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Yeah, people want to think its an active move, but its a resistive passive move, even if it looks really active.That's right; I mentioned it in an earlier post, but I should have stated it better. What I was trying to illustrate (very poorly) was the difference between Drew dropping his arm vs. GG lifting his arm, but getting (basically) to the same place
Which is why squish the bug is constantly taught as an active move, its a reactive move.
The best way to explain using the off arm correctly is that its an anchor or something to resist the outward swing with.
Equal and opposite stuff.
If you're trying to drive the throw with the off arm, you're going to over rotate.
Watch simon throw 150-200 foot putter shots, that off arm is ANCHORED hard and pushing against his other arm.
That's why I love the equal and opposite approach to talking about it. It's the same with the off leg, it's gotta resist the rotation to drive the chain up the body.
for us to push out with the disc in the swing, we have to apply an opposing force, that's applied with the off arm.
There isn't anything wrong with rotational throwing and I generally teach it that way, but I spent like 2 years trying to figure out off arm stuff, cause I thought the same way that we needed to punch down or punch through.
And there is a way to do it, but it's nothing like anyone seems to think it is. Because its more of a controlled passive movement. I think even more so if you were to really explain it, its something you have to consciously do, but in a passive manor. I know that if I don't use my off arm correctly it ruins my power shots. And I have to actively think about bringing it into the shot, but if you do it at the wrong time, you ruin the shot.
And GG is an example of this, its really active movement, but its got a passive purpose.
I could/should make video's on this stuff, but its a complicated topic.
And the reality of any of it is, if you dont know what you're doing, just keep your arm at your side, it will naturally do what its supposed to.