It’s been a while since our last episode, but the podcast is still alive and kicking. With the season over we take time to look back our the training successs and failures. Plus we throw in a few classic rants and life lessons along the way.
Read more
If you don’t try learn from your mistakes, you’ll never improve as acoach. Nick and I often reflect on our coaching to see what went well, what didn’t, and what we want to try going forward. No time is better to do this than the start of the year. On this week’s episode we look back on 2025 and also look forward to what we’ll be trying differently in 2026.
Read more
Add this to the list of quotes you never thought you would hear after a discus throw competition: “We’re very fortunate everyone has walked away without any life-threatening injuries.” That’s what Matt Denny said in an interview yesterday after the World Championship final. It’s not hyperbole, that’s the cold hard truth after one of the most dangerous competitions I have ever seen.
Read more
The world championships in track and field kick off this weekend. There is some thrilling action ahead in the throwing events, and University of Georgia coach Don Babbitt joins us on this week’s podcast to talk about trends in the throwing events, what we’re keep an eye on next week, and the future of American throws development.
Read more
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.
Read more
Out in California, coach Mohamad Saatara has been slowly putting together one of the top throws training groups in the world, led by athletes such as Olympic champion Camryn Rogers and world record holder Mykolas Alekna. On this week’s podcast Saatara joins us to talk about his backround and coaching philosophy, including how to program for transfer and indvidiual strengths.
Read more
Coaches education is filled with lessons on technique, methods, sport science, and more. What is often missing is how to put it all together. How to design a training session, training cyle, or training year is a key skill that many coaches struggle to learn in the trenches. On this week’s podcast we bring together an elite roundtable with Nick Garcia, Brian FitzGerald, and Jimmy Radcliffe to discussion their own mistakes in planning, putting together progressions, planning in-season training, defining themes, and much more.
Read moreThe throwing events at this month’s Olympic Games brought plenty of excitement. Paris had it all, from dominating performances in the hammer to drama in the shot put and Olympic records in the discus and javelin and drama. On this week’s podcast our friend Don Babbitt joins us again to break down the Olympic action, trends, and storylines that stood out the most to us.
Read more
Author’s Note: This article was co-written with the support of Don Babbitt, Martin Bingisser, and PJ Vazel. Additional thanks to Mohamad Saatara for giving us the coach’s perspecitve, Caleb Seal for giving us access to the Ramona competition, and the members of the Marquette University Biomechanics Lab (Chris Geiser, Emma Patterson, and Wanda Sihanath).
In part one, of our series analyzing the biomechanics of Mykolas Alekna’s world record in the discus we looked at the rhyhm and release. Part two broke down the delivery subphases. Part three looked at the orbit and phase durations throughout the full throw. In the final part below we the center of mass velocities and changes during the throw.
Read more
Author’s Note: This article was co-written with the support of Don Babbitt, Martin Bingisser, and PJ Vazel. Additional thanks to Mohamad Saatara for giving us the coach’s perspecitve, Caleb Seal for giving us access to the Ramona competition, and the members of the Marquette University Biomechanics Lab (Chris Geiser, Emma Patterson, and Wanda Sihanath).
In part one, of our series analyzing the biomechanics of Mykolas Alekna’s world record in the discus we looked at the rhyhm and release. Part two broke down the delivery subphases. In part three below we now look at the orbit and phase durations throughout the full throw.
Read more
