Javelin Throw - How to Increase Your Arm Speed 

I really appreciate you saying that! It takes a lot of time but love it! Thx so much!

No Maile, you’re the best!

Thanks Becky! I really appreciate that!

Thank you! Glad to help 👍🏻

Haii

You’re very welcome! Glad to help.

I do offer lessons and clinics. With Covid under control a bit more I’ll be doing more group coaching and clinics in the future.

Thanks Barry! I appreciate it! Hope you're doing well!

@@coachhalley Doing well! Hope you are doing well as well!

I had the same problem but the way I fixed it was ‘throwing through the javelin tip’ bec I was putting my force under the centre of gravity of the javelin so it would lift the tip up. Think of it like the javelin is in a pipe just wider than the javelin so u have to throw it completely straight u can’t throw it from underneath

You can use a rope but I’m not flexible enough to keep my hand back while doing the drill. A rope is less forgiving than a resistance band.

I hope so! COVID-19 has limited a lot of stuff. Any topics you are interested in?

Is it possible you're collapsing on your block? Dropping the right knee may change your direction of force and put too much pressure on your block. Probably not weak legs... You do want to go from a low position on the back leg but you need to deflect the force up and off of your block. In other words, deflect the force, don't stop it. Your recovery steps should be a result of an increase in acceleration off the block. Here's an old video on the block: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2XIKiKYIsNE.html

​@@coachhalley Thank you coach, I have been binging your old videos. I don't think my block is collapsing. I'm not able to explosively square my hips. Intuitively, it feels like my right hip is not squaring fast enough and my momentum is bleeding through instead of catapulting or sling shotting me through. I'm trying to rectify that, and I feel like it's possibly because I'm landing on my backfoot heavily where I'm not able to drop and turn my knee seamlessly. Do you have any tips for being able to be 'light' on the penultimate step? should my bodyweight be ahead of my penultimate step to help relieve the weight and deflect it better into the block? As I understand, how quickly I transition from the penultimate step to the block will determine the force applied, am I correct?

Love from the USA 🇺🇸 keep throwing! Love to see your country throwing javelins!!

@@coachhalley thank you so much sir , your video help me a lot for improving technique 👌, this is my dream that one day I'll practice in your country USA for this I'll try my best.

Here’s a collection of videos that may help. Browse through and see if any interest you: ru-vid.com/group/PLStH0_lsOmo9dd8DN87ANWjfPIZEZkixf

This might help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8IAxD0xCcOs.html

Love it! Thanks for watching!

Excellent! Thanks for watching!

Such an interesting question! I would guess that similar logic in the javelin throw could be applied to other movements in other sports. I’ve had questions from cricket, baseball, American football, tennis, golf and volleyball. I’ve coached quite a few multi sport athletes and relating certain movements and concepts has always helped their understanding of the javelin throw. I’m not a technical expert in other sports but understand them well enough to relate them to certain aspects of the javelin. Side note, my best javelin throwers played a lot of different sports growing up.

Good luck! Throw Far!

I’m not sure who was throwing that day but could have been one of several top Oregon shot putters training. Turns out, that very shot ring was used by Ryan Crouser leading up to his first Olympic record. His cousin Sam Crouser (Javelin Olympian) coaches there too. Kind of a special place 😉

@@coachhalley yes it seems to be a nice place for throwing I loved it but can't join you as I am from India 😉