Tag Archive for: Coaching

Martin Bingisser

Notes from the 2025 Halle throwing conference

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After a successful launch in 2024, we once again put together the Halle throwing conference at the 50th edition of the international throws meet. The theme this year was “behind the technique.” I kicked things off with a presentation on factors to consider in defining your athlete’s technical model. Then coaches Dale Stevenson and Dylan Armstrong gave practical examples of how they approach the topic, including a breakdown of the technical approach for Olympic champion Ethan Katzberg, Olympic medalist Matt Denny, and world champion Tom Walsh. Video from the technical analyis and roundtable are now online for Plus members and below are three key take aways from Dale Stevenson’s talks.

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Martin Bingisser

Notes from the 2024 Halle throwing conference

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The world-famous Halle throws meet is one of a kind. Last year 542 throwers from 36 countries and all age groups descended on eastern Germany for 48 hours of pure throwing. Olympic champions and local youth throwers all bringing the same passion to the ring and thousands of spectators.

With so many elite throwers and coaches in one place, my friend René Sack and I wanted to see how we can spark more exchange of knowledge with a free coaching conference. Below are some of my notes from last year’s kick off event and a little taste of what is to come next week when the event kicks off again. Join us for free in person, or become a HMMR Plus Member to access to the videos after the event.

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Martin Bingisser

GAINcast Episode 290: High school coaching (with John Larralde)

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What are the demands of modern high school coaching? John Larralde calculated that he has just 43 training days to prepare his track athletes this year. Add to that a small student population, multi-event athletes, a young coaching staff, and little connection to the daily campus life. Some might see these as problems, but for Larralde that’s no big deal as he describes himself as a problem solver. On this episode of the GAINcast Larralde talks about how he approaches high school track coaching.

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Vern Gambetta

Thoughts on developing a training system

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Sport specific training is not a myth, it is a must. Each sport has unique demands that must be addressed in training. Lest we forget training is not just preparing the athlete for the demands of competition but also for the demands of the actual practice. Here is the step-by-step process for developing a comprehensive athletic development for your sport and athlete.

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Craig Pickering

Sports Science Quarterly – Q2 2025

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Every quarter we take a deep dive into the latest research in sports science. In this edition we look at the latest research on team building, balancing stress and recovery, changing the perception of competition, and major championship preparation.

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Martin Bingisser

HMMR Podcast Episode 323: Career debrief (with Adam Keenan)

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Olympic hammer throw Adam Keenan recently retired after the Paris Olympics. His long career spanned getting to work with Bondarchuk as a teenager to included a late career breakthrough to the top of the sport. On this week’s episode he joins us to debrief on his career, including a look at what led to his breakthrough, advice for young throwers, how his training methods evolved, the role of light and heavy implements in training, and a detailed discussion of hammer throw technique.

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Martin Bingisser

Coaching lessons from the world of investing

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When I present coaching seminars about planning and periodization, one key concept I talk about is opportunity cost. For those that do not know me, coaching is my hobby, not my job. During the day I work as a finance attorney at an asset manager. I used to think these two worlds were in different universes, but the longer I work in both the more I see how their orbits intersect.

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Martin Bingisser

GAINcast Episode 289: Coaching and connections (with Lachlan Penfold)

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Lachlan Penfold has worked with some of the world’s most successful clubs across numerous sports from rugby to the NBA to water polo. While he is an innovative physical performance coach, one theme keeps emerging to him: the most successful clubs are built more on the strength of connection as the strength the body. On this episode of the GAINcast he looks at how to build a culture starting with a foundation of joy, monitoring athletes through personal interactions, and more lessons from some of the world’s best coaches.

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Martin Bingisser

Exploration and exploitation in training

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Last week Alex Hutchinson’s new book The Explorer’s Gene was released. Huthcinson is well known in the sports world as a sports science writer and columnist, even coming on GAINcast 118 as a guest to look at the role of the mind and effort in endurance performance. His latest work goes in a new direct to look at exploration: why humans explore, how much we should explore, and methods of exploration. Even though the subject is no longer sports, his book is just as relevant to coaches as his prior work as coaches are confronted daily with the question of exploration, whether we realize it or not.

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Martin Bingisser

HMMR Podcast Episode 322: We’re back!

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The podcast slowed down last year, but we’re back and better than ever. We relaunched last month with a great interview and this month we’re sharing our own ideas as well. We look at the role of social media in coaching, off-feet training ideas, articial intelligence, Soviet training myths, and a few rants thrown in as well.

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