During COVID Youri and I discussed why he didn’t teach his technique. His reason was the difficulty of the transition from the winds into the entry. He thought it was easier to have an additional turn. Youri also had the common idea that each thrower can have personalized winds.
I explained to Youri [proven by decades of experience] my first rule.
Shifting your body weight:
Done at the entry it:
I know many of you would like to have a better sensation of the way Youri threw. A few of you may even want to feel what it’s like to toss the hammer as Youri did.
This September 2025 will mark half-a-century since I met Youri in Rome and trained with him. In 2021, Youri and I discussed why he taught 4-turns instead of his technique. I reminded him of what he told me in 1975. There is one major element of his technique that is impossible to put into words and extremely difficult to see while watching his videos.
My plan is to get back into the circle to help me to help you feel you're throwing like Youri. I’ll go to meets and throw competitively. And if there is demand for a Throw Like Clinic either formally or informally, we can have one.
I won’t be debating with you how Youri threw, nor showing you videos of his tosses. You’ll be feeling it yourself.
Just Feel it!
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