Jun 22

ThrowsTalk interview with Rene Sack, May 2017

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German National Discus Coach for Women, Rene Sack, talks about the German approach to throwing and development of athletes, and also about the Festival of Throwing that is the HALLE WERFERTAG. The personal coach to Discus World Silver Medallist Nadine Muller and resident coach at Halle, where they host the greatest Throwing festival in the world, Rene talks about the German system that continues to produce generations of world class throwers and his own personal approach to coaching.   A former Shot putter himself, Rene has been National Junior coach for Hammer throw, and is now the National Senior coach for Women’s Discus and produced a number of international level athletes across all the heavy throws.  The Halle Werfertage has been running or nearly 50 years and regularly brings together many of the World’s top athletes across all events, as well as junior competitions at U16, U18, U20 and U23 age groups over two glorious days at Sportpark Brandberge, which has no track but where multiple circles accommodate all the competitions.  It is a throwers dream and should be experienced by all keen throwers and coaches.
Mar 07

ThrowsTalk interview with Åsmund Martinsen, March 2017

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In this interview, Norwegian Javelin coach Åsmund Martinsen talks about his philosophy of training and Javelin throwing, and his incredibly successful partnership with Andreas Thorkildsen.   Åsmund began working with the 17yr old Thorkildsen in 2001, and set about making the “most athletic Javelin thrower in the world” in order to develop a special talent, but also to provide a platform for a long and rewarding career.  Under his tutelage, Thorkildsen won medals at all major Championships over an 8 year period, including 2 Olympic Gold Medals, a World Championship Gold in 2009 and 2 European Titles, becoming the first Javelin thrower in history to hold all three major titles. Åsmund put together an incredibly effective training programme based on the balance of strength, speed, flexibility and gymnastics, utilising the expertise of specialists in gymnastics and sprinting, as well as strength and conditioning, to create a “superathlete” that happened to throw the Javelin, and remain healthy enough to contest for all major titles over a long career. This included establishing an Olympic record of 90.57m in Beijing 2008, and a lifetime best of 91.59m in front of a home crowd at the Oslo Bislett Games in 2006.  Many videos of this […]
May 29

ThrowsTalk interview with James Myers, May 2015

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This interview is with James (Jamie) Myers, the Head of Strength and Conditioning at the US Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, where he oversees the strength programmes of the Athletes and Teams that are based at the USOTC.  This includes some of the US National and Olympic Team sports that are based there, such as Rugby, BMX, Rowing, Sailing and Beach Volleyball, and of course the various Track and Field athletes that are based there.  This includes the Throwers, such as Joe Kovacs, Jared Schuurmans, Sean Furey, Tia Brooks, Liz Podominick, and Britney Henry. Jamie works with the various coaches to deliver the best S&C programme for each individual athlete.  In this interview he talks about his Philosophy of training and how he monitors the programme, and also what he has learned from the various World Class athletes that visit the Training Centre on a regular basis for training camps, such as Tomasz Majewski, Gerd Kanter and Andreas Thorkildsen. More interviews coming soon – follow Shaun and Global Throwing Management on Twitter to get the latest videos immediately to your feed.
Apr 27

ThrowsTalk Interview with Art Venegas, April 2015

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Art is one of the Worlds truly great Throws coaches, having now personally coached three 22m Shot Putters in John Brenner (22.52m), John Godina (3x World Champion, 22.20m) and current World Leader Joe Kovacs (22.35m), as well and many other Collegiate and National Champions across the throwing events, Including former National Record Holders: Bill Green (Hammer) and Suzy Powell (Discus). Art was the Throws Coach and later Head coach at UCLA for over 30 years with an unparalleled record in the Throws at the collegiate level over those years, and currently acts as a Performance Consultant to the US Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, where he oversees the progress of some of the top Throwers in the US, including Joe Kovacs, Ashley Whitney, Tia Brooks and Britney Henry. His greatest legacy however may turn out to be the number of great coaches that have come out of his programme as athletes at UCLA and are now recognised as some of the World’s top coaches, including Don Babbitt (University of Georgia and personal Coach to Reese Hoffa and Adam Nelson), David Dumble (Arizona State University), John Frazier (UCLA) and Brian Blutreich (University of Oklahoma) In this Interview, Coach Venegas […]
Apr 10

Vésteinn Hafsteinsson talks about Pain and Pain, Pain

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Vésteinn Hafsteinsson talks about Pain and Pain, Pain and tells a story about Kim Christensen for motivation and inspiration. Feel free to share this story to your fellow throwers and remember the main thing: enjoy and throw far! Vésteinn is a former discus thrower from Iceland, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Nowadays he is an international throwing coach with many success stories, including Gerd Kanter and Olympic Gold from Beijing 2008 and shot putter Joachim B. Olsen and silver medal from Athens 2004.
ThrowsTalk

ThrowsTalk is intended as a site to bring you personal insight on the Throws world from current and past greats of the Throwing Community. This will be in the form of personal video interviews.

Shaun PickeringThe man behind the project!
Shaun Pickering is a former Olympic Athlete, Coach and Commentator with a rich history in the sport and extensive contact list. He has a great love of the sport and a desire to promote the Throws in a positive way.
You can contact Shaun at shaun@globalthrowing.com

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