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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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