azplaya25
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After messing around with Blake's drills for a few months, I'm convinced that all he missed is teaching the can crush to initiate the hammer pound. These drills work great if you focus on crushing the can rather than initiating everything with your upper body. Here's Blake's original drill with some added commentary:
Drill 5: Repeat the sidearm hammer 2-3 times until you really feel it. Upon completing it change to a backhand grip. Starting with the disc in front of your stomach and your wrist slightly curled around the disc. Your elbow should be out from your body and not tight to your body. Crush the can and feel how your arm naturally wants to Pound the hammer backhand like you are smashing a nail that is out beyond the right side of your body.
You can really feel this if you hold something heavy like a golf club or a bat. Just try holding a bat or club, thumb on the back of the handle, relaxing your arm and upper body, and just crush the can and see what happens. You should experience an "effortless" hammer pounding motion. When I say effortless, I mean it's just happens without you trying to make it happen. It's kind of like sneezing. Would you describe sneezing as effortless? Your body is definitely exerting a lot of effort in a sneeze, but it's more a reaction to something rather than something you can just do on command. Once I stopped trying to pound the hammer, and started allowing the hammer pound happen as a result of me crushing the can with a closed shoulder, I finally experienced an effortless disc golf swing.
Drill 5: Repeat the sidearm hammer 2-3 times until you really feel it. Upon completing it change to a backhand grip. Starting with the disc in front of your stomach and your wrist slightly curled around the disc. Your elbow should be out from your body and not tight to your body. Crush the can and feel how your arm naturally wants to Pound the hammer backhand like you are smashing a nail that is out beyond the right side of your body.
You can really feel this if you hold something heavy like a golf club or a bat. Just try holding a bat or club, thumb on the back of the handle, relaxing your arm and upper body, and just crush the can and see what happens. You should experience an "effortless" hammer pounding motion. When I say effortless, I mean it's just happens without you trying to make it happen. It's kind of like sneezing. Would you describe sneezing as effortless? Your body is definitely exerting a lot of effort in a sneeze, but it's more a reaction to something rather than something you can just do on command. Once I stopped trying to pound the hammer, and started allowing the hammer pound happen as a result of me crushing the can with a closed shoulder, I finally experienced an effortless disc golf swing.