Mac Wilkins - Coaching The Shot Put

by Texas Track & Field Coaches Association

Description

Advance your rotational shot put coaching with a proven, results-driven system.

This course teaches coaches how to develop longer, more consistent throws through a safety-first culture, rhythm-based mechanics, and efficient force application. Learn key rotational shot put fundamentals, including patience out of the back, balance, power position development, block mechanics, and foul reduction—so athletes generate distance through timing and leverage, not brute strength.

Implement a structured, repeatable training system. Enroll today and elevate your throws program.

Lessons

1 Coaching the Shot Put 1:11 2 First Thing First 4:54 3 We Are All Teachers & Technique Enhancement Machine 6:26 4 Todays Agenda: Rhytym Trumps All 1:52 5 Full Throws 1:12 6 One Line 4:43 7 There is No Hit, Sling it! What does a PR feel like? 5:13 8 Ryan's Training Plan for Gold 6:22 9 Timmermann Power Position & Starting Keys 4:12 10 Finger Flip and Neck Placement & Stand Throw 1:39 11 Down, Over, and Up 1:40 12 First Time Turners & Q and A 6:37 13 Throws Demonstration 1:27

The Coach

Texas Track & Field Coaches Association

Mac Wilkins is an Olympic Champion and world-renowned discus throw coach known for combining elite performance experience with a powerful teaching philosophy. His coaching approach simplifies complex biomechanics into clear, repeatable movements that athletes and coaches can immediately apply in the throwing circle.

He is one of the greatest throwers in track and field history. He won the gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games, setting an Olympic Record and ranking #1 in the world. He also earned a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics and placed fifth in 1988. In 1976, Wilkins broke the world record four times, including a historic performance in San Jose, California, where he set world records on three consecutive throws. He was an eight-time U.S. National Champion in the discus and a U.S. Indoor National Champion in the shot put.

Wilkins has developed 24 National Champions and 94 All-Americans across the discus, javelin, shot put, and hammer. In 2013, he joined USA Track & Field at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, preparing athletes for international competition. Wilkins continues to mentor throwers of all levels, sharing his expertise in Olympic-level discus training, throwing mechanics, rhythm development, and coaching education worldwide.

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Caterory:	Track and Field/Shot Put
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Videos:	13