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from what I used to do,” Bannister said. “There’s a lot more emphasis on being an athlete rather than just lifting weights and throwing.
“I’m feeling really good, my body is feeling fantastic at the moment. My main thing at the moment is just staying healthy. If I can stay healthy I will be able to put the results on the board.”
IMPROVED POWER AND TECHNIQUE WILL HOPEFULLY SEE BANNISTER EXTEND HIS PB
person rather than via correspondence – by javelin great Uwe Hohn under a trial program initiated by Athletics Australia’s high performance manager Eric Hollingsworth. “It’s a six-month pilot
where we’re going to see how it all works out and then see where we go from there,” said Hollingsworth of bringing Hohn, who threw the old specification javelin an almost unfathomable 104.80m in 1984, to
Melbourne to coach Bannister.
“The goal for Jarrod is Commonwealth gold and then a medal in the next Olympic Games, that’s got to be his target. He’s already been sixth at an Olympic Games so he’s got to go up from there and that’s why the investment has been made.”
Bannister has seen and felt the difference in his training already. “Training is going
really well. It has completely changed
He has started well, with throws of 81.15m at the Sydney Track Classic and 81.32m the next week at the Melbourne Track Classic. Both performances are just outside the top ten marks he has recorded during his career. “I’m feeling faster and more explosive and I haven’t even done all of the training that I supposed to. I’m not doing any running or jumping training yet – basically it is just general training, the right amount of explosive training to make me feel like an athlete.”
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