 The other thing confused exactly how the head is supposed to go with your body in the rotational throws. In this video what we're going to discuss is the head go ahead, does it stay center, does it stay back, what do we do, where does it go, what's its path, we're going to talk about it in this video so check it out. Johnson from Airtate Throws Nation and in today's YouTube video one of the things we're going to talk about is the path of the head and relation to it with the hips. What you want to pay attention to is the head is always following the hips. Finally we had up a video called the focal point. We're talking about that big head stalls and those kind of jerky head movements that you get with a lot of those focal point cues. We want to just kind of clear up that the best throwers in the world, their head follows the hips. It's the most important thing just like a sprinter is going to take off. You don't see any sprinters with their head turned to the side or their heads moving right. Elite sprinters have that head really on and that's the same thing we're creating a sprint and we just have a rotational movement to it and the disc is in a rotational shot and in the glide is where when the hips are going to be opening keeping the head back is going to be a little different because it's a linear delivery not a rotational delivery so it's very different mechanics and that's why the head position can stay very different. Here in the rotational throws and we're looking at the discus or the shot put the thing is is we want that head always moving with the hips. We get into our setup and we're in our pillar one and we're getting our start. You notice that most elite throwers they're going to be moving over into this position and again stylistically everybody's going to be a little different mechanically. I will always argue that they're all pretty much the same. We always love to see people argue about different things. All right. All right. But what we're saying is that poor mechanics are the same. Are there nuanced differences in the style that have an influence on mechanics? Yes. Absolutely. But the core position the six pillars of the throw are going to remain the same for all throwers at the elite level and all throwers period mechanically because physics is physics. So one of the things we're talking about with the head is we're going to be here and as we turn here and we begin the throw you're going to notice all your elite throwers. The head is following the hips. This is the path of the hips. So when I get to this point and I get to this point and I'm getting to this point and you're seeing that that's where the hips are. This is where the hips are. This is where the head is and the head is always connected to the hips. And once the hips are facing here you see the head staying again with the hips. And you are going to notice this is a really simple tip but this avoids getting into like that rear focal point or the or the notion that the head is going to stay with the chest. Now if the hips are moving here and the chest is here that's a disconnect. So one of the things we're going to do is that you'll notice you know if people that are trying to maintain the head with the chest the trunk rotates in thoracic spine right the middle of your back. And so what you want to do is when we're rotating here and everything's staying here that's where you're creating the tension. If you turn the head and keep it here you're going to change how the tension feels in the body. Now there's a difference if you're doing in the shot put there's a little bit more room for forgiveness because you have the implement sitting on top of you. So it's almost it's very difficult to not keep the head here but you're going to keep everything's going to be moving with the hips easier in the shot because the implement's here. So in the discus you have the double separation, shoulders, hips, arms, shoulder. And so if you turn you start to change and you'll start to influence and change that separation and stretch reflex and that's a negative. So real simple cue today when you're looking look at the best throwers in the world. All the greatest throwers in history is that that head is always moving into around and in the middle and through and I don't think you'll find any coach that will disagree that you shouldn't pull your head off at the finish. It's the same principle. We shouldn't pull our head off at the start the middle or the finish. So if it's wrong at the finish it's going to be wrong all the way throughout the throw and it's a really simple thing to keep in mind. So as you throw don't rip the head. So there's a point you can't stay here. It's going to follow ahead but that's where my hips are at the point of delivery. So when we talked about our block leg and our block arm and everything's coming through that's where my hips are facing so that's why my head's here my head isn't here and I certainly don't want my head back and I don't want my head in the middle of the throw just staying here. Let's look at three of the best discus throwers. Let's look at Peter Melichowsky. Let's look at Robert Harding. Let's look at Gerd Kanter. Look at where their head goes right. Their head is moving throughout the entire throw. Perkovich is prime example as well. One of the most dominant female throwers and yes some of you commenting below. I think she's the best ever because of her style or technique or consistency. Okay so thanks so much for watching this video. If you find this video helpful be sure to hit that subscribe button. 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