hahahahahahahaha..

 

this has happened to me.

 

You can say helpful things in competition like "Watch those foul lines." and then watch the Bomb Squad in action

 

 

I like to throw stones monday, hammers wednesday and weights friday. Then every other saturday or so I'll throw for about 3 hours, hitting everything I can including sheaf and wob. I don't have a caber to practice with at the moment, but about once a month I train with someone who does so that's covered.

I rarely throw a heavy stone. Maybe once a month. I typically take all my braemar throws with the 16# stone because I can get more tosses in before fatigue sets in. I don't throw heavy hammer in practice either. I've got too many technical issues I need to address at this time and the heavy hammer isn't going to do it for me. Once I get better technically, I'll add in heavy hammer and I'll even add additional weight.

 

For WFD, I throw heavy a lot. 20-30times per week. The timing is so much different between LWFD and HWFD that they're almost 2 separate events, however, if I can hit the positions with the heavy, it only takes me 1-2 practices to get my timing back with the light (if I haven't practiced with it in a while). Once I'm hitting good positions and throwing solid numbers very consistently then I'll turn the heavy down and increase the light. I suspect 2-3 more weeks of this and I'll probably do just that to prepare for the phoenix games. Once my tech is dialed in on the HWFD, I'll throw LWFD primarily. I did this last year before I discovered a lot of technical issues with my throws.

 

 

I especially like Betz's advice about the 4' trig, something I need to implement into my training.

Some random tips about practicing

1. Train the lighter implements more often.  They don't beat you up as much and depend more on technique.

2. Stones, Weights, and Hammers should take up most of the time since there are sometimes two of each of them at some comps and they are dependant most on technique.

3. Obviously practice your weak events more often.

4. When practicing a heavier event,  after your last throw, take three throws with the lighter implement.  This will get you ready for a games and sometimes you don't get many warm-ups.

5. I practice with a 4 foot trig instead of a 4.5 foot trig.  This helps you with not being "trig-phobic" at games and makes you sprint straight through the throw more.  Always use a trig of some sort.

6. Do some practices where you take three warm-up type throws and then take 3 competition throws and measure them.  This emulates a games.  Especially in the hammer, take a few winds and then go to it.  Need a big throw when it counts.

7. If you don't have a games that week, go out and throw for 3+ hours on a Saturday or Sunday.  Throw the caber and wob and sheaf too.   Learned this one from Mike Smith.  It gives you the specific conditioning to handle games.

 

 

 

It's just funnier when you get to bust on a guy who outthrows everything you do by 50%. ('sup, Betz!)