Ten years of coaching. One short book.

I called it Throw Far. It’s only $9.99. Simple. Affordable. Everything You’ll Need to Know.

I’m not taking 1-on-1 coaching calls anymore. For years I sold them — one athlete, one hour, one set of cues at a time. The work was good but the math was bad. There were always more kids who needed help than I could ever get to on a call.

So I sat down and wrote everything I used to teach on those calls into a short book. Mindset, strength, shot put technique, discus technique, how to practice, how to compete on meet day, what college coaches and recruiters actually want to see, and what to do with your off-season. Ten years of coaching, compressed into something you can read in a weekend and use at Monday’s practice.

What’s In It

  • The Mindset of a Thrower — separating your identity from your PR, and how to play the long game
  • Build Your Foundation — the five lifts that matter most, plus sleep, hydration, and habit stacking
  • Shot Put Fundamentals — glide vs. rotational, the key positions, the four mistakes I see every week
  • Discus Fundamentals — grip, wind-up, the stable turn, and the release angle most kids get wrong
  • Practice Like a Pro — how to structure a session, plus the four-question journal that changes seasons
  • The Mental Game on Meet Day — pre-meet routines, the “one cue” rule, and resetting
  • What Coaches Actually Want to See — coachability, body language, and what recruiters look at
  • The Off-Season Advantage — the three-month rebuild that turned my senior year around

Who This Is For

If you’re a high school thrower who wants to get serious about the events, this is for you. If you’re a parent of a thrower and you want to put a real resource in their hands without spending hundreds on private coaching, this is for you. If you’re a coach who got assigned the throws group and your background is in sprints or distance, this is for you too — it’ll give you a curriculum to run with day one. It works whether you’ve been throwing for two years or you just got handed a shot put for the first time last week.

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About Me

I’m Vlad. I was a four-year Division I shot put and discus thrower at William & Mary, and I’ve spent the last decade running TheTrackSpikes.com and coaching throwers from across the country. This book is the distilled version of all of it.

How to Get It

It’s a $9 PDF, delivered instantly to your inbox after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, laptop, or print it out and put it in a binder.