In Liverpool they have throw-in superpowers: Interview with special coach Thomas Grønnemark

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Fliieeeeg: Liverpool's James Milner at the throw-in

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SPIEGEL:

Mr. Grønnemark, you started in 2004 as a throw-in coach at the Danish football club Viborg FF.

Until 2019 you even held the Guinness World Record for long throwing.

How did that happen?

Thomas Grønnemark

: In 2008 I thought: I'm the first throw-in coach in the world, why not also the one with the longest throw-in?

Back then, the world record was 48.17 meters, and it has not been broken since 1998.

I was able to throw 42 meters and tried everything for two years to increase my distance - somersault throw-ins, for example.

In June 2010 I threw 51.33 meters and broke the world record.

SPIEGEL:

You work for Liverpool FC today.

Where does your training start?

Grønnemark

: There are 30 different parameters that I pay attention to.

I also use video analysis for this.

The start-up is particularly important - the speed, the timing of the steps.

Then the right stance - you need a firm stance to bring the strength across.

And then you have to pull the throw in one line.

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