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Apr 9
5 min

Throws Training at Home

You can't go to your gym. You can't throw at your school's sector. You're stuck at home with nowhere to go. How do you still get in your ...

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The Top 6 Accessory Lifts for High School Throwers

Throws University

Feb 1
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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Expected Progress for the High School Thrower

Throws University

Dec 23, 2019
3 min

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 benchm...

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Throws University

Nov 25, 2019
4 min

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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Throws University

Oct 12, 2018
3 min

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 coupl...

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Throws University

Oct 8, 2018
4 min

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 ge...

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Throws University

Oct 1, 2018
5 min

Should You Throw When You Are Sore?

The best way to indicate whether someone is a mature athlete or not is to watch how they deal with discomfort. Can they tell the differen...

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Throws University

Jul 19, 2018
2 min

Offseason Blog: Back at it

And we back. After a week of semi-activity following the end of my season, I started up training again. During these early stages of offs...

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