Mohamad Saatara - Practical Advice for Developing Hammer Throwers - 2024 USTFCCCA Convention

In Practical Advice for Developing Hammer Throwers, Mohamad Saatara, Assistant Track and Field Coach (Throws) at UC-Berkeley (Cal), outlines the basics of a successful hammer throw training program.

Coach Saatara discusses the techniques and fundamentals of the hammer throw, from beginning movements until the release, while also providing an understanding of how outside variables can affect your throws.

Saatara gives insight gained from his 25+ years of coaching the hammer throw, including coaching Olympic and International-Level athletes to provide an easy-to-understand guide to developing your athletes.

Included in the session are multiple video examples that illustrate his talking points.

To end the session, Coach Saatara fields questions from the audience.

Topics covered include:

• Basic Hammer Throw Technique
• Kinetics of Hammer Throwing
• Body Positioning
• Variables
• Rhythm and Turns
• Posture and Footwork
• Building a Training Program
• Selecting the Right Hammer
• Making Adjustments
• Question and Answer