Nadine Müller's 1st Throw in 2014!

i don´t think, i need to comment on technique on this throw. it´s just the first full throw after a very long time of no throwing (since 6th september 2013, i think). it´s looking better than the last years first throws...

let´s see, what we can do with this good start until august.

not yet. I don't know, if we do some competitions this winter - it depends on how the training is going. but I think, we will maybe open this year at the "Diskus-Cup" in Wiesbaden or one of the diamond league meets and - for sure - our home meet, the "Hallesche Werfertage"

Coach @ReneSack , thanks for posting. We don't read near enough news from the center of the throwing world.

Any ideas what the ‘curtain’ she’s throwing into is made of?

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Any ideas what the ‘curtain’ she’s throwing into is made of?

Looks like plastic.

@Sam Fillious it is plastic. thick stripes where you can throw all implements in

@Phil Bilkins center of the throwing world?

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@Phil Bilkins center of the throwing world?

IMO Germany has the most complete system.
Year-after-year Germans are medaling in all four events and genders. In the States we don't have a view into how this happens.

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@Phil Bilkins center of the throwing world?

2013 IAAF World Championships:

Gold David Storl, Robert Harting, Christina Obergföll
Silver Christina Schwanitz

Thats probably the reason why Germany is know for as the "center of the throwing world"

okay, it seems, that we had some good years...

...and hopefully, we got some more...

but calling germany as center? Maybe as one of it. there are a lot of countries, who got real good throwers over the last years. Like the US in shot-put or russia in hammer. but more and more countries are fighting for medals in the throws...

@Phil Bilkins "In the States we don't have a view into how this happens." - it´s funny, you say that. i always wonder, how the US got so much throwers over 20m or 21m. maybe because of the size of the country or because of the big numbers of colleges doing athletics on a high level.

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@Phil Bilkins "In the States we don't have a view into how this happens." - it´s funny, you say that. i always wonder, how the US got so much throwers over 20m or 21m. maybe because of the size of the country or because of the big numbers of colleges doing athletics on a high level.

Is shot put the least technical throwing event? We have many football players that drop out of the game and throw (ie. Adam Nelson). Most of our top discus throwers are in the NBA. Plus, we had Brian Oldfield who started us all spinning.

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We have many football players that drop out of the game and throw

thats the point. what are your needs as a football player? Power and speed - the same like a thrower. this is one reason, why in the US are a lot of 20m+ throwers. you got a lot of fast and strong big guys, knowing how to move their bodies. you just need to teach them the technique. (it sounds easy - for real it´s a bit more - but just to get the point)
in germany we don´t have such a good functioning college system with a lot of sports. we need to seek and choose our talents often otherwise and earlier. if we got a few, we try to bring them to world class and hoping, we´re not losing them to football, basketball or their apprenticeship, etc.