Articles by Jörg Probst

  • The importance of the right leg in discus throwing [new version] (published in "The Throws - Contemporary Theory, Technique and Training" (6th ed) (Glenn Thompson (ed)), 2007, TAFNews Press)
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  • A question of balance: The importance of balance and control in the discus throw (published in Modern Athlete & Coach (2006), Vol.44, No.3, pp15-19; and summarised in IAAF New Studies in Athletics, 4/2006)
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  • Rethinking the teaching ot throws to young children (published in: Modern Athlete & Coach (2005), Vol.43, No.2, pp23-25)
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  • Analysis of distribution of best performances in horizontal jumps and throws in major international competition 1997-2004 (unpublished, 2004)
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  • The significance of stretching in the warm-up before maximum performances (unpublished summary of an article by Klaus Wiemann and Andreas Klee from "Leichtathletiktraining", 2004)
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  • The transition is of vital importance! (unpublished translation of article by German national hammer throw coach Bernhard Riedel from "Leichtathletiktraining", 2003)
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  • You may be strong - but are you stable?
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  • The importance of the right leg in the discus throw (published in: Modern Athlete & Coach)
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  • What's your bench? or: Re-thinking the role of strength in the throws (published in: Modern Athlete & Coach)
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  • Translation of Günthör video "The legacy of a career" (unpublished, 2003)
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    Articles by Denis Knowles

  • The main technical aspects for a long discus throw
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  • Discus skill acquisition and the growing child
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  • Training for speed strength
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  • Discus fundamentals
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  • Speed counts at the top (Level V coaching dissertation, 1998)
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