Throwing Assessment and Improvements
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Throws University
- Mar 30, 2020
- 4 min
College Recruiting...Over?
You have dreamed of throwing in college, becoming the next freak shot putter or discus thrower. Working your butt off to achieve the...
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Throws University
- Mar 16, 2020
- 4 min
Season: Over
You were anxious for the outdoor season. All winter you focused on big throws, improving your technique, getting stronger in the weight...
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Throws University
- Feb 10, 2020
- 5 min
Mental Preparation for the Big Competition
The big meet is right around the corner. Maybe it’s the conference meet, maybe it’s states, maybe it’s even NCAA’s! Whatever that meet...
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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...
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Throws University
- Oct 28, 2019
- 3 min
All That Matters is the Next Throw
Every thrower has been guilty of it. They worry about the “what ifs?” They get fearful, they start to worry, they start to tell everyone...
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Throws University
- Aug 2, 2019
- 7 min
Who Wants To Go To Tokyo?
Dude walks into a room. He’s not impressively tall, but certainly bigger than most people. He’s smiling from ear to ear, everyone is...
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Throws University
- Jan 25, 2019
- 3 min
Understanding Variables in Competition
by Trevor Stutzman There will be meets where you throw far and meets where you will not throw far. Understanding this fact is essential...
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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
- 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...
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Throws University
- Aug 30, 2018
- 3 min
4 Things You'll (Probably) Need to Sacrifice as a Post-Collegiate Athlete
This list wasn't meant to be all-inclusive, or in any way intimidating. Rather, I hope to educate some people on aspects of...
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Throws University
- Aug 22, 2018
- 3 min
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
This article was prompted with the question, "What would you tell your collegiate freshman self about track and training if you could?"...
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Throws University
- Aug 15, 2018
- 5 min
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...
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Throws University
- Jul 3, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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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
- May 8, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Throws University
- Mar 30, 2018
- 3 min
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...
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