In addition to focusing my energy 100% on the sport I love, there are many other reasons training camps are so fun. For starters, I get to work with my coach again and hear his stories at every training session. But what makes it really fun is that I get to visit my best friends/former training partners. Practice is a non-stop fun with them, and each evening is spent swapping stories and jokes over good food and a few beers. Sometimes I wonder if I can carry on a whole conversation without a reference to track and field, so it is nice to have the company of people like Kibwe Johnson, Loree Smith, and Sultana Frizell down here.

Just as the process of adaptation diminishes the effect of a particular exercise after focusing on it for a while, the effectiveness of a technical cue also wears off. After focusing one one technical point in the same way for a month, it is time to try a new approach. You can always come back to the old approach and it will likely work again with renewed freshness, but you have to keep changing if you want to make progress.

I've always looked forward to watching him since I first saw him throw on TV at the 2000 Olympic Trials. His come from behind victory with a final attempt personal best was clutch, and his reaction was even better. He is known for the intensity he brings to the ring, but many people don't know he brings that same intensity and success to all parts of his life. For example, he was an Ivy League graduate and holds an MBA from Virginia. He has also sought out and trained with the best coaches and was more than willing to share his thoughts with me. If you want to hear more from him, I suggest listening to the recent interview he gave on the Thrower's Podcast. And be sure to support his sponsor Saucony, who plans to release its first throwing shoe this year.

After a good throw I often go to the video to confirm what the feeling told me, only to find the throw looked like nearly every other throw of mine. After a decade of throwing, I can only manage subtle difference in my throws. Yet I always have high expectations and then play mental games with myself to find improvements where none exist. Good video analysis software can help you spot the small things that actually do improve: the one degree deeper leg bend or slight shift of balance to the left side. Ever since I got an iPad last year I have been looking for a video app that can help me analyze both my own throws, and those of the youth throwers I coach. I finally found that in KinesioCapture.

For years the major difference in technical styles at the elite level could be boiled down to whether or not a thrower 'reversed' at the end of the throw. Cadée's style plays with the orbit and adds another quarter turn of rotation at the start of the throw. After seeing him train and throw in Turkey last year and talking with his coach about the technique, I figured it was time to ask him a few questions directly.

The style itself is so unique that it doesn't even have a name yet. Feel free to share your thoughts on the technique and a potential name in the comments after the article. My suggestions are either '540' (for the number of degrees you rotate to get to the power position) or 'Neu' (after a German who used a variation of the technique in the seventies; the word also has the relevant meaning of 'new' in German).