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How many throws should a judo player focus on?

I realize that Judo requires learning hundreds of throws but in terms of actual competition how many throws should a judo player focus on? I know for each throw you have in your regular bag of tricks there is countless variations on that same throw. So how many throws to focus on? 5 or 6, 10, 3, 25?
Also what types of throws do most olympic caliber judo players master?

You should concentrate on 2 or 3 forward throws, both natural sided and wrongsided (if you fight right-sided, learn some left-sided throws or vice-versa), 2 or 3 backward throws, and 2 or 3 counters.

Keep in mind that these are only the throws that you should be able to do in your sleep, you still need to be proficent in as many throws as possible, as this helps defense and gives you other options if your gameplan goes wrong.

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