Pair students up along the end of a court or field. One person stands in front while the other stands 2-3m behind for safety. The first person in the pair will have their turn to push the shotput out. The student will be standing side on with the shotput in their dominate hand. When the whistle blows their partner will go and collect the shotput and the first person moves to the back. Their partner will then have their turn to push the shotput. For each push focus on the following: 1. "Clean palm, dirty neck" This means that the shotput should be held in the student's fingers (not resting on their palm) and should be touching their neck. 2. "Aiming arm at 45°" The hand without the shotput is known as the aiming arm, this should be pointed out to where the student will be pushing the shotput, at an angle of 45°. 3. "Chicken wing" The arm that is holding the shotput should look like a chicken wing ie lifted up and in line with their aiming arm. 4. "Chin, Knee, Toe" This means that the student will bend their back leg and lean back slightly so that their chin, knee and toe are vertically aligned. This will help to generate power. 5. "Superman" When pushing the shotput, the arm with the shotput pushes forward so that it is beside the aiming arm - finishing like superman. See the images for examples of each of these steps.
For younger classes instead of focusing on "Chin, knee, toe" replace with simply bend your back leg to push from. Start with students kneeling side on to isolate the correct arm technique first before progressing to standing.