zj1002
* Ace Member *
My own input as a someone that learned on the original DGR theorycrafting...and this is a bit of a crazy ramble....
As I started to finally understand what it took and could replicate and then teach it, I changed some key wording that gets thrown around. These will mainly apply to steps (1) and (2)
I stopped using 3 words - Pull, Pause, Rotate. In place of them I used one phrase - Forward Movement. I found it harder to teach proper technique if I told someone to "pull in to start" and then "rotate the shoulder when it pauses". I could show them all day, but the way I was describing it was flawed. Instead of asking someone to pull inward, pause their shoulder, and then rotate - I now keep it as simple as elbow bent, move the disc forward by moving your front shoulder toward the target. As the elbow uncoils forward, everything will naturally rotate back on its own. You only have to focus on moving forward and keeping your arm/shoulder on the plane the disc needs to fly.
The shoulder naturally will pause on its own as long as you move it forward, you should NEVER be consciously trying to pause a shoulder. You will just throw off your timing and hurt yourself. Move your front shoulder forward on the line it needs to go on. If the elbow is bent and you are moving your weight forward, the back shoulder will follow suit and will naturally cause the pause/open as your body braces/shifts open.
The rest of the timing with holding on the disc through the apex of the arc, just takes some focused practice.
As I started to finally understand what it took and could replicate and then teach it, I changed some key wording that gets thrown around. These will mainly apply to steps (1) and (2)
I stopped using 3 words - Pull, Pause, Rotate. In place of them I used one phrase - Forward Movement. I found it harder to teach proper technique if I told someone to "pull in to start" and then "rotate the shoulder when it pauses". I could show them all day, but the way I was describing it was flawed. Instead of asking someone to pull inward, pause their shoulder, and then rotate - I now keep it as simple as elbow bent, move the disc forward by moving your front shoulder toward the target. As the elbow uncoils forward, everything will naturally rotate back on its own. You only have to focus on moving forward and keeping your arm/shoulder on the plane the disc needs to fly.
The shoulder naturally will pause on its own as long as you move it forward, you should NEVER be consciously trying to pause a shoulder. You will just throw off your timing and hurt yourself. Move your front shoulder forward on the line it needs to go on. If the elbow is bent and you are moving your weight forward, the back shoulder will follow suit and will naturally cause the pause/open as your body braces/shifts open.
The rest of the timing with holding on the disc through the apex of the arc, just takes some focused practice.