2015-2016 WINTER SESSIONS

The Saturday Feb. 20 SESSION will be RESCHEDULED.  Due to a building schedule conflict.
Please stay tuned for an UPDATED TIME CHANGE!


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Madison Throws Club Winter Sessions in 2015-16 are FULL!
Please contact Coach Frontier directly to find out if there are cancellations or to set up a 1on1 session.
josephfrontier@hotmail.com

2015-16 DATES
Saturday Dec. 5    1:30-3:30pm  FULL
Saturday Dec. 12  1:30-3:30pm  FULL
Saturday Jan. 2    1:30-3:30pm  FULL
Saturday Jan. 16  1:30-3:30pm  FULL
Saturday Feb. 20  1:30-3:30pm  FULL -  TIME CHANGE COMING

Please download and print REGISTRATION AVAILABLE HERE.

PLEASE WATCH FOR FEB. 20 TIME CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT!


If you need 1-on-1 or small group help please contact Coach Frontier directly.
josephfrontier@hotmail.com

Don't Scratch Your First Throw

Great article from Martin Bingisser and HMMR Media analyzing first throw scratches at the 2015 World Track and Field Championships in Beijing.  

Looking at all of the throwers at the 2015 World Championships in Men's and Women's Shot Put, Discus, Hammer, and Javelin 20% of their first throws were scratches.  In the qualifying round, throwers who scratched had a 27.9% chance of moving on from qualifying.  Athletes that had a legal first throw nearly doubled their chance to make the final at 52.4%.
In the preliminary round the numbers did not change much. 22% of throwers with a first round foul earned 3 more throws in the final.  While 44% of throwers with first throw marks moved on to the top 8.

Many factors, not just pure probability of first round fouls play into making it into finals at any meet. But I do think the importance of having a mark on your first throw as meets get bigger and the competition is at its highest, can not be overlooked.  Things like psychology and pressure DO factor in here as well as experience. Please read the article for more details!

One important thing to remember during your training is to not practice fouling!  I see a lot throwers scratch every throw during a warm-up and then have to drastically change what they do during the competition to get a mark.  Practice how you want to compete. If you scratch a lot during practice slow down, find a way to stay in the ring, then add speed back in slowly and see if you can continue to stay in the ring.  When you have a legal throw on throw number 1, it can make the rest of your competition much easier to approach.

Not only can having a mark on your first attempt take a lot of pressure off of yourself it can allow you to chase big throws on your next 2 attempts.  But it opens the possibility of other impacts as well. Having a mark that is a BIG throw in the first round can put pressure on your competitors.  I've watched plenty of competitions where a big first round mark weighs heavily on the rest of the field. And despite there being talented throwers capable of out throwing your big mark, the psychology of them having to chase you can change their outcomes drastically.

Read the article for more, and watch some of the big throws at the Worlds below...
Enjoy.

World Championships - Women's Discus Final (New Video) from MACTHROWVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.


World Championships - Men's Discus Final from MACTHROWVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.

World Championships - Men's Shot Put Final from MACTHROWVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.

World Championships - Women's Shot Put from MACTHROWVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.

World Championships - Men's Hammer Throw Final from MACTHROWVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.

World Championships - Women's Hammer Throw Final from MACTHROWVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.

World Championships - Women's Javelin Final from MACTHROWVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.

World Championships - Men's Javelin Throw Final from MACTHROWVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.

GOODLUCK College MTC Throwers

As the NCAA indoor season begins for many schools this weekend, I wanted to wish all the best to the Madison Throws Club throwers competing in college.  Months and years of preparation have gotten you to this point.  The waiting is nearly over, when that first meet begins, do your thing, you are ready!  This season make sure you learn from your successes as well as your disappointments, both offer valuable lessons that can make you better.  Its a long season, build on each meet so that you can throw your best when it means the most to you and your team.
Throw Far,
Coach Frontier

GOOD LUCK! To all of MTC's college throwers.
Justin Barber - Minnesota
Angela Boushea - Wisconsin
Andrew Brekke - Wisconsin
Riley Budde - Wisconsin
KeKe Burks - North Dakota
Heather Clankie - St. Cloud State
Corinne Franz - DePaul
Molly Griep - North Dakota
Haley Houser - UW Whitewater
Kailee Kamps - Minnesota
Kassie Kamps - Winona State
Donald Lehr - UW Platteville
April McCarthy - Central College
Jessica Putland - Hamline
Rafi Saez - St. Cloud State
Albert Unruh - UW Stevens Point
Jason Zahn - Ashland

COLLEGE RECRUITING and THROWING at the NEXT LEVEL

Many high school athletes wonder what will it take to throw in college?  That is a harder question to answer than it should be.  Let me try to break this down into smaller pieces:

• College Coaches interested in recruiting our MTC athletes can contact me for more information.

• Parents with questions about throwing in college can contact me about more information.

• Throwers interested in throwing college at any level NCAA DI, DII, DIII, or NAIA need to consider the following factors...

2013 College outdoor season begins

MTC alumni continue to make improvements as the college outdoor season continues.  Molly Griep, University of North Dakota (FR), had a big day in her 3 events.  Molly threw over 43' in the shot rotating for the first time in a meet, went 149'10" in the Discus and threw 160 in the Hammer Throw.

KeKe Burks, University of North Dakota (FR),  improved on her Hammer throw moving her P.R. up to 164'.

Kailee Kamps, University of Minnesota (FR), had her first meet of her collegiate career and opened with at discus throw of 141'7".  Great job to all!

Many MTC alumni have headed outdoors for their college seasons.  I wanted to wish everyone the best!  Good Luck and Throw Far!

Jason Zahn opens with a new Collegiate DISCUS P.R. 167-2.

Justin Barber hits a new Discus P.R. 180-9.

ALUMNI - send me results, pics and vids or links  and I will post them:)

MTC alumni

The best thing about working at the UW Badger Track meets is I get to see so many of my MTC alumni compete for their colleges.  Great to see  Heather Clankie back in discus circle for UW-Oshkosh last weekend.  Best of luck as the NCAA outdoor season begins, to you Heather and all of the MTC alumni competing out there.

Also a shout out to all of the MTC Alumni who have graduated from college and are now passing it forward by COACHING!  Good Luck this season Coach Larry Ehrhorn (Mt. Horeb), Becca Kitzman (LaCrosse Central), Dana Thompson (Sugar River).

NCAA conference meets

SHOUT OUT to all of the MTC alumni who competed in their collegiate conference meets this past weekend.  Some great performances, P.R.'s and points scored for your college teams :)  Keep working hard, good luck at last chance qualifiers this weekend and beyond.

North Dakota throws Coach, Peter Miller - created this video to fire up his throwers leading up to the Big Sky Conference Meet...It got me fired up:)  It must have worked for MTC's KeKe Burks - she P.R.'d in the weight throw and broke the school record - passing MTC's Molly Griep who had set a new school record the week before.

To everyone out there...keep chasing your BIG MEET dreams, by making every day's practice drills, lifts, and throws meaningful.  Championships are handed out at the end of each season - they are earned every day at practice!

VIDEO

So many good throws out there, so many good videos out there...

I have been adding THROWING videos to my YouTube channel for the past 4 years...and counting...

I hope that you find some videos of throws that will help you with your own throws.

I think it is so important to take advantage of watching good technique, analyzing your own, and getting out there and throwing some more.

LINK TO YouTUBE CHANNEL  - Please SUBSCRIBE

DISCUS DRILLS

GLIDE SHOT PUT

ROTATIONAL SHOT PUT

I'm also working on linking videos of the BEST throws in WISCONSIN PREP HISTORY. Find out more HERE.

I will update this every summer.  

I hope it inspires new throwers to work hard and dream of making the list!

Throw Far,

Coach Frontier

Why I throw

Rachel Womack visited Coach Dave Hahn and his UW Whitewater Warhawks throwers on a rainy day practice in April, 2011. Rachel is a professional videographer and also the middle school throws coach at Slinger, WI. She created this video to help promote the throws, with the theme being "Why I throw." The Warhawks are having a great season and its really neat to hear their reasons of why they got into / love the throws.



Rachel has done some other projects with throwers as well. She recently did a piece highlighting Luke Sullivan's All-American Throws Camp. She also had a hand in getting current national D3 discus leader, Breanna Strupp, started in the discus throw as a middle school athlete.

Thanks to Rachel for giving back to the throws!

Check out RACHEL's website HERE.

Check out Coach Dave Hahn's website HERE.

Check out Luke Sullivan's website HERE.