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Over the years, as an education student, teacher, and coach, I’ve been asked to write my teaching and coaching philosophies many times. The exercise is a good time to reflect and ensure that what I’m doing in practice resonates with what I want to do as a coach. While professors like to assign students to write a 3-5 page paper on their coaching philosophy, I’ve come to the conclusion [...] The much anticipated WIAC championship weight throw competitions did not disappoint on Saturday. The men started things off. The competition saw a field where 8 of the competitors are currently ranked in the top 12 in the country, including the current national leader, Ben Ludtke (Sr – UW-Oshkosh) seeded at 20.24m, and the defending national champion, Pete Delzer (Jr – UW-Oshkosh) coming in with the number 3 seed with [...] Yesterday we completed day 1 of the WIAC Championship meet. The men’s shot put saw 7 of the top 20 throwers in the country competing, while the women’s competition had 3 competitors ranked in the top 10 nationally. The favorites coming into the meet were current national leaders Andy Novak from UW-La Crosse, and Breanna Strupp from UW-Oshkosh and they did not disappoint. Novak led off the competition [...] 
In my opinion, the glide shot put is the most difficult event to coach in the throws. After nearly twenty years of throwing, coaching, observing, and researching, I feel comfortable working with the glide, but still acknowledge that there is always more to learn. The glide shot put is deceptively simple. Many new throwers can be taught how to glide well enough to add distance to their power position [...] 
Bill Richards has put together another great issue of the Wisconsin Throws Coaches Association Newsletter. In this issue he covers information about the upcoming WISTCA clinic, John Godina’s future clinics in Wisconsin, and a comprehensive listing of clinics in the midwest that are offering throws portions. Download the PDF below. WTCA January Newsletter [...] |
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