Discus and Shot Put Training for the Young Thrower

by Texas Track & Field Coaches Association

Description

Have you needed help teaching the younger generation shot put and discus? Well then you have come to the right place! In this course, Coach Philip Olson reveals a multitude of drills for the shot put and discus you need in order to fully develop younger athletes. He includes things like:

Drills
Weekly Plans
Training Progressions
Competition Preparation

On top of all of that he even includes video footage of his drills for you to see and completely understand how they should be incorporated.

Lessons

1 What Can We Control The Most and Least in Our Throwers? 1:55 2 Increase in Overall Strength and Power 1:55 3 Technical Excellence 1:38 4 Preparation to Compete 1:16

Throw Training

5 Throws Training 0:32 6 Annual Plan 1:30 7 Year Plan Sample 1:16 8 Weekly Plan or Microcycle 2:49 9 Daily Plan 1:47 10 Testing 2:00 11 Warm-up 0:27

Rotational Shot Put and Discus Drills

12 The Rotational Shot Put and The Discus Throw 1:39 13 Specific Warm-Up and Throws Progression 2:00 14 Shot Put Release - Off Shoulder 1:15 15 Release - No Shoulder Turn 0:49 16 Release - Shoulder Turn and Block 0:40 17 Release with No Shoulder Turn 1:52 18 Release - Shoulder Turn w-Block 0:24 19 Hands on Hips - Pivot from Right to Left 1:09 20 Stick Drill - Power Position to Delivery 0:43 21 Stick and MB Drill - Power Position to OH Press 0:22 22 Slow Motion Power Position to Delivery 0:48 23 Resistance Band Simulation and Block Drill Half Power 2:06 24 Block Drill - 3-4 Position 0:41 25 Block Drill - Full Power Position 0:32 26 Medball Pick-up Power Position 0:53 27 Shot Put Power Position - NR 0:34 28 Discus Power Position - NR 0:42 29 Stick - MB Wheel Turns 1:42 30 Stick - MB Power Wheels 1:29 31 Stick - MB Wheel Turns to OH Press 0:58 32 Half Turn Throws - NR - Discus 1:09 33 Half Turn Throw - NR - Shot Put 0:28 34 2+1´s Wheel Turn Throw - Discus 1:23 35 Power Wheel Turn Throw - NR - Discus 0:44 36 Other Drills 3:27 37 Practice Progression 1:01

Glide Shot Put

38 Glide Shot PutWarm Up and Throws Progression 2:28 39 Hands on Hips - Pivot from Right to Left 1:15 40 Stick Drill - Power to Delivery Position 0:44 41 Stick Drill - Power Position to OH Press 0:49 42 Slow Motion Power Position to Delivery 1:09 43 Resistance Band Simulation Drills Dominant and Non-Dominant 1:43 44 Block Drill - 1-2 Power Position Throw with Right Foot Pivot and Block 0:47 45 3-4 and Full Power Position Throw 0:53 46 Medball Pick-up Power Position Throw 1:49 47 Power Position - NR 0:44 48 Tap and Throw - NR 0:56 49 Power Position with Stepover - Toe Board 1:37 50 Step to Power Position - NR 1:29 51 Walk Back Throw - NR 1:53 52 Resistance Band - Glides to Power Position 0:56 53 Resistance Band Glide-Stop-Throw 0:36 54 Resistance Band Full Throw 0:55 55 Repeat Meltdown to Crouch Position - with and without Shot 1:56 56 Imitation Glide to Power Position 0:36 57 -A- Drill to Right Foot Snap Under and Throw 2:21 58 Repeat Fulls Down Line 1:23 59 Resistance Full Imitation 0:28 60 Stick-MB Drill - Fulls to OH Press 0:52 61 Glide-Stop-Throw - Work Thru Reverse 1:56 62 Resistance Band Full Throw - NR 0:30 63 Full Throws - NR 1:15 64 Full Throws 0:34 65 Practice Progression - Generally 3:59

Q&A

66 Q&A 3:01

The Coach

Texas Track & Field Coaches Association

Philip Olson

Philip Olson is the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country and throws coach at Stephen F. Austin University. He took over the men's program before the season in 2000 and also took over the women's program in the fall of 2000. With Coach Olson at the head, the Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks have accumulated 34 conference championships combined. With Olson's leadership, the Ladyjacks have the most conference titles compared to any other school in Southland. They also have won both indoor and outdoor conference titles straight from 2009-2013.

Phil Olson Honors
17-time Southland Conference Coach of the Year
Member NCAA Championship Committee since 2010
7 Academic All-Americans
2-time SLC Women's Triple Crown - 2010-11, 2012-13
Most women's conference championships in SLC history: 13
30 SLC Champions in Throwing Events

All-Americans - 17
2001 Indoor: Adam Keul, Misty Ballard
2002 Indoor: Adam Keul
2002 Outdoor: Adam Keul
2009 Indoor: Frednisha Marshall
2013 Indoor: Colton Ross
2013 Outdoor: Cass Brown-Stewart, Jon Arthur, Madison Johnston,
2014 Outdoor: Josh Taylor (2x), Colton Ross, Cass Brown Stewart (2x), Hampton Hawkins, Torin Crowder
2017 Indoor: Antonio Ruiz

Southland Conference Championships
Indoor - 11
Men: 2005, 2013, 2015
Women: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015

Outdoor - 12
Men: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
Women: 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017

Cross Country - 10
Men: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Women: 2002, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2016

SLC Runner-Up Finishes - 24
Men Indoor: 4
Women Indoor: 5
Men Outdoor: 4
Women Outdoor: 3
Men XC: 3
Women XC: 5

· 13 SLC Athletes of the Year
· 8 Southland Conference Outstanding Track Performers of the Year
· 11 Southland Conference Outstanding Field Performers of the Year
· 10 SLC Championship High Point Scorers
· 9 SLC Freshmen of the Year
· 74 Indoor SLC Individual Champions
· 93 Outdoor SLC Individual Champions
· 9 Cross Country Individual Champions

Ratings and Reviews (2)

Sara Gravel

Lots of great information but there are a lot of videos that I would like to view. He even states a few times that I can "come back later" to review the videos...but they are integrated into his presentation, so the videos will not allow me to click on them to view. Unless I am missing something!

Mar 21, 22 10:24 AM