300: Remembering Shaun Pickering

The athletics community suffered a enormous loss on May 11 when Shaun Pickering unexpectedly passed away. He was an Olympic athlete, coach, and fan. But more than anything he was the man behind the scenes that helped push the sport forward. To help remember him, we're joined this week by some of his best friends including Vesteinn Hafsteinsson, Charles van Commenee, Robert Weir, Frank Dick, and Don Babbitt. For more information on this topic, read the complete show notes at: https://www.hmmrmedia.com/2023/05/hmmr-podcast-episode-300-remembering-shaun-pickering/ »  Support the show: join HMMR PLUS to get full access to our coaching resources. More notes This episode is brought to you by HMMR Plus. Become a member for full access to our videos, articles, and podcast archives. Athletics Weekly put together a detailed obituary of Pickering following his death.  You can see some of Pickering's life on his social media on Instagram (@shaunpickering) or Twitter (@ShaunDPickering). Pickering was a frequent contributor to our episodes looking at major championships. Listen to Episode 277 where we previewed the 2022 World Championships together and Episode 255 where we debriefed the Tokyo Olympics. Guests Vesteinn Hafsteinsson and Don Babbitt have also been featured on the site previous. We talked in detail about training with Hafsteinsson back in 2014. And Babbitt has been on Episode 256 on throwing trends, Episode 170 on throwing mechanics, as well as a written training talk interview.