isualum12
Newbie
Last night I went out for some field work. I wanted to understand a couple things. 1. What each of my discs where really doing coming out of my hand (what is a speed 6 vs 9 doing for me) can I tell the difference between a 152g and 174g? 2. Distance between my backhand and forehand. (Keep in mind I'm a newbie with slow arm speed and I don't have great distance yet.)
Set up- I took a 200 ft measuring tape out and measured of 300ft total marking every 20 feet with a cone. (Yes the whole thing got marked because I threw one direction and then threw back the other.)
This was of course in a straight line.
Throwing- I threw 13 discs all different speeds glide turn weight etc. I would throw all 13 with the same throw (backhand or forehand).
Data- I recorded each disc and it's stats (weight, speed, glide etc) once I had thrown I would walk out to a disc and record it's distance and measure from center. Example: Teebird- 210R12, 210 foot throw 10ft right from center. I did this for each disc (all 13). Collect up the discs and repeat.
What I found when throwing 13 discs in a row was you could make minor wrist and arm adjustments and immediately see the difference on the next shot.
By the end the sheet looked like this I also noted F for forehand or B for backhand on the round of 13
TeeBird 210R12, 243R15, 240L5
Witness 185L20, 180L3, 161R10
Roadrunner 241L20, 210L5, 230R12
I haven't analyzed how each disc performed yet and I'm not sure I can considering the adjustments I made with my wrist from round to round. I am throwing further forehand right now on a consistent bases.
What does everyone else do for field work?
Set up- I took a 200 ft measuring tape out and measured of 300ft total marking every 20 feet with a cone. (Yes the whole thing got marked because I threw one direction and then threw back the other.)
This was of course in a straight line.
Throwing- I threw 13 discs all different speeds glide turn weight etc. I would throw all 13 with the same throw (backhand or forehand).
Data- I recorded each disc and it's stats (weight, speed, glide etc) once I had thrown I would walk out to a disc and record it's distance and measure from center. Example: Teebird- 210R12, 210 foot throw 10ft right from center. I did this for each disc (all 13). Collect up the discs and repeat.
What I found when throwing 13 discs in a row was you could make minor wrist and arm adjustments and immediately see the difference on the next shot.
By the end the sheet looked like this I also noted F for forehand or B for backhand on the round of 13
TeeBird 210R12, 243R15, 240L5
Witness 185L20, 180L3, 161R10
Roadrunner 241L20, 210L5, 230R12
I haven't analyzed how each disc performed yet and I'm not sure I can considering the adjustments I made with my wrist from round to round. I am throwing further forehand right now on a consistent bases.
What does everyone else do for field work?
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