Hitting a PR in the shot put or the discus throw is a great feeling.

However, when you smash a throw with a 20ft PR, you’re having an out-of-body experience in the ring!

So how do we routinely get throwers to jump up 25-30 feet in the discus; especially from the previous season?

We keep it simple and master Pillar 1 in the TCR system- period.

Let’s go over a few tips on how coaches & throwers produce huge jumps – 25, 30, even 35ft in the discus in just weeks.

Here’s how….

Below are 5 Tips to start applying today to get your own HUGE jump to Championship level throws

SIMPLIFY
Once throwers and coaches start to look at the throw correctly, it becomes much easier to teach.

If you’re coaching from the wrong perspective, it’s gonna result in leaving results on the table.

Keeping your throws program organized & structured with specific drills and a training program designed to produce sounds like a no brainer… but it’s EXACTLY what the TCR system is designed to do for you. Following a predesigned throws program- the TCR SYSTEM- proven to work with countless championship titles from coaches & throwers from across the country & around the world is your key for success! click here for more info
STAY CENTER & UPRIGHT IN PILLAR 1

Pillar 1 – the set up of the throw- is how you make MASSIVE jumps in distance.

The Key to pillar 1 is to stay upright and Center during the wind.

… this helps set Separation and the Sprint leg axis.

In the discus, there are 2 kinds of separation: Shoulder Hip and Arm Shoulder.
MASTER SEPARATION MECHANICS FIRST
Separation must be set up correctly to initiate the proper TCR® of each throw or drill…. This is the Key to Pillar 1 and hitting the delivery for a massive PR.

Hitting that separation and leading with the lower body is what makes the discus a more difficult throw because

in the discus throws, there’s a 2-part separation!

While the rotational shot put and Discus have the same core 6 Pillars in the TCR®, each pillar is a bit different in the discus due to position of the implement and size of the ring and that is why throwers that spin in the shot put, often get rhythm conflicts with the Discus or vice versa.

Understanding the separation mechanics is a big part of the TCR system and it is a very technical aspect of throwing….

… once you begin to understand it, it becomes simpler to coach, and that 20-30ft increase becomes a tangible reality….and it can happen fast! .… We do it every year.

AVOID FALSE SEPARATION
I see a lot of kids set up what I have termed “False Separation“.

And just like term implies, they look “separated” but they’re not, and a lot of throwers with weak core don’t twist correctly….

…. and I see this overlooked ALL THE TIME.

This goes back to tip 1 & 2…..

If they don’t set up pillar 1 right, the rest of the throw is going down fast, and the sole focus on pillar one is separation and the sprint axis.

False separation usually is setting up only arm/shoulder and not hip/shoulder and that’s gonna results in way less torque…

… and that means shorter throws and a loooong time training without getting much better.
SET THE FEEDBACK MECHANISM
In the beginning, you need to learn to sense what a better throw feels like…

… This is what I refer to in the TCR® as the feedback mechanism.

The discus is more rhythmical.

It’s more relaxed and long.

It’s fast from the feet to the hips and you drag the upper body passively until you get to Pillar 6….. the Delivery.

If you, or your throwers are not in the right general positions, they can’t feel the right things that allow them to improve quickly. = “FEEDBACK MECHANISM”

This is what separates the elite from the average.

Basically, the “natural” thrower is simply someone who feels this and does this easier, otherwise its gotta be taught and that’s gonna be the case most of the time.