Polanik Throwing Equipment Guide: Shot Put, Hammer, and Discus

Polanik Throwing Equipment Guide

Polanik builds some of the best-value competition throwing equipment in the world. This guide covers the full Polanik line at Throws Pro: shot puts, hammers, the Gold Carbon discus, weight throws, and the wires, handles, and gloves that go with them.

Recommendations from Coach Scott Cappos, Big Ten Coach for 25 years at Iowa and Nebraska.

Quick Answer

The Polanik competition steel shot put and steel hammer are the top choices for most competitive high school and collegiate throwers: precision-turned, competition legal, and priced right. National-level athletes step up to Polanik stainless steel. Every Polanik implement we carry meets NFHS, NCAA, and World Athletics specifications.

Why Coaches Trust Polanik

Polanik has manufactured track and field equipment in Poland for decades, and their implements show it. Shot puts are precision-turned to exact weight and diameter with a powder-coated textured surface that holds chalk. Hammers use the smallest legal ball diameters, which shortens nothing and gives up nothing: a small, dense ball at competition weight is simply easier to accelerate through the turns. That combination of manufacturing precision and honest pricing is why Polanik shows up in more of my program orders than any other brand.

Polanik Shot Put

Polanik Competition Steel Shot Put

High-strength steel with a painted, textured finish that grips chalk well. Available from 4 kg to 16 lb in multiple diameters: 4k in 95mm, 105mm, and 108mm; 12 lb in 116mm; 16 lb in 125mm and 128mm. World Athletics legal.

Best for: HS and collegiate competition

Polanik Hammers

Polanik Competition Steel Hammer Best Seller

My favorite all-around competition hammer. The smallest legal diameter steel ball, aluminum wire and handle included, available in 4 kilo, 12 lb, 6 kilo, and 7.26 kilo.

Best for: Mid-to-upper HS and collegiate throwers

Polanik Stainless Steel Hammer

Durable stainless construction with a small-diameter ball for maximum rotational speed. The step up for national-level competitors.

Best for: National-level and elite competitors

Polanik Premium Hammer and Brass Limited Edition

Olympic-champion-designed geometry and a brass limited edition for throwers who want the densest legal ball Polanik makes. These are elite implements for athletes chasing championship marks.

Polanik Training Hammer and Outdoor Weight Throw

Heavy and light training hammers at competition diameter, plus the Polanik outdoor weight. Heavy-light training is the most proven way to add distance in the hammer, and these are the implements to run that system with.

Polanik Discus

Polanik Gold Carbon Discus

Brass rim, carbon plates, elite competition performance. Available in 1k, 1.6k, and 2k. A very high rim weight discus for advanced throwers with the release speed to spin it cleanly.

Best for: Advanced and elite competitors

Polanik Parts and Accessories

We also stock Polanik hammer wires for training and competition, the curved Polanik hammer handle, the Polanik individual-finger hammer glove, and the hammer insert conversion circle. Keep a spare wire in the bag; wires are the part that fails at the worst time.

Coaching Insight from Throws Pro

If a program asks me to outfit their throws squad on a real budget, Polanik steel is where I start: a competition shot and a competition hammer that will survive years of team use and never get an athlete flagged at weigh-in. Buy the premium models when the athlete's marks demand them, not before.