Learn The Discus Throw With Olympic Gold Medalist Valarie Allman - Wanda Diamond League

…experienced athletes-- are you near UVa? For years they had an excellent D1 throwing program.....being able to watch, IF they have any summer throwing sessions...and if allowable, talk to the coach, unofficially....you can also watch YouTube- Arete Throws Nation, ThrowsUniversity.....this is a decent Valarie Allman instructional video from 2023....link to this video covers some basic beginner points, and yet leaves the finer execution of the turns for a different time. Can you afford/get transportation to a CAMP? Anyway, I encourage and support throwing athletes, at any level- I volunteer with throwing events for a youth club in my local area- https://www.pcstriders.org/our-coaching-team and as a vol…

I think you're overrotating out of the back of the circle, eating up all your radians before you even get both feet on the ground at the front of the circle. link to this video This R. Crouser fellow, when he sweeps/steps to the middle, he's still facing forward! He's also focusing on pivoting on the foot in the middle in single support, while bringing his rear leg with him and through fast(his left, your right). He calls it driving & turning through and accelerating. You don't want to leave it behind, it'll just get to the front of the circle that much later. Also when you're coming out of the back, you torso is piked forward. You want to find a position where when you shoot your right leg from…