breating technique?

[podunk pete]

Is it better to hold your breath while you throw (i.e. drive, upshot, putt, etc.), or to breathe out prior to the throwing motion?

 

[agent_peebody]

to be honest, i don't pay attention. if i pass out thinking about a putt then i guess i'm holding my breath, right?

i'm pretty sure i hold it until "the hit" then i exhale through the hit

 

[jcf5083]

I hold my breath from the teebox until I hole out. I've blacked out on multiple occurrences when I can't find my drive

 

[sillybizz]

Is it better to hold your breath while you throw (i.e. drive, upshot, putt, etc.), or to breathe out prior to the throwing motion?

It would be better to let all of the air out of your lungs. They teach this to military snipers before pulling the trigger, they also teach long, deep breathes before that as well to calm your nerves and lower your heart rate. Before each putt I take a breathe and let it out and when all of the air is out of my lungs I take the putt.

 

[agent_peebody]

dang, you were a sniper? so was Mr. Rogers

 

[mashnut]

dang, you were a sniper? so was Mr. Rogers

Tim actually puts all the mods through sniper training. Just in case.

 

[agent_peebody]

*peebody researches in-home bulletproof glass*

 

[sillybizz]

dang, you were a sniper? so was Mr. Rogers

No, but I know someone who used to be.

 

[sillybizz]

Actually Mr. Rogers was never in the military, that is an urban legend.

 

[lokirising]

Captain Kangaroo was an assassin for the Yakuza

 

[agent_peebody]

Actually Mr. Rogers was never in the military, that is an urban legend.

whaaaa? really?

 

[lokirising]

Yup, it is a myth

 

[cfair]

just because there are no military records of Fred McFeely Rogers does not mean he didn't have some measure of active service. Rogers real life is sketchy and poorly documented at best, while his advocacy against the Vietnam War was publicized his activity before that time well debated by war historians.

I mean c'mon... wikipedia doesn't even say anything his time in service. I mean if it were fake wiki would say something about... right P-dids?

On a more serious note exhalation during any activity is key to performance, explosion, and execution. Exhale at the hit. Air is important but oddly... so is not breathing...

 

[ArcheType]

I breath like someone does during a powerlift, (at least for drives)

I inhale steadily during my run up, then pause as the pull starts, and exhale at the hit

The pause isn't on purpose, simply the timed delay between inhaling and exhaling,

 

[CwAlbino]

Someone call mythbusters to get this sorted out.

 

[bboykin]

I usually have an audible outgoing breath on the hit while driving. Kind of like quick "swish" sound. I don't know that it helps. It's an unconscious thing.

 

[eegor]

I exhale before throwing.

 

[great white buffalo]

:hfive:

I hold my breath from the teebox until I hole out. I've blacked out on multiple occurrences when I can't find my drive

 

[great white buffalo]

Thank goodness sillybizz is on the other side of the country. lol

 

[craigg]

There's a really good breathing exercise for you in the 970+ advice thread in General Disc Golf Chat - page #3, post #29