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Looks like you are trying to get your left foot xstep around in front your right foot and it gets in the way of your right foot stride. Try doing a little zig zag x-step so your left steps more to the right/east and your whole CoM moves a little same way, and then right steps a little left/west. Your right leg needs to push you slightly deeper east going into the x-step.
1. Step 1st right foot further west/left out in front of your body/head.
2. When you pump, your arm and CoM are both going upward together on right leg and downward together on left leg, so you have a lot of vertical movement on the disc. I pump earlier and start dropping my arm earlier when my CoM starts rising on right leg, so they are countering and keeping my disc flatter vertically in the backswing. I think this is also why your backswing always looks rushed. Pump your arm/disc away from your rear foot as far as possible and then start backswing as you start rising on right foot.
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It's amazing to me how much I lean on my Jawbreaker Zone for forehand ups and short wooded drives. I have to make myself work with backhand ups or risk losing my touch.Forehand
The time is coming... soon...
I guess I'm realizing that modeling after Michael Johansen in the woods wouldn't be too shabby for myself. Everyone's a little different but I can just lean into that. Comets still fascinate me because they can cover a huge range of shots but they do have a sort of fundamental demand on touch no matter how they're thrown...It's amazing to me how much I lean on my Jawbreaker Zone for forehand ups and short wooded drives. I have to make myself work with backhand ups or risk losing my touch.
I guess I'm realizing that modeling after Michael Johansen in the woods wouldn't be too shabby for myself. Everyone's a little different but I guess I'm realizing that I can just lean into that. Comets still fascinate me because they can cover a huge range of shots but they do have a sort of fundamental demand on touch no matter how they're thrown...
This made me remember (just about my own issue): I used to use a Zone for flex forehand short drives in the woods, got concerned about my shoulder since I kept jamming my body, then got body confused trying to take it flatter or on hyzer, and then just got obsessed with working on the backhand. On the other hand, the Weckmethod clubs also seem to have helped my FH rely much more on my weight shift and improve my range of motion and protect my arm and shoulder. I'd probably benefit from having that Zone flex forehand in my bag again anyway - there's a reason those things are popular regardless of what people can point out about bad habits. I also do throw my beat Firebird FH sometimes and it has been slowly improving but I don't trust it enough yet to use when I care about score.
I might also try taking the Comets for a spin for hyzerflip forehand. Thinking of Nate Sexton's buttery understable forehands.
Also forgot to mention overhands: I'm also still really happy about how the WeckMethod club training affected these. I had to throw two overhand scrambles and parked both of them. I am still amazed that my brain just suddenly "solved" that problem. I'm sure I could look at them on camera and find something to mechanically change, but I actually just want to leave it alone since they're working so well. I wish everything else had "clicked" that fast for me lmao
Nice - I got my daughter a jawbreaker "macro" disc from the prize voucher and liked the feel of the plastic. I might try that because I like the feel of Zones for FH as much as I like Comets for BH. I also have an Eagle I didn't quite love for BH so I can try that FH a bit. I should look through my Mid pile and see if there's anything else I haven't tinkered with for FH.Jawbreaker breaks in to a more neutral disc pretty quickly, which gives it more distance. I like the feel of that plastic, too. Pair that with a Z and it's an interesting pair—very different flights, same disc.
I've recently added a lighter Halo Roc3, which is actually nice and flat. That will probably take the place of my G* Eagle L for longer forehands.
Yes, I for a long time had been avoiding it before some arbitrary level of form or distance or casual performance. I also am generally averse to joining large organizations so I kind of waffled about having anything to do with PDGA.Wait, was that your first tournament? I absolutely loved my first one! People were cool and didnt go out of their way to help me out with rules etc.
The one thing i'll warn you about, is : you will have tournaments that will be absolutely dreadful. You might play very poorly, have a shitty card mate or just be off in general..
My first tournament, i nearly got a 900 rating after playing for 3-5 months and i thought i were heading for mpo within a year (yeah, im that delusional). Next tournament i played a 780 round and got a reality check.. havent played one since, lol.
As with form, tournaments can be a mental test, prepare accordingly!
Cant wait for your FH journey! *Imagine Richard Marx singing "right here waiting"*
Go for it - I don't mind if my thread becomes a more general resource when I'm not getting input on my own stuff.I have a question about a certain video SW posted on another form thread, not sure if i should ask here or in my own thread lol
We had to use the PDGA scoring app for the tourney, and I would have to actively change tabs to see my rolling score. I actually didn't really know how I was shooting because I had a "short memory" which also relaxed me for each shot. I'm sure if I got more serious there are times when I would want to know the score for risk-reward assessments, but I liked how much I was "in the moment" the whole time.I've stopped messing with UDisc and only track my scores on sanctioned league and tournaments. What a relief.