Cues, not corrections
"Drive your knee" beats "your knee was a little low." Cue-based coaching gets the change to happen in the next rep, not the next month. AI prescribes cues for what it sees, not just diagnostic notes.
Shot Put tips are everywhere. Most are generic. Here are the cues real shot put coaches use, short, specific, and tied to the phase of the rep where they apply. Pair them with AI form check and you have a feedback loop that closes.
"Drive your knee" beats "your knee was a little low." Cue-based coaching gets the change to happen in the next rep, not the next month. AI prescribes cues for what it sees, not just diagnostic notes.
Most athletes try to fix three things at once and fix none. Pick one cue per rep, see what it does, then iterate. The AI surfaces the one cue that would close the biggest gap in your shot put.
A cue is only useful if it triggers in the right phase. "Heel down" means nothing without a moment to apply it. Each AI tip is timestamped to the phase of shot put it belongs to.
Generic tip lists are everywhere. Tips tied to your specific form errors are not. Upload a clip and AI returns the 1-3 cues that would change the most in your shot put, ranked by impact.
Follow up in chat and ask questions. The AI remembers your analysis and speaks the language of shot put coaching.
Each phase has a coaching cue, a measurable target, the frames a coach pauses on, and the failure mode AI flags most often. Use it as a self-diagnostic checklist on every video.
Glide: stand at the back of the circle, low position, shot tucked at the neck. Spin: stand at the back facing away, shot tucked.
Glide: linear push off back leg, low and fast. Spin: rotational, moving across via 1.5 turns. Both end at the power position.
Both feet land in T position (right toe pointed away, left foot flat) simultaneously. Hips loaded; shoulders behind hips. Greater shoulder-hip separation in spin = elastic torque.
Hips lead, shoulders catch up, arm fires last (kinetic chain). Right leg drives up; left leg blocks. Trunk rotation velocity contributes ~40% of release velocity.
Hand pushes (not throws) the shot at optimal angle. Final segment of kinetic chain: hand and wrist.
Right and left legs switch positions to keep momentum from carrying the thrower out of the circle.
Primary sources behind the numbers and methods on this page.
Five common questions about shot put that come up in coaching.
A directory of every shot put page on the site, from broad analysis tools to specific phase deep-dives. Each entry points to a focused write-up.
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