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South African Drills: Discus
Dude is warming up with HUGE bombs in warm-ups. The discus is bombing, it’s going deep and the throw looks phenomenal. The thrower is...

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Aug 17, 20203 min read
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Why Should Throwers Non-Reverse?
You feel like you are absolutely smashing the finish. The shot is flying off the hand, you feel explosive but the shot isn’t going...

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Jul 20, 20205 min read
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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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Jul 5, 20205 min read
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Should Throwers Run?
It's the first day of practice, you can't wait to start off the season right getting strong and tossing huge throws, but then Coach walks...

Throws University
Jun 18, 20207 min read
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How to Stop Throwing Flat (Rotational Shot Put)
The difference between a throw in the shot put that is flat or a throw in the shot put that has a proper angle of release could spark a...

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Jun 15, 20205 min read
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How to Hold a Shot Put
Hand placement on the shot can be the difference between first place and third place. Do you find yourself missing that big hit on the...

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Jun 7, 20205 min read
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Throwing Assessment and Improvements
Quarantine is deep and there is plenty of time to analyze, assess and plan. Numerous thoughts are rolling through your brain as you focus...

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Apr 6, 20205 min read
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Why The Throwers Assessment?
There is an extreme talent void among throwers, with elite throwers possessing a special talent that the majority of average throwers do...

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Apr 1, 20204 min read
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Resourceful Training: Parts Programming
You head to your training session, all you have is your discus and shot put and your body. There isn’t any weightlifting equipment, there...

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Mar 21, 20204 min read
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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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Jan 13, 20205 min read
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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...

Throws University
Dec 30, 20194 min read
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Expected Progress for the High School Thrower
In last week’s blog, we dove deep into the topic of Strength Levels Needed for Elite High School Throwers. We provided those basic...

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Dec 23, 20193 min read
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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...

Throws University
Dec 14, 20194 min read
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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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Dec 3, 20193 min read
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Throwing While It’s Snowing
Not every high school thrower has the luxury of throwing indoors in a nice, warm, gymnasium. In fact, most high school throwers struggle...

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Nov 24, 20194 min read
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Becoming A National Champion
The behind the scenes look of what contributed to Sam Mattis winning the national championship in the discus at USA's 2019

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Aug 16, 20199 min read
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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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Oct 22, 20185 min read
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Training When You Are Sick
Excuses and flakiness comes in all shapes and sizes. When I think of the best and most hard working throwers out there, I realize a...

Throws University
Oct 12, 20183 min read
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The Off-Season Without a Coach
Throwing is full of people who at the first meet of the season say they want to throw 2 meters further and ask what they have to do to...

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Oct 8, 20184 min read
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Time to Adaptation for Throwers: When Will I Feel Changes?
Here I’m going to go over a pretty common worry for any technical athlete, but particularly throwers: how long will it take for me to...

Throws University
Apr 25, 20182 min read
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