After being around throwers 24/7, Danica Hale decided it was time to get into the sport herself through her father’s training company.
CHESTERFIELD, Mich. — Michael Hale is used to training some of the best throwers in Michigan.
“I always would coach kids on the side and help them out. I never thought it would turn into a full-fledged business,” Hale said.
Soon enough it did become a business: Kaizen Throws. He’s coached athletes like Brian Williams into state titles, Olympic trials and other high places in the sport.
“It’s benefited a lot of kids. A lot of kids have scholarships,” Hale said. “…Kids every other year, [go to] states and they place and it’s great.”
About a year ago, Hale started training someone who lives right in his household: his 5-year-old daughter Danica.
“I did not want to do it. I fought it for a long time,” Hale said.
Danica, along with her older sister who also …