Kamloops Training Camp 2011
Over the past ten days I have taken a trip back in time. I returned to my former home and training partners. I returned to working with my coach in person. I returned to the routine of a life 100% focused on training. In other words, I returned to Kamloops.
After nearly a year away from coach Bondarchuk, I needed to touch base with him. We talk or exchange emails every week, but that isn’t the same as getting in person feedback from him. The feedback is something he also needs, since it is also difficult for him to determine my progress without observing me first hand.
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It’s good to hear you’re making progress Martin. Would you share what those ideas Bondarchuk gave you about getting further left on your entry? Thanks.
Is that Kibwe turning like a demon in the far ring?
Do you guys train with range throwing before taking one or two shots at a PR, or do you ramp up and just go for it for as soon as you can?
@TB – That is indeed Kibwe. And if you watch closely you can see me nearly kill Sultana in the final throw. Bondarchuk doesn’t normally tell us what intensity to throw at, but I have been taking the range throwing approach more lately.
@Alex – It is nothing extremely new, but me try a few things in the winds and entry. First, I was trying to reach back and look back more in the winds. Once the ball came around on to the low point I was trying to bend forward a little more (I was sitting back too much). Then, I had to make sure my old bad habit of rising up at 90º did not come back. In my last few days, he also stressed not moving my feet or legs. If they are static, then the hammer’s momentum will move the weight over the left. If they are too active, then you turn ahead of the hammer, but the weight stays on the right. He even had me try to sit more on my right side. This sounds counterintuitive, but it really helped me get weight to the left. I think kept me from using my right foot, which then let the hammer pull everything to the left. It’s a lot to digest, that’s why I didn’t go into as much detail above.
Thanks Martin. The idea of using my legs less in the throw has been an epiphany for me in the last few months and I really appreciate the technical and training information you post on here.
Hey Martin,you have said in this post that turning ahead of the hammer reduces the radius…but what about Kozmus technique, he turns ahead of the hammer very much and still he throws long distances???