 So, in today's video, what we're gonna talk about is orbit. High point. We maybe have heard of this, you heard about the orbit. Well, what we wanna do is try to hit that awesome high point in the discus so that we can have that big path into a massive delivery. So, here we go, check it out. Johnson for Maritay Throws Nation and in today's YouTube video, what we're gonna discuss is the high point, the almighty high point of the throne. Now, one of the things we wanna talk about, you'll see some people talking about putting the discus on the shelf and what we wanna do is understand that that is a good thing but there's a right way and a wrong way. And sometimes, some people try to create it artificially where they're just trying to throw it up and that can and can't work for some people. But one thing that you wanna understand is there are style issues and some guys have a higher high point than others. Some of the best throwers of all time had amazing high points. If you look at somebody like Gerd Cantor, he had a couple of seasons where he was just throwing 70 meters like it was going out of style. And the point was that he's really known for is having that really amazing high point on the discus. So how do we actually do that and what do we wanna know about that? And it's a combination of where the arms are in proximity to the body and the angle of the body. So that's what's important. So we don't wanna just put our arm up and start with our arm up too high because yes, we'll get a high point but we'll also start to affect the hips and other portions and segments of the body. So here's what we're gonna discuss. So what we wanna do is keep you understanding that when we come around, we have the orbit. The orbit is set here in our pillar one, our start, that's what we call is the beginning of the chain reaction. This is why the wind up is so, so critical. So what are the things we're gonna do is that when we wind and we're creating this, we're setting the orbit of the discus. Now we can be anywhere technically in here. There are throwers who have had lower. John Powell was a thrower that used to carry the discus a little bit lower. He would talk about putting that discus up on the shelf. I think a lot of throwers like that discuss that in the high point is key. But one of the things is we're gonna look at is we're gonna understand that if we set that orbit here and this arm is following this way, we're naturally gonna start to create that orbit that comes around. So it's kind of a gradual thing. And so one of the reasons we don't teach in our system is to just put it up there is that a lot of throwers, a lot of beginning, less dynamic guys that are gonna develop or girls that are gonna develop on a slower timeline are gonna wind up pushing their hip too much. And when they push the hip, they get the break at the waist. That actually pushes the shin back and they're gonna come into the throw and there are actually many of them are going to be dropping and scooping. So one of the things we wanna do is we wanna understand how to keep that discus away. So one of the simple tips is that you wanna think about how we have a gradual path. So when we're here in the arms here, we have to avoid the high arm. We want the arm reaching out, long and around that's gonna pull the thrower into the circle and that's gonna help them switch. This is again what we refer to as pillar three and four. So when we do that, we call the axis transition. We're also hitting that high point. We're hitting the discus down here. And one of the things you're gonna notice when I show you this is what am I showing you? My discus is actually really at shoulder height. It's the angle of the body in this position that's creating the high point. So when we talk about our pillar four which is our axis transition where we twist, wrap and we're hitting the high point, we're setting this position, we're creating that power position angle which is gonna take that discus out here as we drive, we push, we push and rotate the delivery side out and we get that discus out here and we hit that really nice finish. That's how you start to feel that length. So staying relaxed with the arms is one of the simple ways to do that. Setting the path right out of what we start our starter pillar one as we move through the throne we see how it's that gradual turning of how we transition the axis around and then again around and out. So we hit that high point that allows the thrower to move over the delivery leg to this point and come through the throw. So if you're trying to just artificially get the arm up that can work against you. We wanna understand how it's kind of a gradual point to this point and again how we'll talk how we come out of the sprint position that helps to create that elevation. We also wanna avoid too much jumping to try to get that discus up into that high point of the orbit. But one of the biggest things that I think is really affects a lot of young throwers negatively is as they come around again that high arm they get the orbit reversed and we've talked about this kind of thing in a few videos that's why we wanted to address it specifically in this video. But when you have the arm as we say rule of thumb is if the arm is up above the shoulder athletes tend to sit and then they sometimes will go like this but most athletes who come around keep coming around and then they're coming forward and off and that is the kiss of death. Now you can't rotate around, you'll shift off of the right leg and delivery. So now you'll see this type of emotion through delivery instead of this type of emotion which is acceleration more tension, more speed, more distance and this is actually the discus slowing down and catching up to the hips and losing all the slings. So at any rate, we wanted to put this out there hopefully this is helpful if this can help you straighten out that arm get that high point and add more distance that's the goal. So many of you out there as we know don't have coaches and so many of you guys are young or new coaches don't know exactly where to start so here we hope these types of tips that are big picture items help you throw farther faster and thanks so much for watching. Do us a favor, whatever you'd like to see throw it in the comments below. If you found this video helpful for us hit that thumbs up, hit that subscribe button and notification so you don't miss a video and if you're interested we have two free mini courses links below in the description. 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