 And in today's video, we're gonna talk about setting up your throwing chain reaction. Now, one of the things we're gonna talk about in pillar one, one of the core things and one of the core objectives you're trying to do is actually establish the orbit pattern of the discus. So where you move that discus is super key. So what we're gonna do is encourage our coaches and throwers that this is a super important thing. And it's something we talk about in depth inside throwing chain reaction system. So click the link below. Okay, so one of the things we're gonna do is we're gonna be watching the path of the discus. We typically are gonna wanna have that higher point and we're gonna wanna set that path so it's gonna be here. You're trying to avoid the back and forth. This type of motion leads to technically this orbit and this orbit is going to lead to the incorrect pillar two, which is gonna create people falling into the ring. So it's a super important thing. There's four main objectives that we talk about in our pillar one in the start. And again, you can get that information by clicking the link below. But one of the core things you wanna do to help clean up your throw, learning how to actually move the discus right, you're gonna be really concentrating on that path. And that's gonna also be affected by how you hold the discus. And we've created other videos. And again, inside our system, we go through all of these things in depth and we create our different drills and process for doing so. One simple tip for you today to keep it simple is start trying to wind with the discus so that you're taking the discus up to a high point that it's about the shoulder. This is gonna help dictate the orbit throughout the throw. If we're doing things like we've talked about in other videos like the figure eight wind, you're gonna wind up setting an orbit and technically you can see when you're doing this, this is the actual orbit. But what you're gonna do, you'll tilt your shoulders but you'll adjust with your arms. So it won't be as obvious but that is actually what's happening. So one of the simple things that we wanted to help a lot of our young throwers with today and coaches as you look is to be able to make sure that your athlete is carrying that discus properly and placing it in the right orbit so that you can set up your throw and again set up your chain reaction for better, more balanced throws. In today's YouTube video, what we're gonna talk about is the block arm in the discus. Now, one of the key things that we wanna think about and learn and understand is that position of the block arm. There's different schools of thought and some people are talking about how the block arm opens and where is it supposed to work? Does it come all the way through like this or does it come here and drive through? And what I'm gonna say is that what we advocate what we teach in the throwing chain reaction system is that the block arm is going to abruptly stop at a certain point with that block leg and that's where the whole body comes around here. Now, one of the examples we do is we talk about we made up a carnival game called knockout punch where if we had something here and we went and we had to punch the most force and you would see how that's how a knockout, a heavyweight boxer or a pro boxer delivers that knockout punch. They hit the arm stops in front and they drive the delivery side through, right? The punching side. So when we're throwing, we have to stop our block and drive everything through and that's what creates that whipping type motion. You're gonna notice this. So again, let's throw up some elite throwers and we'll look at some of our more advanced high school throwers. And one of the things you're gonna notice is when that block arm stops the best throwers that have big, big throws they feel that stop and you see that body come around. So we talk about stopping it in front because by the time you actually react, right? The reaction is if I try to stop too late I'll stop it here and I'll block too late and now I'm gonna have this. What's the biggest indicator what we're talking about, the validated? We look at our top throwers and we look at where that arm's gonna stop. You're gonna notice the position of the shoulders and where the shoulders are as we come through delivery. You're gonna see that arm stopping and you're gonna see this type of motion. And typically what you'll notice is that block arm stops at the rib line and you're gonna see this type of motion. So the delivery side is coming through and you're gonna notice that when I'm doing this my arm is actually stopped at the side. So if you look at somebody like Piotr Malczowski of Poland again, legendary thrower, he's still throwing far he's 38 years old and look at his block arm. So we've throw up the video he got a video of his PR so high 72 meter throw and so you're gonna notice that when he hits that block arm stops and you'll see him as he comes through the reverse that that block arm is holding in that same position at the body line. So now when you look at somebody else like Gerd Cantor you're gonna notice that same thing really massive smash of that right arm that block arm stops. So if you look at our block leg video and you start to incorporate how to feel that right type of block arm stopping position you're gonna notice that it's gonna make a huge, huge difference on your throws and for so many young throwers they're pulling the shoulder back and again going back to our knockout punch game if I try to throw a knockout and I'm pulling my shoulder back I'm gonna have a less dynamic forceful punch. So it's the same thing. We wanna have that big strike at the end of our throw and if our arm is locked and blocked now the other thing is is we don't wanna be pulling that arm in too soon. I do know coaches who cue that and I understand that why and I think it's a good point but at a certain point that elbow has to be a little bit further out and sometimes young throwers will pull in so close that the fist is in here and again it has to be somewhat of a counter balance to the discus and this is why if you look at somebody like Alakna Malachowski, you look at Robert Harding who's a non-versus of the arms out here you look at Frederick Dakers you look at Daniel Stahl, you look at Perkovich they don't have it quite in here so you're gonna see it here and one of the things we talk about is the height. You don't have it, the elbow can't be above the shoulder it has to be in here this is how you engage the pec, the lat, the posterior delt and you get that whole shoulder tied in for much better, more forceful delivery. Just keep those things in mind those are some mechanics to better understand that block arm position and again if you're interested in the throwing chain reaction wanna go deep, we give you drills for all these sorts of things check the link in the description you'll notice that we have a link to our free mini course which kinda breaks down the six pillars and then we of course go in depth inside our program with courses and drills we have about 40 drills per for the discus for the rotational shot and different drills another 40 or so for the glide shot foot and those break down the system pillar connection drills, courses, strength training everything you would want to help you throw farther so for those of you that wanna dig deeper there's a lot more to go in that are gonna help you better understand the mechanics of the throw so that you can get better and throw farther faster alright thanks so much for watching if you found this video helpful be sure to give us a thumbs up hit that subscribe button, comment below and for those of you that are watching and downloading and not subscribing that's okay we're happy to see you getting better too so thanks so much and we will see you on the next video be sure to check out our next videos be sure to subscribe visit our website for free videos click the links below we have links to our free mini course check out our websites for camps and different detailed information throw farther faster by understanding the science with the throwing chain reaction system thanks so much for watching