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Week 125/17/2020 Over the time of this project, I worked very hard and improved in many different ways. I ended up throwing 50 feet, 3 inches which is not in competition, in other words without the adrenaline rush of a real competition. Sub-par but still it’s very good to not be in a slump like last year. As my coach says, it gets worse before it gets better, so I’m looking for some big throws this summer. The nice thing about my project is that no matter what result I get, I can keep expanding on it and get better. As I said at the beginning of the project, I said that I wanted to go to college for this, and it was a great opportunity to get better and stronger. And I have done both of those very well I would say. I spent a lot of time working out but I changed styles later in the project, I moved to pushups, sit-ups, and jumping rope to work on explosiveness and speed. The number of pushups I can do doubled over the course of 2 weeks and it keeps growing all the time, also the number of sit-ups I can do doubled over that same time period. The jumping rope has gotten a lot smoother and faster with fewer mess ups and with more reps, which gives me a better work out and better conditions my feet and legs. As far as throwing, I’ve gotten faster, more balanced, and I’ve been throwing farther as a whole. I’m doing better driving into the power position and really getting the torque I need to throw the shot. Also with getting stronger, the drive is more powerful so that I can use my hips more to drive the shot into the air. I’m still trying to work on turning my foot in the middle to keep turning, that is what will keep me on balance and help me drive. One problem I’ve had though is landing to the left of the middle which is causing me to fall off to the right and make me scratch, but just slowing down will help me resolve that.
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