Recent content by Waddball

I think this 9 o'clock idea is sort of what Jaani is getting at here: Not that you want to literally throw for power using the drill he references, but it's helpful in getting the feeling of throwing "out" from the body instead of in-line with the direction of momentum. Which, at least for me...

I've experimented with the Bonopane grip, the Dion Arlyn deep thumb grip, as well as 2-, 3-, and 4-finger power grips. I found Bonopane very useful in terms of seeing/feeling the difference in a true nose-down flight, but it is a weird and sloppy grip regardless of the index position, and I...

I still struggle with forehand distance, but I greatly reduced the wobble recently. Some great tips above, but for me, the biggest bang for the buck wrt wobble was relaxing my arm and focusing on the active wrist at the end. Before, I was strong-arming everything, even when I thought I wasn't...

I'm sure you're right, but also discs fly differently once your speed gets past a certain point. Most people aren't throwing Teebirds 500' at any altitude. My point was that for average throwers at altitude, you have to release on trickier/riskier anhyzer angles to get discs to carry further...

I'm not at your level of power (I tend to max high 300s on golf lines, and low 400s fieldwork). But I've thrown a few golf throws touching 440 or so. And I totally agree that exertion is a red flag. Good throws feel fluid and balanced, not "strong". Side note: I'm a Colorado local. The biggest...

I do the mirror image of this. I committed to push putting, then have been adding more power (and necessarily some spin, mostly from wrist) as it gets further out. I tend to miss up/down, though at range (30+ feet) that extra pop causes left/right misses as well. I like the theoretical...

I still wrestle with this as well. I gather it's supposed to be elusive, a zen koan sort of thing (I mean really: if slow = smooth and smooth = fast, then slow = fast). It also reminds me of the (in)famous project management triangle, the old saying "good, fast, cheap: pick two". For throwing...

Lately, I try to keep 3 things in mind: elbow (keep it out, not down/floppy), late turn (after the 2nd step has settled, not just as it touches), and (most important) delay the swing (don't start just as the plant foot touches). I have a hard time feeling the weight settle into my plant and the...

These sorts of conversations always make me think of Wittgenstein and his notion of "meaning as use" (old philosophy major here). I think the DG community has a solid idea of what griplock means and how to use it "correctly" (and I like your description). Respectfully, I think the OP is tilting...

Hard to disagree that putting isn't all that fatiguing. I've certainly cranked out a couple hundred putts in a block session (pick a spot, throw 10, pick 'em up and do it again from a different spot, etc.). And I think being "comfortably" fatigued is probably best, as it's like a normal round...

There's been a lot of block drill practice recommended in this thread, and it can work for certain aspects of form changes (in any sport). But my experience, as a coach and a player across several sports (and decades), is that once you're good on form changes (understanding/internalizing the...

Maybe it's the yips, which unbeknownst to me can apparently be a physical issue alongside the mental aspect. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/yips/symptoms-causes/syc-20379021...

Great stuff. I remember two years ago I was frenetically perusing these forums and trying basically every idea. And I made some progress, but as I've slowed down on that first crazy phase, just a few ideas have really stuck with me. The most fundamental for me is SW's door frame, and yanking it...

Drives me nuts as well. I cannot keep my head looking (relatively) forward like that and get the disc to come out straight. I throw well to the right and always on a steep hyzer when I try this shot. And I can sometimes "succeed" but only via playing my slice (so to speak). And yeah, definitely...

I guess it depends on distance a bit, but I'm struggling to think of where I don't lift the rear leg at least a little. Maybe nose up approaches just outside putting range. Certainly for anything past 80' I'm getting my weight on my front foot, and my rear is either lifting a bit to come...