Dan Labbadia

Your jumping primarily helps 2 areas of your throw, your penultimate and block. Reason beingis because lateral jumps will help you practice the penultimate and the ability to gain ground laterally / horizontally right before the throw takes place. The reason I say “laterally/ horizontally” is because you are moving down the runway forwards in a linear fashion, but at the time of the penultimate you are closed off. I like to think horizontally because that is the direction we end up facing and...

Running is essential to being a good javelin thrower. In order to have speed and rhythm down the runway you need to have good speed and rhythm while doing basic running drills, sprints, and jogging. Barefoot jogging is essential to building up your relaxation in your face, and your whole body during the running steps, once you build up your relaxation you are able to establish rhythm. You can’t force the rhythm and relaxation in your approach with a javelin in your hand, if you’re unable to...

Using medicine balls and plyo balls is a great way to improve your upper body power, because it puts the chest and lats in a position to move more weight than a javelin or baseball. Using different weights and sizes also allows you to use progressive overload to get your throwing arm to handle more weight and intensity just like we do in the weight room. Starting with medicine balls there are a variety of categories we can use to improve power. The first category is acceleration. Acceleration...