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A few questions for any high level throwers or throws coaches out there.

  1. Mirror training-
    What, if any, type of mirror training is peformed by shot and discus throwers?

  2. Assessing throwing potential-
    Is there one test, drill, exercise in particular (other than throwing) which may be used to assess a young athletes throwing potential?

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Jman,
Im not sure if there is one test to see throwing potential in athletes. I think many throwers have the same characteristics of sprinters that charlie talks about in his books. The only difference, they happen to be a little bigger and stronger. Many of the throwers that i got to work with were very strong, had pretty good short sprint speed and explosive ablity. One hammer thrower i worked with was jumping onto a 48 box with ease and some of the sprinters couldnt do that.

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Also much of my own training as well as my athletes training has been influenced from training for the throws.

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Frit, do you ever have any of your shot/discus throwers perform any extra unilateral work, or throws, for their non-throwing arm?

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Somtimes but not in the throwing circle. We would do seated throws or puts working one arm at a time using a heavy med ball. really concentrating on rotation of the torso and firing the arm out. A good drill for the upper body, becuase you take the legs right our of it.

Frit

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Thanks for the insight. I am just beginning to work with throwers so I am trying to soak up as much information as possible. Do you have any links or references to articles/research done by Bondarchuk. Of all the searches I have performed I have not been able to come up with much, other than the contributions he made to the Soviet sports Review.

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JMan,
check out these two sites. Its a bunch of old forum posts from a guy named Dave Castor, he trained at westide a few times and trains his daughter in the throws, he has some good ideas about conjugate training for throwers, there is a wealth of info there. You will also see posts from Jud Logan(usa hammer thrower) John Smith(ohio state throws coach) and a few other smart guys. Also check out the long and strong throwers page. And if you have any other questions let me know. I have a close connection with a top level throws coach and he helps me all the time.

http://www.ontariostrongman.ca/Resources/training/dave.htm

http://www.snelkracht.nl/index-en.php

as far as Bondarchuk, i have to do some searching, i think i have some stuff by somehwere. anyways hope that helps

Frit17

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Frit17, thanks very much. I’ll keep in touch, as I know that I will want to bounce many training ideas off of you. I appreciate all of your assistance.

James

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reverse scoop toss with shot & standing long jump