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6th Day of Throws Tips: 🚀 Six Pillars Connecting discus throw shot put throws coaching Dec 23, 2023

Listen, if you don't learn these 6 Pillars of the throw, then it's time to step out of the ring and hang it up.

It is absolutely A MUST that you learn these 6 pillars 

without them, how are you ever...

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5th Day of Throws Tips: 💫 Five Throwing Rules that are Golden discus throw shot put throws coaching Dec 22, 2023

There are some simple concepts that you need to understand that greatly help you with your ability to throw far ....

.... especially when things get tough (and believe me, if you're training right, t...

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4th Day of Throws Tips 🛠 4 Technical Tips for Consistent Results discus throw shot put throws coaching Dec 21, 2023

Now that football and volleyball are officially over (mostly) ...

it's officially time to start gearing up for track season.

Let's make the 2024 track season your biggest yet

and the year you devou...

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12 Days of Throws Tips: Day 3- The 🔑 Key 3 Training Components discus throw shot put throws coaching Dec 20, 2023

This is how you're going to simplify complexity.

Understand what you need to do and why you need to do it.

Once you understand how you approach training throws technique...

.... you begin to change...

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12 DAYS OF THROWS TIPS (Christmas Special) - 2 P.E.D.s (Performance Enhancing Drills) 🏆 discus throw shot put throws coaching Dec 19, 2023

In today’s video tip,  you'll see how to achieve the biggest technical improvements in the shortest period of time, by getting specific in training vs the mediocre results you get from a random throwi...

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12 Days of Throws Tips: Day 1- A Grip that Drops 70 🚀 Dec 18, 2023

Don’t fall into the trap of thinking this fundamental stuff doesn't really matter- because physics and biomechanics say you’re wrong!

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Shot Put & Discus Half Turns- An Easy Throws Drill or a Distance Killer? Nov 17, 2023

One thing I discovered over the years as a throws coach is that when an athlete learns a throwing drill, or a technical movement and it's not quite right, or just flat out wrong....

it take hundreds ...

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Distance Killer ☠️ Lifting The Chest - Rotational Shot Put & Discus Throws discus throw glide shot shot put throws coaching Nov 10, 2023

The vicious cycle of watching shot put & discus throws videos you find online, taking a few notes in your head, and then go out and try to interpret what you just saw the night before- that eventually...

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Strength Training Strategies that Hits the Target 🎯 Oct 15, 2022

I always look forward to this time of year when I get to work with my athletes & we train on the critical fundamentals in the weight room- this is when the magic happens. 

 Starting your training in ...

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How To Building Strength Levels When Less Is More strength training Sep 03, 2022

THROWING FAR ISN'T ABOUT LUCK...

IT’S ABOUT LEARNING HOW TO TRAIN RIGHT- IN & OUT OF THE RING

You work hard…. really hard!

… you spend a ton of time in the weight room and at the rings, but the ove...

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Are You Chasing Numbers Instead of Performance? Sep 01, 2022

Today, I'm going to share with you a short story ... Beauty & the Beast- except Beauty is a 17=ft PR 🏆  and the Beast is a 1-inch PR ☠️ the next year... which was completely avoidable. 

Years ago, I had...

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71 ft Discus PR Achieved by Avoiding This 1 Thing discus throw throws coaching Aug 30, 2022

One of the trickiest things to understand about throwing is it's a sport that requires hard work, persistence and the BIG ONE....patience. 

Like you, I love big results and I like them fast.

 

Ho...

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