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Throws University
Oct 8, 20184 min read
The Off-Season Without a Coach
Throwing is full of people who at the first meet of the season say they want to throw 2 meters further and ask what they have to do to...
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Throws University
Oct 1, 20185 min read
Should You Throw When You Are Sore?
The best way to indicate whether someone is a mature athlete or not is to watch how they deal with discomfort. Can they tell the...
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Throws University
Aug 22, 20183 min read
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
This article was prompted with the question, "What would you tell your collegiate freshman self about track and training if you could?"...
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Throws University
Aug 21, 20186 min read
7 Thoughts on the Collegiate to Post-Collegiate Transition
Dane asked me to write this article to outline some issues with the transition from collegiate track to post-collegiate track. This list...
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Throws University
Aug 19, 20184 min read
6 Things That Help Me Become 3-Time All-American
After my Sophomore year of college at Messiah College (small division 3 school) my coach left and there were no immediate plans to get a...
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Throws University
Jul 19, 20182 min read
Offseason Blog: Back at it
And we back. After a week of semi-activity following the end of my season, I started up training again. During these early stages of...
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Throws University
Jun 13, 20186 min read
Closing Out the Season: A Conversation
This blog is a transcript of a conversation between Garage Strength Head Coach Dane Miller, and three of his post-collegiate throwers:...
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Throws University
May 8, 20182 min read
Midseason Technical Slump
We’ve all been there before. The season is a few meets old, you feel like everything is moving pretty well, and then suddenly it feels...
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Throws University
May 2, 20182 min read
Throwers and Deadlifts Part 2: When To Use Deadlifts
For those of you who haven’t read my article on why I tend not to program deadlifts for my throwers, check it out here. Since I try not...
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Throws University
May 2, 20182 min read
Why My Throwers Don't Deadlift
First, I just want to address what some people have probably already decided based on the title: no, I don’t hate deadlifts. Deadlifts...
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Throws University
Apr 30, 20182 min read
The Benefits of Throwing Heavy Implements
One fairly common training tool used in the throwing world is overweight implements. I have my athletes use heavy shots and discs all of...
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Throws University
Apr 25, 20182 min read
Time to Adaptation for Throwers: When Will I Feel Changes?
Here I’m going to go over a pretty common worry for any technical athlete, but particularly throwers: how long will it take for me to...
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Throws University
Oct 11, 20173 min read
Changes That Occur as an Athlete’s ‘Training Age’ Progresses
First, let’s start off by describing what ‘training age’ means. Training Age is how many years that individual has been training. For...
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