Abstract

In discus throwing, the period of time between the landing of the left foot in the front of the ring and the actual release of the discus, is called the delivery phase. During that phase all discus throwers are in double support (both feet on the ground) for the majority of its duration. However, at the moment the discus is released, there are differences among throwers in that some maintain contact with the ground at release whereas others have lost contact with the ground at that moment, with both feet. Several years ago coaches, particularly Europeans, would advocate the maintenance of both feet on the ground at release (whether a no reversing, or a quasi reversing or a full reversing of the feet technique was employed), an idea that made sense from a biomechanical point of view and was widely adopted. In fact, those days almost all women discus throwers would exclusively employ the grounded, double support, technique of releasing the discus. In the subsequent years, work carried by Dapena & Anderst (1997), has shed some light on what may be happening during grounded (one or both feet on the ground), or airborne (both feet off the ground) release of the discus. A discussion of the major concepts involved during that exact phase in discus throwing and whether one or the other method is more advantageous, is presented.

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Article

Source Publication

Techniques for Track and Field & Cross Country

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Published Version

Publication Date

11-2024

Volume

18

Issue

1

First Page

10

Last Page

18

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