 So you're teaching brand new. Are you a beginner or are you a coach teaching a beginner, a parent teaching somebody who knows nothing about how to hold the shot? I'm going to show you a couple of really simple things that are going to make a huge difference and accelerate your throws training. So check it out. Everybody, it's Eric Johnson from Airtate Throws Nation. In today's video, we're going to talk about another thing on how to hold the shot. But we're going to talk about it for super ultra beginner throwers. So today, I have my trusty helper, Ella Johnson. And what she's going to be doing is we're going to be showing her how to hold the shot properly hand. So one of the things we're going to do is we walk through and we show Ella how this works. So one of the things that we're going to look at is when we're looking at this, we're putting it up on the knuckles. And notice where the thumb is. The thumb sits here. A lot of times, young throwers put the thumb on the side of the shot. So here's what we're going to do. We're going to try to put that shot put up on your knuckles. So what we're going to do is we're going to show our young thrower how to do it. So she's going to hold the shot put. And she's going to put it. See how it sits there? Yeah, exactly. Now look what she did. She naturally created that little cavity here. She's got her thumb behind the shot and her fingers behind the shot. And she's going to be developing her hand strength so she can learn how to flick the shot off. That's going to be a really important thing that you want to learn at the early stage of a thrower. So now notice how she's got the shot. So you're doing a very good job. Now it feels hard when it's out here, right? OK, so watch. Put it right up here on your neck. Easier? Yes. So it's called the shot put because we're not throwing the shot. We don't ever want to do this. And notice again, just that little adjustment by keeping the hand in the right position, the thumb automatically fell in the spot. Notice how she's got it here. She's got a nice hand position. And we want to keep those fingers a little bit more here so that the pinky is a little bit more like that. So now it's going to push off of these fingers, those three fingers, OK? And so what she's going to do is put it in her neck. And what we're going to do is teach her how to get the elbow out. And that's going to make a huge difference. So now that she's doing this, you can see that we really quickly taught her where does that shot go? Center that shot goes on those fingers. And then that when she pushes it up in the hand, it becomes more of a natural position to want to put that thumb behind the shot. Now one of the things she's focusing on is where does the elbow go? So now I'm going to have her stand sideways. And so now you can see. So if we're looking, we need to start teaching her how to get that elbow kind of back. And this is going to be the thing. So we're going to pull her little shoulder blade back. And now when she pulls that here, whoop, OK? So you can see how it's falling because she's not used to this. So Ella, here's what you're going to do. You're going to hold that shot like this. And then you're going to put it in your neck and you're going to kind of chicken wing out like this. But look at my arm. My arm's not here. My elbow's back here because we're going to be getting our elbow behind the shot and we're going to be able to push, OK? So what you want to do, sweetheart, is you're going to do this. You're going to feel it. See how your wrist has to sit more like that? See how I kind of curve her elbow? And now you're going to shove that sucker in your neck hard. You've got to press it. Boom. You've got to push it in there. Now, see how she's turning her wrist? This is going to be the common thing. And this is why young throwers tend to come out with the shot and they don't know how to push. So what we're going to do is we're going to have her hold here, OK? And again, notice what I'm trying to show you. So you see where we're trying to get her elbow up and her wrist sit like this. See how you're going to have to push? So that's what you want to feel. So see where your wrist position is? Now pull the shot into your neck like that with your elbow there. But see how, as I start to pull her in, she wants to drop this elbow and turn the hand like this. The hand position in here would make her want to throw it like either basically a straight-up motion because you have to have the elbow behind the shot. So this is why we're trying to teach her to keep the, this part of your arm needs to face the ground. So you do this. There we go. So let's try that again. So you're going to pull. As you pull, we're going to turn the hand sideways. We're going to pull it in. Much better job. Now she would be here. The crease of the elbow is facing down. Now when she puts the shot in her hand, she should be able to push the shot. And what we're going to do is we're just going to push it. And we're going to push it up right here, OK? 45 degrees. We're going to just kind of get it right there, OK? So let's give it a try. And what we're going to do is come over here. Keep your abs tight, OK? And what you're going to do is put this foot forward, put this foot over here, over here. Yep. So now what we're going to do is we're going to turn your hips this way. So turn your foot, get your knee up, OK? And we're just going to try to put your arm like this. And you're going to pull and you're going to push that shot put up in the air, right? It doesn't have to go far. Just push it up in the air. Nice job.