Re:Throwing Volume - Throwing Events Discussion

How many throws do college athletes take in a year. Just seeing what other programs are doing. My college atheltes are around 3500 throws for the year.

Jud Logan's video talks about 25 to 35 throws a day.

This doesn't completely address your question but somewhat relates to the topic. Check out the following article by Dennis Kline on the articles page. Hammer Throw Yearly Design www.throwfarther.com//index.ph...27&Itemid=57

I'm curious to see some other answers.

my best practices come from:

shot put - 10 drills/partial throws, 10 full throws

discus - 24-40 throws, the first 12 or so of which are drills/partial throws

hammer - non-throwing drills, then 16-20 throws

javelin - low intensity throws can by done in large volume, but full speed and full approach throws are going to be 6-12 depending on the thrower

weight throw - varies lots by the athlete, 10 for some and 20 for others

These are all throws with perfect technique

The article above is a great article. I believe as US athletes we often get too excited about how strong people are rather than how fast a person is. Speed wins championships in a lot of the throwing events. Especially the woman throws. How strong do you need to be to throw 4k or a 1k implement?

My normal practice would include a full warmup, 5-7 stand throws, 4-6 south africans, and around 20-25 full throws everyday. I believe that the total number of throws should be around 30 a day = 150/week. If you are able to take more throws per day, without losing form and technique, then more power to you. But personally, after 20 full throws, my body starts to get tired and it becomes progressively harder to maintain technique and speed. Once you have lost the energy to maintain great technique, it's best to stop. Forcing consecutive throws will only make it harder for your body to remember the positions you acheived at full strength.

Volume?

I like to turn it up real loud, pretty much so loud I can't hear myself think. You know its loud when your ears bleed. Then you know its working.

Just throw FARTHER.

I pretty much change my routine daily depending on how my body and my brain are feeling. lol. Some people say it's good to have a schedule, but I think I do OK this way... Mind you, I'm only a high school thrower, but whatever.

Shot: Umm, like a total of 15 various warm-up throws and drill things? Then, like 20 full throws.

Discus: Umm, like, 20 flicks, 15 bowls to work on my release. Then some spin drills. Then 10-20 standing throws, and 10-40 spinning throws, depending on how I'm feeling, and how much I threw the day before.

Javelin: Umm, how ever many throws it takes until I'm warm. I tend to do a lot, just because my release is kind of bad. Then I do however many running throws I feel like.

Yeah, I'm really disorganized with my practicing. I'd probably be more organized if I was practicing with my coach, but the season's all ready over, and I fully intend to practice until the next season starts.

I was a hammer thrower in college. I made a jump from 51 to 58.9 my last year. I bumped up my volume to 50 full throw a day, and cut it down to about 10-15 the week of nats

Ha... Kind of funny that I'm responding to a post by Mike Turgeon and referencing a program created by him...

Anyways, I just wanted to point out if you are high school thrower or coach out there and looking for guidance on daily throw volume check out the high school training program by Mike Turgeon on this site.

www.throwfarther.com//index.ph...60&Itemid=74

The program has detailed info on the number of throws to take per day, per week, etc. as you go through the 13 week season. If you don't have a strong grasp on the number of throws you should be training with, this would be a great place to start for guidelines.

I was wondering how many throws i should have in the off season i'm going to do the throw father 8 week off season work out but i noticed it doesn't mention anything about the volume of throws per day i was wondering how many powers in shot and discus i should do and spins for shot and disc as well i don't want to not throw enough and i don't want to throw too much and risk injury.

ThrowFarther wrote:


Anyways, I just wanted to point out if you are high school thrower or coach out there and looking for guidance on daily throw volume check out the high school training program by Mike Turgeon on this site.

www.throwfarther.com//index.ph...60&Itemid=74

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I use Mike Turgeon's 13-week training schedule almost exclusively, with some extra drills thrown in here and there. It is wonderful.

However, I have two questions... just never knew where to ask them. This is off topic for this thread, but assist if you can please.

1) What do the "2E", "2E:2C" notations mean next to the lifts?? In 2 years I haven't been able to figure it out.
2) The lifting seems really easy, and I always worry I'm misunderstanding something. My kids can generally do the entire weights workout in 12-17 minutes.
I know serious weight training is done more in the off season, but most of MY kids don't do ANY weights except during track (save for a few of the football players). Does this fact make any difference with the amount of weight or sets or reps they should be doing? I've started supplementing the weights with more puds and abdominals, figuring a stronger core can't hurt, lol.

Pam

2 seconds eccentric, 2 seconds concentric. as an example, if i were bench pressing. i would lower the bar for 2 seconds, and lift it back up in 2 seconds.