 Everybody it's Eric Johnson and in today's video we're going to talk about is the block leg in the throw. One of the keys to setting up a monster finish is hitting that block sequence all at the right time to do big things and we're going to talk about it in this video so let's check it out. Hey it's Eric Johnson in today's YouTube video what we're going to talk about is the block leg for the discus. One of the key things that we want to understand are some of the core positions. Now in our system we refer to when we get to the point of delivery and as we're setting up the power position this becomes the pillar five and what we want to see is when that block foot comes down into the position we want to see that block foot coming down flat. And again the way we teach everything we teach in the throwing chain reaction system is designed to teach reversing throwers. We find that the non-verses clearly a very effective great style and there's been some just amazing throwers in history Lars Riedel, Robert Harding, Sandra Perkovich, you look at Nadia Mueller, I mean on and on and on you took a look at the number of massively successful elite world throwers but the difference between the block foot in the reverse and the non-reverse is different in this video we're going to talk about it for the reverse. Now the reason we focus on and what we teach in throwing chain reaction is the reverse is because the majority of athletes we coach statistically we're not seeing six plus foot tall girls, six four plus guys. So one of the things is we find that for most athletes that where you're going to see six four even six five but even you look at somebody like Christoph Harding who won the gold medal in Rio in 2016, six ten and he reversed whereas his brother was a non-reverser. Both have an Olympic gold, Robert has more worlds and everything else and more consistent huge throws. Point being is that if you're not a super tall athlete we are big fans and we coach reverse and we think ultimately you will throw further and you got to learn to do it right. One of the things is we want to focus on the correct mechanics of that pillar five six right and notice when I go from five so we get into touch the beginning of five end of five and what we're going to be doing is maintaining our position and acceleration of the delivery leg pushing that knee and hip and notice when I've done all of that my block foot is down. When you see a thrower coming out of the back of the circle and their landing boom you're going to notice that foot and you're going to notice that foot stay down all the way through delivery. You're going to notice that that helps engage that block leg and you create that massive stopping motion on the left side and then you're going to be pulling and driving the delivery side out. One of the things we're going to do is as that foot comes down we have a simple drill in our program called the up down drill and so we go basically the delivery leg up the block leg down and you want to feel this and so what we do is go here heel up and push and block leg down and we feel that and that creates the stopping motion so when you look at it from this point it looks here but the key thing is is you want that block leg down now why do we not have it open if you're going to notice all the best throwers in the world not only is the foot flat and the weight is on the inside of the foot a flat foot what you want to see is that that they try to maintain it down as long as they can because when you're reversing thrower and you put it down here you drive and you'll lift that toe up out of the way through the finish through the reverse so when you're a non-reverser that foot's going to be pointed more straight and so the hip is going to come through and you need the foot to be straight because you're not planning on driving your delivery side through if we are doing a reverse and we push here it's going to pull me forward too much and it's going to typically result in a late block and a foul and the hips rotating now here's a couple of key things that you really want to avoid one we don't want to stay up on the toe because when you try to block you're going to notice that as I turn the block foot's turning and remember what gives you a dynamic massive big finish is to have that foot down hit the block and drive into that fully blocked engaged leg when you're up on the toe and you turn the hips are going to turn so now you're actually both sides are moving what a reversing thrower does is smash it down and then the right side accelerates all the way through the key is so we're clear we open the foot we put the foot down we talk about on the inside of the foot keeping it flat so we can engage that block and that's actually going to help acceleration remember acceleration through the finish is key and transfer momentum we hit that block side and everything stops here and that discus slaps and just accelerates through and the whole delivery side notice my hips are facing this way that pulls and you see that big whip and that's that monster finish that everybody loves and wants one of the big reasons that happens is of a proper block if you're a thrower who's opening the shoulder too early right we do have to open the shoulder and there's a correct path in which the shoulder has to open but if we're opening too early you're gonna see that's gonna pull me off my leg versus opening out and then hitting here so everything's gonna go this way and we'll talk about the block arm in another video one of the things we want to make sure was clear today we wanted to just talk about the block leg itself we want to get that foot down we want to engage the quad muscles the hip the glute the hammies so everything's gonna hit here and you hit that big aggressive block would you notice when I hit that and it comes down and it hits hard it's gonna help with the acceleration of the delivery side into the throw and again that's what creates this big motion that big block and now you see everything coming out this way and this is where you'll see that type of finish and you'll notice the best throws in the world especially today's throwers have that foot down and they're just smashing the crap out of it and historically why non-reversing throwers always have that foot flat they just smash the finish and that's what sets up that big slinging throw and acceleration of the implement through delivery and that's critical to big throws so again hopefully you like today's video thanks for watching if you have any other questions or comments or things you'd like to see comment below if you like the video hit that thumbs up hit the subscribe button 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