Yesterday I posted about how I prefer to teach how to *think* about throwing as opposed to telling students how to throw.

But why?

How?

Why, because how I threw is of little use to anyone else.

How I think throwing “should” be is of little use to anyone else.

Teaching from the position of my personal experience is not teaching.

It’s indoctrination.

Sorry, I’m not interested in people doing everything that I did 20 years ago…

Show me an athlete consumed with “how it should be,” and I’ll show you someone perpetually not satisfied with their own throw and likely jealous of others. I see it time and time again (myself included at a time in my career).

I encourage those I work with to think and feel for themselves.

This takes patience.

Your throw is for you. No one else.

The relationship must be an open sourced relationship. Ask questions of others. But more importantly, ask questions of yourself.

As for the how?

Just like hammer throw itself, It’s not entirely that complicated. To me, throwing is a Movement Riddle. Therefore, I look to solve for the movement. The implement has a desired path (hint: it’s the efficient one). When the implement doesn’t follow that path, I make a suggestion to help bring it back to where it wants to be.

*Not because I know where it should be.*

Because my goal is to help you and the hammer rejoin together in the dance that you already possess the music for.

You just need to rehearse. That’s about it.

Admittedly, this perspective of coaching is “harder”, with less emphasis on certainty. But in a world where grasping at certainty is an anxiety ridden endeavor, I now choose this.

Anyway, here’s a cool and rainy 8kg PB from me circa April 2011.

♾