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Which surprises me because he was the first disc golfer to start training like a professional athlete. Priorities must have shifted over the last couple years.
I actually disagree with this. Max reach back (coil) coincides with front toes touching the ground. By the time the front heal hits the ground, they have begun to uncoil with some elbow bend.
You want to be able to squat and load into the rear hip while maintaining momentum, posture and balance. A longer cross-step just makes things more difficult.
He keeps his front knee bent as he braces and clears. I think it's much easier on the knee vs. someone like Drew Gibson that rises up and straightens the front leg. Will Schusterick also keeps the front knee bent as he clears.
The arm weighs around 12lbs, so moving that amount of weight quickly does add some momentum into the equation. If you bring it in front, it has to be done early to prevent premature shoulder rotation. GG does it late because he is putting it behind his back, parallel to the forward momentum of...
Yeah, he disappeared after that and DGR was overtaken by bots. Here is the preceding thread which had links to the hammer pound drills:
https://www.dgcoursereview.com/threads/the-incomplete-secret-technique.168286/