I am not sure if I deserve your fine compliments, Yoda, but therefore I appreciate it more.
Annyway, here's a discus throwing video:
The discus throwers work on an inclined plane as we do. Not sure how similar it is to ours though. Probably flatter and perhaps with a strong inside-out orientation compared to the target line. Fascinating to see how they drive their hips forward to optimize their alignment the last instance before they drive it home. There also seems to be a lot of float loading of the primary (and only) lever going on.
Dude . . . thanks for posting . . . . VERY INTERESTING . . . the plane of motion of the arms isn't similar but look at the pivot . . . that is Swinging from the Feet for sure . . . look at how the segments get out of line (knee bend) and then each one snaps in-line from the ground up and you get some axis tilt too . . . beautiful stuff . . .wonder how much power comes from the rotation versus the extension of the knees hips and spine.
The shot put reminds me of Push Basic, but weird how we use it for very short, low powered shots and they use it for powering, thrusting, their heavy pay load. I guess you cant "swing" or "throw" that heavy an object. But I'd venture that Punch elbow, given its fanning is a throwing action and not an inline shot put like Push.
He mentions a firm left side too, but their feet are in the air at release. These track stars are all power and maybe more like the long drive guys than golfers who play for score.
Homer Kelley advised in 2-F (Plane of Motion) to "picture the javelin thrower with the right elbow and On Plane right forearm leading the hand toward the target (Delivery Line) all during Delivery."
What is Elk practicing here?
Before taking this video I asked him what kind of shot he was hitting. He must have worked this preshot drill 10 times (it was during the pro-am at the CDN open).
He said he was going with a straight ball, but the result was a tiny fade with a medium to lower trajectory.
I asked about trying to shallow the shaft a little and he just smiled. Elkington is a man of a few words.
Thanks Slice, it looks to me like the first bit of the drill is a "Downswing Waggle". Hit the search function for more info. Although he moves through the Downswing and into Release with the rest of it.
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