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Post by sam on Mar 30, 2004 23:45:53 GMT 1
I have a female athlete that has good arm speed and strength but cannot throw the javelin high enough for it to travel to it's potential. She can throw 28m with the javelin flying at about 6ft off the ground. if she could double the height i'm sure that it would go 35m. The thing is i have tried getting her to fix her vision on a high point and throw at it, i have tried to get her to lean back slightly but to no avail. Help me to help her  |
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Post by SCater on Mar 31, 2004 4:42:25 GMT 1
when i had this problem, my coach stood to the left of the runway about 1m from the scratch line on the field holding an old javelin by the tail (a pole of some sort will do) out at the height he wanted me to get the javelin, got me to throw over the javelin.........did this as many times as it took for me to become used to throwing higher rather than hard and low.
As you realise there are safety issues here and i guess you need to have a load of trust in the thrower ;D worked for me
ive seen this used on long jumpers aswell a coach holding out a broom and getting his athletes to jump over it to get the height
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Post by beepee on Mar 31, 2004 10:18:10 GMT 1
The height of the jav is produced by the hip into the blocking action of the left leg(right handed thrower) and is nothing to do with the arm or the focal sighting. The focal sighting will affect the angle of the jav and may drop the arm but will not produce the desired height that is needed, this is a cause and effect of the hip being "punched" forwards against a solid block which in turn "pops" the jav up and out. If the hip is sloppy and more or less follows the arm, then the javelin will be tailed out by the athlete pulling on the rear of the grip or a " piking" at the waist because of a short base producing the same thing. The javvee is a great tool for training getting the hip through as are standing/3 step drills to get the action to be automatic. See if she has the old scuffed toe marks on her non blocking shoe which is a good indication that the hip is being used correctly. The right hip should be active before the left foot lands and the block should be solid stopping the left side with the left arm/shoulder not opening up or going backwards until the release has happened. No hip no height.  |
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Post by woff on Apr 17, 2004 20:29:28 GMT 1
I might be a little late with this one - as usual - but I will go 100 per cent with beepee.
It might be worth looking at the front foot to see if the plant is a heal -toe or a flat footed action. Sometimes flat throws are a result of a toe first action which causes the hips to drive backwards and the chest to hit early before the hips drive.
I had the honour to visit Finland and work with Kari and one of his catch phrases was "belly button up." I use this as it can only happen if the hips are active.
An assymetrical A position also aids the correct strike position. i.e. the arm is held in the withdrawal position and the wrist is held firm the left foot is extended. Again this is what beepee is saying.
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