--- In highjump@yahoogroups.com, "denis doyle" <denis@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Leo
>
> Can you explain what your understanding is of 'blocking' and why you
> consider it is so important.
>
> Denis Doyle
>
>

Blocking is the last step on the front of the ring for us
shotputters,with which all the horizontal energy is transfered to
vertical.
How strong the block is dictates to a very large extent the amount of
power that the thrower still has from the back of the ring (that there
is a power continuum without interruptions ) and the amount of power
he can transfer to the implement.
For example,the major difference between a standing throw and a full
throw is the power of the block,momentum feeds it.
Therein probably lies one of the major advantages of the spin
technique over the glide-it allows for a stronger block.
I hopw my answer is satisfactory enough.

Leo Papadopoulos.