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Topic: Left side block drills/exercises

Posted By: Sean
Subject: Left side block drills/exercises
Date Posted: 6/02/14 at 2:57pm

Let's say theoretically your left hip is reluctant to block anything violently or has somehow forgotten how to do it in the slightest. Does anyone have any decent progression drills/exercises/stretches/thoughts/theories/voodoo to get some snap back in the hip and prevent someone from either spinning through a block or driving off the right leg only?

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Posted By: grasshopper
Date Posted: 6/16/14 at 7:10am

Do Braemar throws with the weights at the trig. 28 and 56. Build up strength gradually. I used to do them (need to get back to em) before every weight session.

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Posted By: Daniel McKim
Date Posted: 6/16/14 at 9:36am

How's your anterior leg strength right now? I met with a strength coach who firmly believes anterior strength aides in the "block" or "stopping power" of a throw. I'm not sure about that, but I found it interesting. I've since increased my anterior leg work as I, many times, "blow through" my finishes on the weights. I do feel more powerful in my block, but I also believe a slight technique tweak has helped with that.

In open stone, I like to work a lot of non-reverses both in standing throws and fulls. In the weights, I like to work one turns, working on the block at the end.

Also, Sean, I'd check your entry on the weights. When mine gets too steep, I can't sit against it, causing me to cave and then fall off my finish.

Just a few thoughts. Sorry they are a bit scattered, but I figure these are some options! Haha!

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Posted By: rogerws76
Date Posted: 6/23/14 at 11:43pm

Dan, can you explain in a little more derail what you mean by non - reversal drills?

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Posted By: Slfarr
Date Posted: 7/14/14 at 10:56pm

A no reverse throw simply means your feet do not reverse upon release. In Braemar for example, you would simply keep your feet planted the entire throw, including after the release. In my opinion, if you are having trouble blocking or keeping on your right leg long enough, this is the best way to fix your throw.

EDIT: cause for some reason it posted this big long function and I don't know how that got in there. So I took it out.

Posted By: Daniel McKim
Date Posted: 7/16/14 at 11:48am

Sorry, Roger!

Yes, non-reverse is simply go through the throw, but don't exchange your feet. In the stones/shots, a reverse should be two-fold:

1) A necessity to keep from fouling - you are generating so much force, you have to exchange your feet (or reverse) in order to regain balance and keep from blowing out the front.

2) A double-leg push - you reverse (or exchange your feet) because you are pushing on your left leg (if you're right handed) as well as your right leg. This double push forces you to leave your feet as you finish your throw.

Hope this helps explain better what I was trying to say. I like to start all my braemar practice work with non-reverses, forcing me to push all the way through the stone to the center-left of the field, and getting up and powerful on my left side. I also like to do this with one or more open stone throws to mentally get ready for a hard block and complete push through the stone to the left side. Again, my bad for the tardy response, thanks, Slfarr for bumping this to my memory!

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Posted By: D. Haakenson
Date Posted: 7/19/14 at 1:03am

I think that often a weak block is caused by an over-active right leg. If an athlete is trying to "push" with the right leg it will cause the right leg to slow down in its rotation and thus come against the left slowly or weakly. Usually, as this results in poorer and poorer performances, the athlete will start trying to drive the right leg harder. I generally recommend, especially in the light events (os and lwfd) that an athlete just try to allow the right knee to rotate freely and turn into the left instead of extending hard and driving.

My two cents.