HASTINGS, Minn. - Throwing the discus or shot put is the most technique-heavy event in track and field. A thrower has to perfect every motion from their feet to their arms to excel. Todd Levos, the ...
PORTLAND, Oregon — While you watch your favorite athletes go for gold, consider how all that time, distance, and height is achieved by balancing the same forces all of us mere mortals experience every ...
One of the world’s oldest sports still being played, the discus throw involves tossing a heavy disc as far as you can. It may sound simple, but technique, form and strength all come into play when ...
Gabe Hull stepped into the ring, just a man with a small silver saucer gripped tightly in his hand. The sophomore took a deep breath as he swung his arm over his chest and back, quickly beginning to ...
CALN – As Upper Darby’s Kayla Thorpe went through her final practice for the District 1 Track & Field championships last Thursday, the junior thrower did not like her odds of medaling in the shot put, ...
The athletics is in full swing at the Olympics at the moment including the discus. Take a leaf out of the Olympian’s book and try SmartCompany’s Olympic challenge for today – spin around with a 360 ...