot)). Should have them fabbed and photo'd by this time next week... All the target ideas will work either in front of a backstop and/or in the open. I want to have a lot of options so we can try out a lot of things and develop a good variety of feedback...