Brychanus
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Hammer head should "smash through" the release point somewhere around 10 o'clock and follow through.
There's more in there, but you are going to need to fundamentally change how you move and your balance to access it. My bet is you're going to have trouble doing the action he shows starting ~03:24 here.
You start out kinda ok, but then you revert to the common, very robotic-looking, very flat swing trapped in the horse stance and rotating around your spine. The high-level form shouldn't be "flat" even if you are throwing flatter release angles. Compare your hips and shoulders to Ezra. Notice your rear foot with a lot of pressure still on it when you plant.
Ezra's and your balance off of the rear foot should feel much more like this:
Same thing in McBeth's throw, just turned back more due to the backswing:
There is nothing revelatory or IMO controversial in the above. It's just part of how your body should balance and sway in athletic movement. For whatever reason so many of us turn into rigid flat robots trying to throw otherwise.
I recommend in roughly this order:
1. Throw out of more circular motions like these in an open field. First time I threw a Comet 300' out of these with no effort it taught me something important. Do a few when you warm up. Yes, literally jump up and down on one leg and throw. Break the flat habit with an exaggeration in the other extreme.
2. Seabas22 Hershyzer and Door Frame drills, then throw directly out of those moves. You need to learn proper side bend and the feel for the "drop" of your body out of a slightly more pendulum-like move into the plant. See the connection between thee setup in these drills and how Simon or Eagle throw.
3. You have a lot to discover in (1) and (2) first. If you insist on x-stepping, spend time with Hammer X Step and Swivel Stairs and Turbo Encabulator and work on the "pendulum" balance. You don't need to end up throwing like a pendulum thrower in the end, but you want to learn why they can generate good power easily.
There's more in there, but you are going to need to fundamentally change how you move and your balance to access it. My bet is you're going to have trouble doing the action he shows starting ~03:24 here.
You start out kinda ok, but then you revert to the common, very robotic-looking, very flat swing trapped in the horse stance and rotating around your spine. The high-level form shouldn't be "flat" even if you are throwing flatter release angles. Compare your hips and shoulders to Ezra. Notice your rear foot with a lot of pressure still on it when you plant.
Ezra's and your balance off of the rear foot should feel much more like this:
Same thing in McBeth's throw, just turned back more due to the backswing:
There is nothing revelatory or IMO controversial in the above. It's just part of how your body should balance and sway in athletic movement. For whatever reason so many of us turn into rigid flat robots trying to throw otherwise.
I recommend in roughly this order:
1. Throw out of more circular motions like these in an open field. First time I threw a Comet 300' out of these with no effort it taught me something important. Do a few when you warm up. Yes, literally jump up and down on one leg and throw. Break the flat habit with an exaggeration in the other extreme.
2. Seabas22 Hershyzer and Door Frame drills, then throw directly out of those moves. You need to learn proper side bend and the feel for the "drop" of your body out of a slightly more pendulum-like move into the plant. See the connection between thee setup in these drills and how Simon or Eagle throw.
3. You have a lot to discover in (1) and (2) first. If you insist on x-stepping, spend time with Hammer X Step and Swivel Stairs and Turbo Encabulator and work on the "pendulum" balance. You don't need to end up throwing like a pendulum thrower in the end, but you want to learn why they can generate good power easily.
