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Aikens on Throws Week 8: The End of Indoor Season

Kevin Christian March 25, 2018Coaching Blogs, Discus, Opinion, Shot Put Leave a Comment

by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School NOTE: No blog coming April 1, 2018 due to Spring Break   Monday 3/12: Remember a couple of weeks …

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Aikens on Throws Week 7: Multi Meet Week!

Kevin Christian March 18, 2018Coaching Blogs, Discus, Opinion, Shot Put Leave a Comment

by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Monday 3/5: I decided over the weekend that we are just not getting enough time in practice to work …

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Aikens on Throws: Week 6 – Starting to Get Better

Kevin Christian March 11, 2018Coaching Blogs, Discus, Opinion, Shot Put 1 Comment

by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School   Monday 2/26: We maxed out in the Bench, Back Squat and Hang Cleans today. I want to go …

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Aikens on Throws: Week 5 – We finally had a meet!

Kevin Christian March 10, 2018Coaching Blogs, Discus, Opinion, Shot Put 1 Comment

by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Monday 2/19: The athletes had the day off today. I was in Dallas visiting my daughter. Funny, when I …

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Free Webinar: Coaching the high school thrower

Kevin Christian March 7, 2018Clinics, Distance, Shot Put Leave a Comment

Jim Aikens spent thirty years building a top notch throwing program at Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, and has now undertaken the challenge of …

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Aikens on Throws: Week 3 – Finally, we look a little like throwers

Kevin Christian February 25, 2018Coaching Blogs, Discus, Illinois HS Track & Field, Opinion, Shot Put Leave a Comment

by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Well, it’s been four weeks now and we have been working pretty much five days a week. I am …

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Aikens on Throws: The Best Laid Plans Sometimes Just Don’t Work (Week 3)

Kevin Christian February 18, 2018Coaching Blogs, Discus, Opinion, Shot Put 3 Comments

by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Well, this is week three of my coaching at Burlington Central High School and I am still enjoying …

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Aikens on Throws: Week 2 – Weights, Drills & Chocolate Milk

Kevin Christian February 11, 2018Coaching Blogs, Discus, Opinion, Shot Put 1 Comment

by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Monday: We didn’t do too much today. In an attempt to locate some more talent and publicize the …

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Aikens on Throws: Week 1, The Best Place to start is at the Beginning

Kevin Christian February 1, 2018Coaching Blogs, Discus, Illinois HS Track & Field, Opinion, Shot Put 2 Comments

by Jim Aikens, (Burlington) Central High School Well, it is the first week of this new track season, and man do I realize how I …

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