Levers,<br>The answer as to what muscles is
"all"...some more some less. The legs back and shoulder need
to be the strongest since the primary throwing
motion starts with the feet and ends with the
hand.<br><br>The second motion is a rotation of the hips and then
the shoulders. Like a sail boat where the wind on the
sails puts pressure in one direction and the keel in
the other making it go forward the rotation in
conjunction with the vertical drive send the javelin forward
at the maximum speed.<br><br>Without both forces
working together the thrower can never reach his maximum
potential.<br><br>Now the hard part is making the body through
monotonous repetition do exactly what each action requires
to put these forces to work.<br><br>Read Tom's post
of the rigors of training what he doesn't say is in
that training the body, to perform properly, needs
doing so, and doing so right, every day of training,
working on the bits and pieces hundreds and hundreds of
times until they are automatic and allows the proper
movement thru the throw to be effortless and
consisitent.<br><br>One of the most important needs to success is to
minimize in the early learning process movements that are
wrong. A common one for a beginner is to throw the
Javelin with their arm rather then their shoulder...no
not the shoulder but the entire body. For example an
arm throw doesn't requires the hips to extent, the
shoulder to be back the left arm to rotate with power it
only requires the plant leg to be down.
<br><br>Learning to throw this way is easy but limited. Relearning
to throw requires an inordinate amount of time.
Dedication in this age is a difficult thing to find.
Relearning requires the level of dedication that can stunt
most persons drive. So try to get adequate info on how
you should throw, this forum is a great place to
learn, not only in the writing but also the video and
pictures posted on the various sites. Study all of those,
ask questions and be great.<br><br>SK<br>Wed Nov 1
10:51:53 2000