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Nick Garcia

How and When Elite Coaches Use Light and Heavy Shots

December 3, 2013/by Nick Garcia

My first post for HMMR Media laid out how top American shot put coaches choose what weight implements to throw in training. The data came from my master’s thesis on the resistance training methods of elite shot putters, where I asked nine of the top shot put coaches in the USA a wide range of questions. These coaches were chosen based off of the results they had in International Championships, USA National Championships, and NCAA National Championships.

After I asked them what weighted implement they used, the next logical question was to ask how and why they used each one in training. Just as each coach had a different formula for what implements to use, they also had their own approaches to when they would use them.


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Tags: Shot Put, Special Strength, Technique, Training Methodology
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  1. andrew
    andrew says:
    December 4, 2013 at 04:51

    Have you used resistance band to increase their cores rotational strength with functional movements.The rotating push up with a 20lb dumbell is another great functional movement to build rotating core strength.

    Reply

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    January 12, 2014 at 06:27

    […] previous two posts (available here and here) discussed the findings from my graduate school thesis when nine of the top American shot put […]

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