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Starting at the end of July, two top American junior hammer throwers will embark on a journey to Szombathely, Hungary. For four weeks Nathan Rolfe and Boldizsár Kocsor will learn from coaches and athletes at the the modern "mecca of hammer throwing" and occasional post updates here on Hammerthrow.org. At the end of September, Hammerthrow.org Webmaster Martin Bingisser will also visit Hungary for a few days while during a one week break from his studies in Vienna.

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Questions and Answers

Here are some answers to recently asked questions:

Do they take a lot of pud throws
     The Hungarians don't do a lot of pud work, but once a week or so they will do a one turn or wind and release with the puds. The use no more than one turn, but a varying number of winds (0, 1, or 2)

Do they do a lot of multiple turns or drills?
     They always do 3 sets of 10 turns associated with the warm up, and multiple winds. The winds are done as a left handed thrower would do as well as a righty to build abdominal strength and balance. However, they are firm believers that you fix problems during throws, near full speed, and not with turns.

When they do their jumping drills and do they do any with double leg bounds or are the jumps always off of one leg?
     All multiple bounding drills have been done with alternating singles leg hops. Standing long jump is executed with both feet.

Nate
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