The javelin toss, a popular track and field sport, involves throwing a metal-tipped spear as far as possible.Throwing the javelin requires strength and stability.The instructions assume that the thrower is a right-handed one.
Step 1: The pole should be gripped correctly.
The javelin has to be placed in the crease of your hand.The point of the javelin needs to be pointed in a certain direction.The javelin needs to be lined up with your eyes.Look in the direction you are throwing when you run up and throw the javelin.You need to lie along the length of your palm.The javelin is held at the back of the cord, which is the grip placed around the pole.You need to place one finger beyond the edge of the binding.Make sure to keep your fist nice and relaxed.There are three main grips you can choose from.The American grip requires you to put your thumb and index finger behind the cord.It's similar to wrapping your hand around the pole, except that your index finger is extended a bit more than your other fingers.TheFinnish grip requires you to place your thumb and first two joints of your index finger behind the cord and the shaft of the pole.The American grip has the middle finger removed from the ring and pinkie fingers and the index finger extended further away.The javelin should be held between your index and middle fingers, behind the cord, for the "V" grip.It's like placing a peace sign below the pole.
Step 2: The javelin should be near your head.
Lift the javelin up above your shoulder to make it fit over your head.The javelin should be parallel to the ground if the tip points down slightly.Keeping your bicep parallel to the ground, point your elbow slightly forward.The javelin rests on a natural platform if you turn your palm toward the sky.
Step 3: The "Approach Run" is what you should take.
You can start the approach after you have the javelin in position.Begin running with a javelin.You can take about 9 to 14 steps if you are a beginner.If you're more experienced, you should take 14 to 20 steps.As you take your approach run, keep your hips high and run on the balls of your feet.You can swing your arm across your body.The arm should be used to fix the javelin's position.
Step 4: The "Withdrawal" should be performed.
The withdrawal phase is when you are ready to throw.When you're ready for the withdrawal, speed up and allow the arm that is holding the javelin to extend fully behind you.Keep your head facing in the right direction.Make sure that the left side of your body is facing your target.
Step 5: Make a transition.
The "cross-over" is also known as this.If you put your right foot ahead of your center of gravity, you can get into the javelin tosser's "lean-back" position.As you pull the javelin back, make sure that the tip is lined up with your eyebrows.The right foot should be close to the ground.The right foot should be allowed to touch the ground.If you want to lean your trunk back, you have to move the left foot up and the right foot down.This phase is finished when your right foot is on the ground and your left leg is elevated.
Step 6: The "Pre-Delivery Stride" is what you should do.
Just before you throw the javelin, you have to take this step.Your shoulders and hips should be directed towards your target by moving your left leg forward.Wait for your left foot to move.Straighten your torso.Turn your face away from the throw.Your shoulders should be parallel to the javelin.Your throwing hand should be above the shoulder level.
Step 7: The "Delivery" should be performed.
When your arm is high, throw the javelin.Once the left foot hits the ground, your left side must be ready to hold the weight of your right leg, which will bring the hips into a right angle with the throw.You should put your left foot in front of your right.Pull back with your left arm and keep it parallel to your right shoulder after the hip thrust.This will help align your hips with your shoulder and chest.Continue following the throwing arm with the elbow leading as this happens.You should move your throwing shoulder over your left leg.The entire shoulder, elbow, and hand should follow through, like a bullwhip, with each section following one after the other.The elbow of your throwing arm should be placed high and close to the mid line.The aerodynamic lift and drag should be accounted for by the javelin release angle.The optimum angle is 33 degrees.Let go of the javelin when you reach the top of your arm's arcs.When you release the javelin, your arm should be in front of your head and not behind your back.
Step 8: "Recovery" is where you should move into.
You have to follow through after you throw the javelin so that your throwing arm can travel across your body.If you're throwing with your right hand, it should be in front of your left side.There is a foot on the ground.The right leg stops you.How fast you stop depends on how much you built up.It can take as much as seven feet.Your left leg should be behind you as you stand on your right foot.Your chest is facing to the left and your right shoulder is turning left.Sometimes people who throw the javelin on a professional level fall forward due to the extreme strength of their javelin throw.
Step 9: Keep practicing.
If you want to become an expert at throwing the javelin, or just to place in a track meet at your high school, then you have to keep doing it.Training for the javelin means more than just throwing over and over again, which can hurt your arm and shoulder, and you'll also have to commit to a strength training routine that will build muscle, giving you even more power to throw.It's not the strongest person on the field who can throw the javelin the farthest.The people have the best technique.Building up your strength can help you.