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Martin Bingisser

A Linear Approach to a Nonlinear Event

February 19, 2015/by Martin Bingisser

There is no doubt that the hammer throw is a rotational event. But recently I can’t help but thinking that there might be other ways to approach the event. A circle, after all, isn’t that different than a line. Zoom in one one far enough and it looks like a straight line.


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Tags: Anatoli Bondarchuk, Book Promo, Coaching, Communication, Hammer Throw Technique, Vésteinn Hafsteinsson
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4 replies
  1. Dave Ratcliffe
    Dave Ratcliffe says:
    February 20, 2015 at 11:20

    A good reminder of what I should be aiming for in training. Keep those articles coming Martin.

    Reply
    • Martin Bingisser
      Martin Bingisser says:
      February 20, 2015 at 11:41

      Thanks. I hope Julia’s training is progressing towards outdoors. Good luck this season.

      Reply
  2. Curtis
    Curtis says:
    February 27, 2015 at 13:28

    Thank you…. a light bulb just went off in my head reading this post…I know I’ve probably been told these ideas year after year as an athlete….but something about the way you presented it just now made it….simple…to understand.

    Reply

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  1. How to Stay Low in the Hammer Throw « HMMR Media says:
    May 18, 2015 at 05:05

    […] more outside the box approach, as I wrote about in February, is to bring a linear approach to a nonlinear event like the hammer throw. When you apply that to fixing this problem it means thinking keeping the left knee over the foot […]

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Martin Bingisser is the founder of HMMR Media, Swiss national hammer throw coach, and 11-time national champion.

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