comments, go for it Wed Aug 1 07:19:10
2001<br><br>Hmmm, I'm curious Jeff. Want to run this by you.<br>My
coach is teaching something different, it's dificult to
do but sounds as it may work well. Tell me what you
think.<br><br>He's coaching more of an active right foot (maybe this
is old school german technique, I don't know)
<br><br>To start he's really stressing the right leg drive
into the final cross-step/penultimate, I mean DRIVING,
that right leg -- goes as far as physically possible
forward and accross the left. Long powerful jump. A lot
more long than high. And when that right hits the
ground, it pushes you onto your plant, (naturally the
toes rolls too) he's always stressing this push from
the right leg, then planting, smacking the hips like
it's the last throw you'll ever have, and then the
rest. I didn't understand what he was trying to
communicate because I had this 'soft step`in mind and didn't
see how you could push from a passive soft right
foot. And then CC showed me a great sequence of photos
of uwe throwing, and I saw it.<br><br>Just so I'm
not communicating this wrong. The right doesn't hit
hard at all, you hardly hear it, but by using it in a
active way He's trying to get us to our plants quicker
and generating more power from using it to push. My
training partner is almost there, I am still working on it
-- but finally have an understanding of what he
wants. It's a matter of having legs like a
gazelle.<br><br>Amazing the leg drive Uwe used to have when you look at
sequences of him throwing. If you look at the sequence in
your house jeff you can see this active right foot.
<br><br>what do you think about all of this?<br><br>andy