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Martin Bingisser

Patience vs. Relaxation

March 10, 2014/by Martin Bingisser

It is easy to confuse patience with relaxing. They have much in common, but they can produce entirely different throws.

I used to always lump them together and still do sometimes. But I vividly remember on practice with Bondarchuk where he told me to be patient, perhaps for the millionth time. I responded curtly by saying “Yes, I know, I need to relax.” But rather than agreeing he raised his voice. “Patient! No relax!” I thought it was the language barrier at first, but then he made his point loud and clear. And after a few years away from him, he reminded me again when we met last week.


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Tags: Featured, Hammer Throw Technique
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  1. ed burke
    ed burke says:
    March 10, 2014 at 10:59

    just what I needed to read…. as I patiently await the USNational Masters Indoors… 🙂 thanks… ed

    Reply

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  1. Turn The Right « HMMR Media says:
    July 26, 2015 at 12:06

    […] philosophy, Bondarchuk shows how you can achieve bette results with patience. As I wrote last year patient, not to be confused with relaxing, is about actively waiting. If you watch the best throwers, there is no doubt that everyone turns their right foot. But people […]

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