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Discus & Spin Shot Foundation Part I

via CoachTube

Overview

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Updated, broader and more detail than Gold Medal Discus or Basic 70' Shot Put.

Foundation I includes:

  • New material from the summer of 2015
  • Many Lessons from Mac's original web based course The Wilkins Review.
  • How to Drills to help coaches teach and throwers learn the positions and the feelings of the throw.
  • 31 Downloadable photos to print or share with your throwers.
  • 27 separate Video Lessons, over 47 minutes for beginners and advanced throwers and coaches.


These drills will help the throwers...
Connect their hips to the implement
Move their hips & implement with RHYTHM

Print the photos for your throwers.
Best is to have them taped to a mirror where they can compare their positions in the mirror with those positions in the photos.

Some of the videos show throwers being led through learning progressions, changing their positions gradually until it all clicks.

SHOT PUT AND DISCUS
The rotational shot and discus are very similar in positions at the back of the circle.
There are some distinct differences however, in the timing due to the heavier wieght and shorter radius of the path of the shot.
This course will only focus on the similarities between the two.

Syllabus

Course Outline

  • Course Background

Grip & Release

  • Flipper Fingers
  • Shot Placement
  • Shot Put Release

Stand Throw

  • Discus Stand Throw w/ball
  • Stand Throw Discus
  • Shot Put Stand Part 1
  • Shot Put Stand Throw Part 2
  • Shot Put Stand Throw 61'

Wind Up, The Critical Start

  • Start Right - The Windup
  • Wind Up

Balance

  • Balance Left to Right
  • Only One Line
  • Balance Drill
  • Balance

9 o'clock Drop & Wide Right Leg

  • Walking Left Foot Drop
  • Magic Bullet (no audio)
  • Wheel Drill Part 4
  • Wide Right Leg

High Point of Orbit - Discus Only

  • High Point of Discus Orbit
  • One of These is NOT like the Others

Power Position

  • Power Position
  • Power Position then Turn the Knee
  • Power Position Drills
  • Power Position

Rhythm Trumps All

  • Rise Up at 9? NOT
  • Walk then Hop - Drill
  • Zach Whole Enchilada Learning Process

Key Concepts

  • Daily Workout- Drop, Turn & Hop
  • The Beginning
  • Full Meal, Real Deal, Wheal Dreal
  • The Line Through the Circle
  • Discus Grip & Release

Taught by

Mac Wilkins

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