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Rotational Shot Put (Video)
Coach Boo Schexnayder highlights teaching progressions for the rotational shot put, while addressing preliminary movements such as the grip, stand and wind. In this clip, he defines the differences in the positioning of the rotational style and the glide style, offering effective strategies to teach both styles. —There are slight differences in the…
Remedial Crossover Exercises that Teach Proper Delivery Mechanics (Video)
In this remedial crossover exercises series, Coach Boo Schexnayder has outlined several exercises that can be used to teach the shuffle, in addition to a series of movements that are essential to the proper set up for the delivery in the javelin, discus and rotational shot put events. The remedial cross over series is…
Medicine Ball Drills for Throwing Events (Video)
In the video below, Coach Boo Schexnayder introduces two medicine ball drills designed to teach upper and lower body mechanics in the throwing events. These drills are simple and easy to follow, allowing the thrower to focus on basic mechanics during each phase of the throw. This exercise is designed to teach basic…
4 Reasons to Attend This Strength & Conditioning Certification Course
UPDATE (August 3, 2015, 3:53 PM Eastern): The USTFCCCA Strength & Conditioning Certification with Boo Schexnayder is Sold Out! We’ve reached our hard cap of 75 coaches and will no longer be accepting registrations. If you’re one of the coaches who got in, we’ll be nerding out soon with many of the top area high…
Do this if you have too much snow or coach multiple event groups
I have two program recommendations for those of you who: A) have 3 feet of snow on your track B) coach kids competing in multiple event groups C) are responsible for planning training for multiple event groups D) all of the above Whether spring track is turning into an extension of winter track or you’re…
Blizzard of 2015: Video Playlist
Where I live, there’s a blizzard happening. I can’t tell you how excited I am to shovel the 24+ inches of snow that has fallen. By excited, I mean I will cry myself to sleep tonight. Regardless, I thought I’d share a video playlist from my YouTube Channel. And by ‘I thought’, I mean I…
Upper Body Mechanics in the Throws
Biomechanical Concerns. When we examine upper body activity on the throwing events, we are concerned with six key realms. They are lengthening the rotational path of the implement, delaying the upper body movements, turning, maintaining positional relationships, the sweep/block, and the strike. Lengthening the Rotational Path of the Implement Closed Shoulders. During the delivery,…
Drills and Progressions for Shot Put, Discus and Javelin
I want to put your eyes on a program from Boo Schexnayder that I don’t think you know about. In fact, Boo says it’s the best of all of his programs… But, it’s not on the jumps, or multi/combined events or strength training. Instead, the program is purely about teaching progressions for the throwing events….
See the Best of this Weekend’s Complete Track and Field Clinic
As you may know, this weekend is the 4th Annual Complete Track and Field Clinic, which is held at Harvard University. This year we have 450+ athletes and coaches (from 5 countries), 40+ clinicians (and 20 additional support staff) coming in. Because I’m so excited about the event, the quality of our staff and the amount of preparation…
5 Upgrades to This Year’s Summer Track and Field Clinic
After each season, successful coaches assess their results and make appropriate changes to their planning to ensure better results next year. We apply the same philosophy to our summer track and field clinic. It’s not our style to sit back and run the same exact event we did last year just because it was successful….
The Top 3 Articles, Programs & Answers of February 2014
I understand you may not have time to catch everything I post each month. As I continue to increase the frequency of new posts across the spectrum of event groups and training modalities, I put together a ‘Best of’ each month so you can get your track nerd on. Below are ‘The Top 3 of…