The Hammer Throw Handbook

The Hammer Throw Handbook is a one-of-a-kind, comprehensive handbook for coaching the hammer throw. Written by one of the top hammer throw coaches in the country, Larry Judge, who, along with his co-author Kevin McGill, is highly active in coaching education. The result is a book full of knowledge gained from first-hand experience and extensive research that is presented in such a way that anyone from a beginning coach to a coach with significant experience can benefit from its contents. This book is truly a hammer coach survival guide. Also included is an entire chapter on the weight throw.The Hammer Throw Handbook includes detailed information on: Important concepts in sports science Applied biomotor development Designing throwing workouts Developing a resistance training program for the hammer throw Teaching basic fundamentals The technical elements Teaching progression and drills Mental preparation Detecting technical flaws Injury prevention and treatment