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Week 43/22/2020 This week was a very successful week overall, I didn’t get much lifting or throwing in but I spent a lot of time watching videos and looking over my form while I was at the beach to better myself even when I’m not throwing. My coach once told me that lots of throwing and no technical analysis could be potentially bad for your form as you could practice bad habits over and over again and not know the difference. So because of that I spent my time improving my form instead of doing nothing and slacking. Because of coronavirus, my season has been canceled and that upsets me not only because I won’t get my season, but also because it eliminates my means to measure my progress in this project. So because of the cancellation, I will be measuring my progress weekly by having a weekly “meet” In my front yard.
When looking at videos of my throwing I realized that I am very slow in the ring, which means that the shot is not being thrown to my maximum potential which is limiting me not only in this project but also in my career as a track athlete. Over the next week I will be focusing on speeding up my form because I believe that my feet are ready to be sped up as they’re consistently hitting the right positions and my strength is also going up which will help me speed up The throw and in turn throw the shot father. In the weight room, I primarily focused on explosive lifts such as cleans and incline bench. My cleans are not quite where I want them to be but I have plenty of time with this virus to get them there, my bench and incline bench has gone up since I started but they’re still obviously not to the point where I would like them to be but as I said with the cleans there’s plenty of time to have that. This virus actually gives me a very large opportunity to become better than I thought I could be. Now I have a lot more time to think about practice and to actually practice my throws and on top of that weight training.
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