Mental Approach

WHY I choked at D3 Nationals

Flashback three years ago when I was a senior in college at Division 3 Nationals. I was seeded 3rd at 18.00m behind two of D3’s greatest...

Season Blog: Well, That Sucked

I'm sure most who read this won't be aware, but my season closed out in a pretty painful way. I went into the last weekend of qualifying...

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:...

Not Feeling Great in Your Peak?

I think almost every athlete has been in this situation before: creeping closer to a major competition, beginning your peak, and yet...

Midseason Technical Slump

We’ve all been there before. The season is a few meets old, you feel like everything is moving pretty well, and then suddenly it feels...

Getting Ready for Meet Day

A lot of people ask me for meet day tips, so I thought it would be helpful to write out a guide for meet day preparation. I’m going to...

Season Blog: Not Quite There Yet

Well, that did not go as planned. After starting the season well and heading to the Lehigh Games feeling confident, I just did not...

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...

There Are Minimum Marks!? The Thrower Identity Crisis

Last weekend I got a frantic text from some of my throwers that there were minimum marks at their meet and that they didn’t know what to...