 Throw or not to throw? I'm talking about the entry side arm. The left arm for the righties, the right arm for the lefties. So the question is, do we throw it hard? Do we open it a much? Do we keep it back? What's the real answer? Man, come on. Find out in this video, check it out. Eric Johnson, and in today's YouTube video, what we're gonna discuss is opening the left arm into the throw the correct way. We will talk about the window. Knock, knock. So in today's video, what we're gonna discuss, we mentioned that we're gonna be talking about the entry arm, right? So for the majority of throwers are right-handed, but we're gonna refer to it in terms of the entry arm, balance arm, okay? So one of the key things is, what do we do? When we're in the discus, where does that arm open up? So if we look at somebody like Daniel Stahl, or let's take a peek at Reggie Jagers of the US, let's look at Frederick Dakers. I thought it was Docker, somebody said Dakers. I don't know, he's a stud, okay? So we can agree on that. So in this video, again, we wanna talk about how the position of left arm. Now, one of the key things is, you gotta remember that it's designed to generate momentum, and it's designed to create a counterbalance. So the longer it is, and in the discus and in the shot put, they're different. So people that are coaching the same, that's something we just don't agree with. Implement sitting on top of me, heavier object, smaller circle, how can the technique be the same? So you would either be eating up too much circle in the shot put, or you would be utilizing too little circle in the discus. So for mechanical reasons, implement and everything else, proximity to the body, they can't be the same. So what in this video we're gonna talk about is the path of the left arm in the discus. Now this is something I said while back that I was gonna be updating. So I've had a few people that we've had some debates with and that I think I agree with them more than I disagree. So here's what we're gonna do. When we set up our throw and we're working here, we like to teach how the arm is gonna be opening and it's going to be moving aggressively. Now one of the things is we talk about the path of that arm. That path has to be long so that it's pulling me into the throw. So here's an example that if I open it too much, you can see it does assist in rotation and that's part of its function. But there's a point of if I spin in place, I'm not creating my linear motion across the circle. So one of the things that we wanna make sure that we're doing is we understand that that path is moving aggressively out open and it's pulling the throw in. I think one of the best examples of that currently in the world is Daniel Stahl. Daniel Stahl a few weeks back had a monster series in Doha where the shortest throw was 69 meters, 50. Huge, huge throws, great series and the average of the series was 70 meters. So we're averaging about 230 feet for the entire six throws. Huge, huge, huge. One of the things is in what makes him so dynamic is he's big, he's fast, he's strong and he's technically just fun to watch. So watch the left arm. Stahl what he does is you see him as he comes here, the left arm is really reaching long and as he comes this way, what gives is an appearance of the connection and that's because of the long entry path. So the arm is reaching here, it's moving and you'll see Stahl pulling into the circle. He does that extremely well. So one of the things you'll see is as we look at Stahl what's so great about that arm is that it's opening. So as he goes long and again in our system we refer to our pillar one, our pillar two and then as he comes in here and he's keeping everything level you're gonna see him pulling in. Once he's facing six o'clock you'll notice the connection of the balance arm and the sweep leg, the direction it's facing three. You'll see Stahl that he doesn't have a big rewrap but you'll notice the position of his shoulders. He's starting to create separation and you'll notice that once we get to the middle of the throw, pillar four where we're transitioning from the left leg to the right you're gonna start to see how the lower body is very stacked and very much moving ahead of the upper body. But then what Stahl does extremely well at that point is he comes down, he's gonna get that heel, everything comes around and you're gonna see that hip driving into the thing and you see that incredible separation. If you haven't checked out our video on separation check that one out now. What we talk about in one of the trickiest things in our system we teach that there's a window. So if we get too, too much throw or if we're just here trying to throw or if we're holding too far back that's not positive either because if you'll notice if I'm sitting here and I hold the arm it's gonna make me move into the throw but you're gonna notice watch the difference. I'm gonna do everything the same speed. You're gonna see me kind of slow. Now watch me open the arm. See how much faster and easier it is for me to rotate. So two rotational, over rotation, under rotation. What do we need? We need to find the sweet spot and understanding how that left arm is a very huge part of that movement which we refer to as our pillar three. Dropping in and applying speed and your left arm is a huge component to do that correctly. So for you throwers out there that are watching be careful not to keep your arm back too much and be careful not to open your arm too much. What you wanna find is that sweet spot that's gonna be leading to that ideal position so that the lower body and everything's moving ahead. So again, Peter Malachowski of Poland, Robert Harding of Germany. So if we look at Peter Malachowski and Robert Harding what we're gonna see is look at them on their windups different but similar and we have a video coming up on style versus mechanics so stay tuned for that. So you're gonna see how they come out so they come out and they go to their pillar two and they're both moving around and look at the path of the left arm when you're looking one of the key variables that I look at is when they're both when they're all facing six o'clock and they're on their entry so when they're in this position you're gonna notice where the left arm is which you'll see with a lot of young throwers that left arm opens a little too much and it's coming out of the window and the window again we refer to a lot in our system of how do we hit those key spot in each pillar? We have a window of execution we wanna stay in that. So now if you look at Goozdias and Stahl very similar techniques in fact they both look very similar but look at the positions and look at the position of left arm and that left arm is that's what sets up a big monster pillar three. So at any rate hopefully this gives you a little insight into how that works. We don't wanna be too open. We don't wanna be too back. We wanna find that spot where we're feeling this type of emotion and you're gonna see how you're gonna do that and you're gonna notice that with all your top throwers all these guys that are throwing massive distances and very consistently hitting those distances you're gonna see that type of moving pattern and that's the key to understand because it's about balance and creating speed and power and balance and acceleration into the middle of the ring. So as we refer to as pillar one to three and then four, five, six is gonna be very dynamic and that's what you want for those big throws. Okay so hopefully you liked today's video. Be sure to give us a thumbs up. Hit that subscribe button. Don't forget to share it. Comment below with any comments, questions you have regarding things you would like to see on upcoming videos. Thanks so much for watching and we will see you on the next video. Be sure to check out our next videos. Be sure to subscribe. 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