Should we thank youtube for the rise of javelin stars in countries like Trinidad & Tobago, Kenya, India, and Grenada?

Interesting... probably.

Is the lack of Javelin in most U.S. high schools why the U.S. doesn't have much success. It's also so different from the other throwing events. You are probably better off trying to convert a quarterback or a baseball player than a shotputter or discus thrower

The boys record holder at my school was the star QB who was looking for something to do his senior year since he didn't have to worry about spring football. So he did sprints and learned to throw the jav. He ended up throwing 51m at the state meet finishing 3rd and he now competes in the decathlon at a prominent D1 school.

Ridiculous article written by someone who has no knowledge of the sport. Dominated by "specifically Finns, Germans, and Brits"?lol. Sure Finns, but dominated also by Norwegians, Soviets, and Czechs, yes. Hungary & the US are far better than "Brits". And not so much Germans either. Its only recently that Germany had three of the best throwers. Was that also due to them watching youtube?

Interesting.

There is some frequent poster here, never bothered to get his name, whose sole point is that our [East Africans] success in distance running is due to doping. One wonders how he will respond to this thread.

The name is Coevett, I think; dour, bitter, sad fellow.

You really locked into that one sentence to satisfy you need for outrage? Peters said himself he watches YouTube to study javelin techniques.

Sounds like what happened this year at Jesuit New Orleans. QB Jack Larriviere was planning to walk on at Tulane. Decides to throw javelin despite having no experience whatsoever. Ends up throwing 228-10 to win the state meet, put up the best HS mark in the country, and get a T&F scholarship to LSU.

There must be a lot more untapped potential out there.

Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw set the national high school javelin record somewhere around 1965!