"Early on I just have them throw a lot, we get into throwing shape," Levos said.
It's at this point that Levos said his throwers become unique to athletes in other sports or even other track and field participants. The athletes then "play catch," throwing the shot or disc to their partners who pick it up and throw it back.
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After that, they practice just plain throwing and getting used to holding and how to properly throw the disc or shot. Levos said that every throw is "built from the ground up." Throwers learn the power position first, the most basic of the discus and shot throws. Shot put throwers work on holding the ball correctly on the pads of their hands and try to get used to pushing the ball rather than throwing it like a baseball or football. If you do it wrong it won't go anywhere."ĭiscus throwers focus on having the disc come out flat and not angled up into the air or down toward the ground. So we start with bowling, we roll the disc like a bowling ball and have it come off your hand correctly. "Some people initially will throw it (the discus) and try to have it come off their pinky, but it needs to come off your pointer finger. "The first thing we do is some real basic stuff, like having the implement come off your hand correctly," Levos explained. With any new or returning thrower, he said he starts each season the same way.
After graduating from NDSU, he coached there at Fargo North High School and has been at Hastings most of the past 17 years. He threw both shot put and discus at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D. Todd Levos, the throwing coach for the Hastings High School track and field team, has been throwing and coaching the discipline for much of his life. A thrower has to perfect every motion from their feet to their arms to excel. Throwing the discus or shot put is the most technique-heavy event in track and field.
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