2015-2016 WINTER CLINICS

PLEASE JOIN US FOR MTC WINTER SESSIONS
Madison Throws Club winter sessions are almost full... 
contact Coach Frontier directly to find out if there are sessions with openings. josephfrontier@hotmail.com


OR CHECK OUT THESE OTHER THROWING OPPORTUNITIES:

UW BADGER TRACK AND FIELD CAMPS for THROWERS
Led by: UW BADGER THROWS COACH DAVE ASTRAUSKAS:
2014 and 2015 USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Coach of the YEAR.
Sunday, November 29 (Throws) 11am-4pm
Sunday, January 31 (Throws) 11am-4pm
Sunday, March 6th (All events except distance) 11am-4pm


GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
Led by Sean Denard, Justin Rodhe, and Dane Miller BIG THROWS CLINIC - December 19


UW WHITEWATER Track and Field - LEARN BY DOING CLINIC
Throws led by UW WARHAWK Throws Coach Dave Hahn
UW W Learn by Doing Sunday, February 14, 2016 10am-3pm


LUKE SULLIVAN's ALL-American THROWS CLINIC
Saturday March 12 in Madison Wisconsin
Sign up for 1 of 2 sessions available.
SESSION 1-   8:30am-12:00
SESSION 2-   12:30pm-4:00

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!


FULL FULL FULL FULL FULL FULL FULL FULL FULL FULL
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.

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...

Final MTC Fall throwing session

It's getting cold out there...
Our final FALL SESSION is this Sunday, October 27,  from 10am-12.

For any athletes who are interested in an opportunity to throw Javelin or Hammer
There will be an opportunity after our session Sunday from 12-1pm.

Coach Megan Rennhack, former UW Badger great and school record holder in the women's Javelin, will be instructing the Javelin Session.  Hammer throwers will be with me.

Please contact me ASAP to reserve a spot for either of these extra sessions. Space is limited.
email me at
josephfrontier@hotmail.com

Dress Warm.

WINTER THROWING SESSIONS dates will be announced shortly.  There will be 4-6 MTC winter sessions held indoors at Madison Memorial High School.  sessions will be Saturday afternoons 2-4pm.
Stay tuned for dates and registration information.

MTC Fall Throwing Sessions

The road to better throws continues into the fall...
Athletes that would like to continue working on technique and add more off-season reps to your preparation for the upcoming season should join us for MADISON THROWS CLUB fall sessions.
Sunday, September 15
Sunday, September 29
Sunday, October 13
Sunday, October 27
All sessions will be Sunday mornings at 10am.
Held outdoors at the Madison Memorial High School Track and Field facility.

Cost is $100 or  $35/session for Summer 2013 MTC Members.
            $115 or  $40/session for new athletes.
CLICK HERE for REGISTRATION & WAIVER FORM.

Please contact Coach Frontier with questions regarding Fall throwing, one-one-one sessions, or off-season speed and strength training.
Athletes wishing to work on Hammer or Javelin must make a one-on-one appointment.
josephfrontier@hotmail.com

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).

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

USA JAVELIN THROWER ALICIA DeSHASIER visits MTC

Madison Throws Club had a special visit from USA Javelin Thrower Alicia Deshasier. Alicia has placed 3rd at the past 2 U.S. National Track and Field Championships and is training to make the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. MTC's Kailee Kamps learned from one of the best in the world. Thanks Alicia! and Good Luck! Come back and visit again soon.

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.