1. Creating and Maintaining A Positive Throwing Culture
Loren McNeer and John Yockey

2. Give Them Praise! Kids love to see their name on social media
Helps long term with recruiting and promotion
Gives their friends and family the chance to celebrate from a distance

3. Celebrate PRs We don’t just celebrate gold medals, we cheer for PRs!
Helps kids have a growth mindset
Gives JV kids the feeling of being as important as Varsity
We do various rewards for PRs, like starburst, Sonic drinks, Gatorades or steak dinners

4. Team-Building Activities
Thrower BBQ
Backyard games
Food
Celebrates accomplishments of the season
Group weightlifting
Common time together for different events to know who each other are
Good for announcing PRs and other throw specific information
Weightroom competitions
Games involved in team warm-ups
Trading off of responsibilities for implement maintenance

5. How Do We Share 65+ Throwers in 2 Hours?
Spreadsheets!!!
We do 35 minute rotations for each group.
Most of our kids only throw 2 events
For the 3 event kids, we have them throw 2 events a day.
The third rotation for each kid is a drills-based station
We usually announce throwing groups during weights

6. Light Atmosphere
We try to keep things light and enjoyable. Even when we drill, drill, drill, we are trying to keep things light enough for the kids to not dread it. They understand there is a time for fun and a time for focus.
In the end, each athlete feels a part of the thrower family. That is what we become...FAMILY.

7. Questions?