I just had my season opener and it went pretty much how I thought it would go.

I haven’t been able to throw from full approach yet in practice, but I still wanted to throw at Long Beach. I needed a meet to knock the rust off and clear my emotions before I threw at bigger meets.

Practices have been going great, but I am far from where I want to be. So my expectations were pretty low, if not nonexistent.

Meet Goals

Have fun

Stay Healthy

Technical throws in warm-ups

Hold technique in competition

Put a little bit of pressure at the end to see how my technique holds

The Meet

Conditions were perfect and I think we were all excited to throw far. We started with a strong tailwind, but it soon changed to headwind, and finally crosswind by the time the competition started. I started off with a throw of 75.61m (248-1), but I knew I missed the flight considerably.

Three rounds went by and the top four guys were all within about three feet of each other.  It was anyone’s game.

I continued to try and hold my technique. I put a bit of pressure on my approach, but stayed healthy. I accomplished everything I wanted and I am happy with my result. I finished in fourth place overall. My last throw was only two feet different than my first throw.

Full Results

What to improve on

Meets are so much different than practice, so it’s really important to learn from your competitions. I want to increase my intensity in practices in order to control my technique better in meets. I really need to work on keeping my chest up and flying the javelin clean.

My next meet will be in three weeks at the Oregon Twilight in Eugene Oregon (May 6^th). I really think after a couple weeks of practice I can make some vast improvements on my technique.