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    Designing a Throwers Training Session
    Throws University
    • Dec 6, 2020
    • 4 min

    Designing a Throwers Training Session

    Throwing has countless facets and numerous variables that factor into overall development. There are many moving pieces behind shot put...
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    How to Coach as a Parent
    Throws University
    • Jul 5, 2020
    • 5 min

    How to Coach as a Parent

    Your child wants to get into throwing. Finally, your dream is coming true. Your kid can develop into one of the nation’s best throwers....
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    How to Stand Throw Properly
    Throws University
    • May 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    How to Stand Throw Properly

    You have seen your competition taking massive standing throws in warm-ups. The intimidation sinks in, the distance is as far as your full...
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    The Block Arm
    Throws University
    • Feb 29, 2020
    • 6 min

    The Block Arm

    The term “block” arm is a bit confusing. You step into the circle and you are told not to open the block arm, leading to the hips falling...
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    The Block Leg
    Throws University
    • Feb 24, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Block Leg

    You hear the term “block” used frequently but the premise and idea is abstract. What does “block” mean? What does it refer to?
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    The Top 6 Accessory Lifts for High School Throwers
    Throws University
    • Feb 1, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Top 6 Accessory Lifts for High School Throwers

    Throwers love heading to the weight room, they love smashing a couple of squats, a few bench presses, throw in some box jumps and get out...
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    The Top 5 Best Lifts for High School Throwers
    Throws University
    • Jan 27, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Top 5 Best Lifts for High School Throwers

    You head over to the weight room, all you can dream about is throwing further and hitting that monstrous throw. The feeling of the shot...
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    Speed Development: Part 3 of 3 Physiology
    Throws University
    • Jan 20, 2020
    • 5 min

    Speed Development: Part 3 of 3 Physiology

    Speed Development Part 1 Speed Development Part 2 You have taken 500 throws over the last three weeks but you still feel slow. You still...
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    Speed Development Part 2 of 3: The Weightroom
    Throws University
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 5 min

    Speed Development Part 2 of 3: The Weightroom

    Speed Development Part 1 You feel slow in the circle, you feel slow in the weight room. You feel stiff and tight, as though you weren’t...
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    How to Increase Speed in the Throw: Part 1 of 3
    Throws University
    • Jan 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    How to Increase Speed in the Throw: Part 1 of 3

    You are a high school thrower, BEGGING to find some extra speed. You have all the strength you could ever want for the shot put and...
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    Misunderstood Recruiting: Raw vs. Trained
    Throws University
    • Dec 30, 2019
    • 4 min

    Misunderstood Recruiting: Raw vs. Trained

    You work your butt off day in and day out. You lift hard, you throw well, you understand technique. You LIVE to throw far. You want to be...
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    The Point of Diminishing Returns
    Throws University
    • Dec 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Point of Diminishing Returns

    We have all seen those throwers. The dude who has a 450lb bench press but can barely throw a shot 40 feet. They can squat 500lbs but they...
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    Athlete Feedback for Improved Training: Pt. 1
    Throws University
    • Dec 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    Athlete Feedback for Improved Training: Pt. 1

    Athlete feedback is the absolute best way to comprehend a training program, comprehend individual responses to training and progressively...
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    Coaches Corner: Comprehending World Class Coaching
    Throws University
    • Dec 3, 2019
    • 3 min

    Coaches Corner: Comprehending World Class Coaching

    For years I wondered how the best coaches in the world handled programming, periodization, and technical work. Over and over again, I...
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    How to Rotate the Right Foot (Spin/Discus)
    Throws University
    • Nov 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    How to Rotate the Right Foot (Spin/Discus)

    (For this article, the right foot refers specifically to the dominant foot of the thrower. Although the term is “right foot,” if there is...
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    Five Keys to Coaching
    Throws University
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 3 min

    Five Keys to Coaching

    Over the years, we have gotten countless messages from throwers who have recently gotten a new throws coach while also getting contacts...
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    Great Throwers Are Not Normal
    Throws University
    • Oct 22, 2018
    • 5 min

    Great Throwers Are Not Normal

    Every champion the world has ever seen has one similar quality: they are not like everybody else. I’m not talking about their physical...
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    Coaching Two Events at Once
    Throws University
    • Jun 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    Coaching Two Events at Once

    First, I think it’s ridiculous that USATF would screw over coaches and athletes by having a staggered start for two of the biggest throws...
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    Closing Out the Season: A Conversation
    Throws University
    • Jun 13, 2018
    • 6 min

    Closing Out the Season: A Conversation

    This blog is a transcript of a conversation between Garage Strength Head Coach Dane Miller, and three of his post-collegiate throwers:...
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    How to really get “In Shape” as a Thrower
    Throws University
    • Apr 22, 2018
    • 3 min

    How to really get “In Shape” as a Thrower

    There have been too many times that I have heard from coaches and parents that a thrower is overweight and that they need to do...
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