Duncan Atwood's 450g FinnFlier (AEROJAV) imported from Finland. A great learning tool that is safe to throw, and easy on the elbow due to the flexible shaft of the implement. NOTE: These FinnFliers are available in both the standard plastic handle, or an upgraded real corded handle wrapped by javelin Olympian Duncan Atwood. We recommend the Real Corded Handles because they are closer to the real javelin. Top Javelin Coaches Use the Finnflier® Over the years we’ve received many reports of some of the best coaches inthe world using the Finnflier® to train their athletes, from youth to worldclass throwers. National champions, Olympic Trials finalists, and otherworld ranked throwers include the Finnflier® in their training. Many have said that they use it for injury recovery, injury avoidance, flighttraining, fun, and to allow many more throws in practice than would beotherwise possible with full weight javelins.The coach’s quotes range from, “Of course it’s better. If my athlete hadthrown a 600g javelin on that awful sidearm throw, she would have hurt herelbow” to “The one mistake I’ve made with the Finnflier® is that I didn’t getmore of them sooner”. In Germany, 2016 Olympic Javelin Gold Medallist Thomas Rohler uses theFinnflier® in his training sessions at his Jena Javelin facility. Check out thevideo! Independent coaches here in the US have been using the Finnflier® foryears, with great success. There are different patterns of use - some use itfor Fall training only, some year round. Some throw three Finns, then twocompetition weight javelins in a session, while others will throw the Finnsfor 25 throws then competition weight javelins. Most leave it up to theathletes, who can tell what feels best. We see the best results when theathletes use them year round. They get good at throwing far! Youth throwers throw the Finnflier® for the whole session, but again, morethrows are possible and the learning is good. The Finnflier®’s dual safetyfeatures, of protection from a throwing injury and from impact, are muchappreciated. Plus being able to throw on turf fields helps practice logistics. https://finnflier.com/resources/
