325: Tokyo 2025 throws preview (with Don Babbitt)
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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. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: This episode is brought to you by . Become a for full access to our videos, articles, and podcast archives. You can read Nick's on the silent crises in American...
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324: It starts with the plan (with Richard Parkinson)
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Canada gets a lot of headlines for their recent dominance in the hammer throw, but there are aren't the only ones making their mark internationaly. Over the last decade, coach Richard Parkinson has been building several world class shot putters out of his group in Toronto. This isn't just by chance; it's by plan. Planning is key to Parkinson. It seems so simple, but is often overlooked. On this episode Parkinson discusses his planning philosophy, as well as technical training. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: This episode is brought...
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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. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: This episode is...
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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. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: You can see the on specific strength we reference and learn more on the topic in the HMMR Classroom has several lessons including , , and . For more medicine ball training...
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321: Mo's pros (with Mo Saatara)
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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. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: This episode is brought to you by . Become a for full access to our videos, articles, and podcast archives. You can read more...
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320: Training by design roundtable
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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. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: ...
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319: Olympic throws review (with Don Babbitt)
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The 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. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: This episode is brought to you by . Become a for full access to our videos, articles, and podcast archives. You can learn more about...
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318: Throwing insights (with Don Babbitt)
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It's been a hell of a year so far in the world of throwing: a world recrod, historic marks, and much more just in the spring. Coach Don Babbitt joins us on this week's podcast as we look ahead to the US Olympic Trials and then the Paris Olympics. We take a look at insights that can be gained from the biomechanics of Mykolos Alekna, the development of Ethan Katzberg, the comeback of Kara Winger, and much more. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: This episode is brought to you by . Become a for full access to our videos, articles, and...
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317: Q&A
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On this week's episode we dig back into to the listener mailbag. Some of the topics we cover: overcoming competition anxiety, the truth behind range throwing, fixing technique, maintaining physical qualities, our favorite presenters, and even a special story about coaching Jeremy Allen White. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: This episode is brought to you by . Become a for full access to our videos, articles, and podcast archives. For more on range throwing read , and our perspective on the . Don Babbitt was listed as one of our...
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316: Individualizing training (with Paul Solberg)
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A lot of coaches like to talk about building individualized training plans, but more often that not their athlete's programs start looking all the same. Paul Solberg is a bit different. He's coaching some of the world's top throwers, and they take very different approaches to reach the same goal. He joins us on this week's podcast to share his process for understanding athletes, tailoring training plan, training intensities, building training blocks, and much more. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: » More notes: This episode is brought to you by ....
info_outlineCory Martin is best known as one of the best combo throwers of all time: 22 meters in the shot put and 75 meters in the hammer throw. He's also put together one of the best combo training programs around: combining the influences of his two coaches and mentors Jerry Clayton and John Smith. On this week's episode we take a look at both of those topics by exploring parallels between different throwing events, how to cross-train them, and how he's integrated difference influences into his own program.
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- On December 29 and 30 we are hosting the 2023 HMMR Forum: 5 presentations, 6 coaches, and all free for HMMR Plus members.
- You can learn more about Cory Martin from the University of Louisville and follow him on Instagram at @cmart726.
- Our recent Episode 309 with Matty Denny explored similar topics of parallels between the discus and hammer throw.
- Cory Martin's 2 big mentors have both been on our podcasts: Jerry Clayton was on GAINcast 86 and John Smith was on Episode 285 and Episode 287.
- Take a look at Cory Martin's 22 meter throw from the front and back as well as him throwing 74 meters at the NCAA championships in the hammer.