Doesn't metter how many hours I work I still lose...

[magiata93]

Hi everyone,
so I don't know why I am posting this, i guess i want some1 to say keep going, or something like it will come one day, or that a boy. anyway so here it is.
First I workout 4times a week (lifting) 6times a week practise (shotput, disc, javline) and im losing. Im 5'11-6'0, 185. theres this kid on the team hes a freshman 2. hes mostly a jumper, but he throws "****" too. he NEVER lifts sometimes he shows up to throw sometimes he doesnt, hes skinny but hes 6'4. He may be shows u[ 3 times MAX a week to throw the other time he jumps. I do mostly shot because i love it more then the other things, i even stay with coach after everyone is gone at 5 I stay up to 6-6:30 and still nothing. Yeah im 3rd in BCSL (bergen county sectional league) but i throw 34'1, the kid that never shows up and doesn't do anything he threw 39'9. In disc and jav he throws a lot 2. everytime i kinda get close to him he throws even farther. and like WTF, its so unfair but guess what- im sucking it up. May 20th is the last day of the spring season, ive been doing shot in the winter and now spring 2 seasons, of hard work. He came in april (1 month after spring season started) and he still beats me, and like im not close to him, im 5feet behind him, which is a lot.
So that was from me, if you want u can post your difficulties and others here if u want to. Probably my problem is like 0 to your problems but i feel like other athletes know how i feel....

[mgfootball]

I know how you feel.

I do sprint in track, but kind of had the same problem.
I started season running a 24.8 200m. I was lifting 2 days per week and going to practice 5 days a week. My times started to go down during the season, and I go frustrated. Since, this one kid on the team he doesn't lfit or do anything and barely tries and practice, but he's fast. So for like the last 3 weeks of track season I stopped lfiting and tried less hard in practice. Then, my times started going back up.

I found that the key was, that my body just needed rest and wasn't getting enough.

Inside my district meet I ended up running 23.9 200m dash and came in 5th place (top 3 go to states).

SO maybe you should just take a little easy and see what happens then.

Good luck.

[magiata93]

I know how you feel.

I do sprint in track, but kind of had the same problem.
I started season running a 24.8 200m. I was lifting 2 days per week and going to practice 5 days a week. My times started to go down during the season, and I go frustrated. Since, this one kid on the team he doesn't lfit or do anything and barely tries and practice, but he's fast. So for like the last 3 weeks of track season I stopped lfiting and tried less hard in practice. Then, my times started going back up.

I found that the key was, that my body just needed rest and wasn't getting enough.

Inside my district meet I ended up running 23.9 200m dash and came in 5th place (top 3 go to states).

SO maybe you should just take a little easy and see what happens then.

Good luck.

next week is no lifting just practise ill see what happens. no lifting cause fotball starts in 2 weeks so final rest before hard work..

[magiata93]

i guess no1 else is really lossing.

[mgfootball]

Good luck.
Hope you do well.

Also, drink a lot of water and eat healthy.

[carl.c]

magiata93: scroll through the post here and you will see several people who shot put and diskes here. P.M. them they maybe able to help. If you can't find there posts I think I still have them.

[Veeshmack]

some people are naturals....

[G-mane12]

"Age: 26"

am I the only person that noticed this... lol


But you just gotta work twice as hard, like Veeshmack said some people are just naturally athletic..

[DavidJr74]

Plus hes your teammate right? Even on the football team when the starters are playing my position when they get back on the field I'm like "good job out there" or nice tackle and ****.

[s4lnj]

don't sweat it-- he could eb a natural, and sometimes things don't "click" at the same time for eveyone. i was always a "average" athlete in HS, coaches told me not to bother beyond that, but when i got to college i wrestled and threw anyway, it wasn't till then that things started to click-- don't sweat it-- keep working hard-- it will pay off soon enough.

south jersey here by the way-- gloucester county

[teriyakisaki]

change your profile so its real. last i checked its a bannable offense.


accept the fact that there are people out there who are better than you. i'm not saying quit, or stop working so hard. jsut know and understand that sometiems, there are people who have greater amounts of natural talent than you do, and no matter how much work you put in, you'll never be that good.

[noezway]

don't down yourself man, I broke my ankle last year (2007 senior year of high school) at our first conference basketball game after a dunk and had to sit out the whole season and watch my team lose. Decided to do track, but since my ankle wasn't 100% I couldn't run...so i threw...and although there were other guys who were bigger (fatter) than me, I threw further than them...mostly because I have longer arms (at least for discus). But even if I hadn't I would have kept trying. But my ankle healed and I ended up doing the open 100m and 4x100m and going down state...but even when you run, you don't think about how fast everyone else is running. You do You. That's all you can do man, keep your head up.

Basically...don't base how well you do on everyone else, if you're doing the best you can and other people are doing better don't concentrate so much on them. Keep working on your form and exploding and keep working in the gym...you've got time.

[Da_Jtac_0]

i am a thrower and had the same problem. i was working out as hard as i could and would never ge any better. then i learned that shot is really about speed and technique and not as much about strength. i just started moving faster and i ended up going 5 feet farther. just concentrate on moving your arm fast. make sure your block (non shot arm) swings around and that will in turn spin your upper body faster.

[toad1]

they guy is 4 inches taller than you so in an even world with all things being the same he should throw furhter than you longer leavers and all that.


from what your sayin id just rest up more and give your body time to recover plus right now ur putting all that work in and getting 'nowhere' so stop putting all the work in and see what changes. by that i mean trying working out 5 times a week instead of 10 like only lift once and throw four times or something like that.


don't quit it though if you love throwing keep doing it, i'm only 22 but i now have some of my mates who come up to me and reminence(sp) about our playing days as if we are 40 and crocked and to old to play and how they played at u18's but then went to uni and quit and wish they never.