Hi Leo

Can you explain what your understanding is of 'blocking' and why you
consider it is so important.

Denis Doyle


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From: "leopapadopoulos3" <leopapadopoulos3@...>
To: <highjump@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 12:26 AM
Subject: [HJ] Stepping sound loudness a quick measure of produced power ?


> Hallo
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> I'd like to introduce myself,i'm a throws coach specializing in the shot.
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> I found this forum because i want the answer to what is probably more
> of your expertice than my colleagues (throws coaches).
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> A very impotant point in the shotput is the power produced in the
> block.It seems that a very strong block will transfer much more power
> throughout the body all the way to the throwing hand.
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> I'm trying to find a way to determine the amount of power produced by
> the athletes as well as to provide a nice que for them to gauge their
> blocking power by.
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> Some throwers in their best efforts do have a loud treading sound to
> their blocks ,but not all of them.
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> What's your experience ? Do you gauge the stepping strength by how
> loud the sound of the shoe stepping the ground was ? Is this a good
> gauge for me to use ?
> Do the best jumps correlate to how strong and loud the last step was ?
> Has there been any research about this or something similar (with
> power platforms perhaps) ?
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> Thanks in advance for your help,
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> Leo Papadopoulos
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