Who Throws Like Youri?

1. Static start.
2. Looks out to the right when winding.
3. Delays eyes at 0° on entry swing. Drops hands and elbows down on entry swing.
4. Winds progressively left.
5. In line with the ball and finds a balanced centre of mass between him and the ball to both rotate around.
6. Shoulders down and rounded, arms long and limp.
7. Low sit lock in, natural dynamic acceleration with the ball due to exact timing of acceleration swing before and through 0°.
8. Low point in front through 0° on entry and all subsequent turns. No drifting low point, efficient wire tension conservation.
9. Long swings from 225° to 135°.
10. Unhindered final turn and natural long delivery with weight over the left foot on release.
11. Conor took advantage of his long arms for a big radius and had very clear active and passive phases in each turn. This created smooth rhythm and deep catch position to untorque out of naturally.
12. A big foot (God bless him) so staying in might at being hard with trending 4 turns.
13. Brave to go down 3 turn technique when almost everybody else was on four. Paved his own path and had great success off 4 swings.

Coach John Dwyer - Ireland

Level Three Athletics Coaching

1. Throwing here in masters competition and 1988 Manhattan College NCAA Champion .
2. Gary passed away 4 years ago from a heart attack. 
3. He loved Youri’s technique and we tried to model his the same way.
4. Gary was influenced by throwing as a junior in the 1984 Cork City Games with Youri and Litvinov.   
5. He was from Kilkenny Ireland .
6. I started coaching him in 86 and all he wanted to do was use Youri’s technique. 
7. He was a three turner and we watched and even trained like Youri.
8. Gary threw in the 87 world championship for Ireland .

Gary was 19 at the 1984 Cork Meet and threw the 16# 58 meters.

Always kidded him about getting beat by 28 meters.

Dan Mecca 

USA National Team Coach

IC4A/ECAC Technical Advisor