Glide Shot Put: Technical Checklist
Phase 1: Grip and Load
- Shot placed on base of the fingers
- Wrist flexed to 90°
- Thumb rests on collarbone
Phase 2: Assuming the stance
- Right foot at ring’s rear edge
- Back parallel to the ground
- All bodyweight rests on the bent right leg
- Left arm long, low and loose
Phase 3: Initiating the glide
- Sequential movement of the glide …
- 1. Knees come together
- 2. Hips unseat and fall back sliggtly
- 3. Push up off of the right leg/heel
- Above measurements are sequential and distinct
- Upper body remains passive and closed
Phase 4: Flight
- Right foot comes under chest
- Right toe turned sideways prior to landing
- Upper body remains passive and closed
Phase 5: Landing and landing position
- All bodyweight on right foot
- Right leg bent, but pelvis is neutral
- Left leg reaches to toeboard, bears no bodyweight
- Feet land almost simultaneously
- feet in heel ball relationship
- Shoulders at 180°
- Hips at 90°
- Pelvis remains neutral at landing
- Upper body remains passive and closed
Phase 6: Early delivery
- Hips turn completely to throwing direction
- Bodyweight transfers completely to left foot
- Legs push up and hips rise
- The above occur simultaneously and at the same rate
- Upper body remains passive and closed.
Phase 7: Late delivery
- Left arm sweeps wide in plane of the Shot’s path
- Chest begins to turn
- Left wrist blocks at left side
- Chest turns completes turn
- Shot moves out in front of right shoulder
Phase 8: The strike
- Pushing movement
- Elbow elevated
- Thumb down
- Wrist extends at release
Phase 9: The finish
- Right arm follows through across the chest
- Sequential movement of the reverse…
- 1. Right foot kicks toeboard
- 2. Left foot moves back and up, chest turns to the left
- Above movements are sequential and distict
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Glide Shot Put: Technical Checklist