OK, Eric...hammer. Three things.

1. catch the ball even further behind you on the right. SUPER exaggerate that. Reach back behind your to "catch" the hammer as it comes around. This gives you a longer arc through which you can accelerate the hammer.

2. good job, you're not busting a gut to wind it fast on the first and second wind. That gives you somewhere to go with the third wind. But then, when you get to #3, you gotta GO. Pull the snot outta that thing, fast, fast, fast.

3. Head up at the delivery. Seriously, look straight up in the air. Look at your video. Now look at these pictures.

Dan McKim at Enumclaw



HB III

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gertie_du/3800845690/

Dan McKim, again



Adriane Blewitt



Look straight up into the sky as you pull to the finish. Watch Heather MacDonald, she has kickbutt hammer delivery. If she'd slow down her first wind and quit laying back as she pulls, she'd have 90 foot hammers, easy.

and finally...totally insane picture of my mentor...Mike Pockoski, just for fun



HOW NOT TO DO IT.....



I actually know this woman...nice gal. I like her. But rotten hammer delivery.