400-500 ft FH drives? Really?

[flannelking]

If 400-500 FH drives are so common, shouldn't it be easier to find video proof of them? I've been searching YouTube the last hour and haven't found one. I'd like to see some and nit on a downhill slope.

 

[Monkeypaws]

I do those with a putter. Haven't you worked on your form? EZ

 

[JNichols]

I have seen Koling and Wysocki hit those distances (400ft anyway) in Tourney Footage (which Tourneys I have No Idea), but they are about the Only two that I can Recall.

 

[bobmcnelly]

I don't think it's SO common. I think there's some pros and a handful of non pros who can hit those numbers. If you are just searching YouTube for distance drives you might have a hard time finding them. Your just gonna have to watch some big jerm tournaments.

 

[Halcón]

Big Jerm has one of the best FH throws in the game. This is one of his most famous:



There's a tourney vid where he throws over 400' and parks the hole with an effortless toss. I just can't remember which one it was. I believe it's like 3 years old.

Edit: ^ Bob is right, you have to watch Jerm and even Ricky bust out the huge throws. Nate Sexton can toss a mean FH as well.

 

[cjman]

I watched a flat land 450++ ft star destroyer yesterday in a tournament. He threw over a path that is 50+ ft past a 400' hole. I'll take my range finder to measure, I'll bet it was 500. He's young, fast, and rips an tight elbowed FH.

 

[Moose33]

I throw 400-475 FH and have never been out driven FH. It happens but not super common.

 

[bobmcnelly]

I throw 400-475 FH and have never been out driven FH. It happens but not super common.

Let's see the video! opcorn:

 

[mikeykline]

I throw with a guy that has a killer forehand, next time we are playing a round, I will film him ripping one out there.

 

[AndyJB]

I've seen two people get 400 plus feet on a sidearm, neither with very good control. One, my buddy Steve, had shoulder surgery after playing like that for a year. Granted, it wasn't the MAIN cause of the shoulder injury but it certainly excarbated it.

The crazy thing about watching Koling FH is how easy he makes it look. The two guys I'm referring to and even Wysocki look like they are putting everything they have into it. Big Jerm looks like he puts no effort into it. Craziness.

 

[scarpfish]

You don't see too many of them on video because outside of distance contests, they don't exactly measure the things. A 450' drive on video probably doesn't look much different than a 325' one does.

 

[Mocheez]

I played with an intermediate player earlier in the year that was hitting at least 400... not a lot of control though.

 

[MichaelWebster]

Casey Davis can throw 450+ pretty regularly forehand, and in hole 7 in the video above he hits a tree limb directly above the basket 400 ft out. Dan Hastings can probably throw 400 forehand too. Those are the only two people I have played with that have that power.

 

[Mocheez]

See Jeremy Koling at 9:20 with a low line tunnel shot that skips past the basket at 405 feet.

 

[flannelking]

The 300 measurement of my FH was stepping it, so it wasn't accurate. I remeasured the spot again tonight with a tape measure: 1st reading 330. 320 2nd reading.

 

[flannelking]

I tell u no lies. Why must the crickets chirp at me here?

 

[flannelking]

So the question becomes, did the flannelking risk his fine reputation at this swell forum to embellish his measurements with fabrication in order to appear on the high side of forehand driving average?

 

[jchoate7]

Next time I'm out at the field I'll get a video of myself throwing FH. I can get them out to about 420ish. Problem is I rarely throw it because I have soooo much more control in my BH.

 

[DiscFifty]

Simon, Paul, Will, etc, etc, can all throw 500ft drives but rarely do in $$$ events unless it's a fairly wide open shot. Paul & Simon will throw a big anny flex shot on an open hole and it's crazy how far the disc goes. However, most will trade that for a nice controlled 350 straight shot. In person I've witnessed Paul, Simon, Will all throw 350ft shots with a mid range and it's amazing how low they fly and just glide forever.

 

[THUGNIFICENT763]

There are many extenuating factors in regards to forehand distance. Grip, arm mechanics, and just plain physical gifts (armspan) are the most prevalent in my humble opinion. I only teach the mechanics of my forehand to close friends, but I will always correct somebody if I see them using an improper grip, so i have no qualms against divulging that information. My grip involves pinching the side of your index finger against the pad of your thumb, with your middle finger fully extended, the disc will be spinning off of your middle finger. Try it sometime, you will wonder why you did anything else. The "pistol" is the prevalent forehand grip I see others using, but I personally think it is a sloppy garbage grip with a high propensity for release errors.