mizunodave
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Working on my forehand and I keep hearing one piece of advice I want to understand better. "Keep your palm up, towards the sky."
I've heard this in videos from Stokely, Jerm, and other pros. The only reason I've ever heard for this is "to make sure you don't roll your wrist." Rolling the wrist is bad because it summons the OAT monster.
Is that the only reason palm up is recommended over, let's call it handshake mode?
I ask because I feel you can snap the wrist closed with more power and more articulation from handshake mode than from palm up. With palm up I can articulate (open to closed) about 90 degrees. Whereas in handshake mode it is more like 120 degrees. It also feels like handshake mode lets your forearm muscles help pull your wrist closed faster/stronger. Also, from handshake I can snap my fingers towards my palm at launch and get a little extra spin, can't do that with palm up.
Is there any disadvantage to handshake mode as long as you don't roll your wrist?
From my own experiments I can throw a buzz flat and smooth with no wobble either way, is that a good enough test that I'm not rolling my wrist from handshake?
I just want to make sure I'm not missing something in the physics of all this. I'm good if the answer is simply, "Do whichever works best for you as long as you aren't getting wobble."
Finally, if anyone is aware of some resource that goes into all the technical details and physics of throws I'd be interested. I can probably work out the mechanics from there.
Thanks
I've heard this in videos from Stokely, Jerm, and other pros. The only reason I've ever heard for this is "to make sure you don't roll your wrist." Rolling the wrist is bad because it summons the OAT monster.
Is that the only reason palm up is recommended over, let's call it handshake mode?
I ask because I feel you can snap the wrist closed with more power and more articulation from handshake mode than from palm up. With palm up I can articulate (open to closed) about 90 degrees. Whereas in handshake mode it is more like 120 degrees. It also feels like handshake mode lets your forearm muscles help pull your wrist closed faster/stronger. Also, from handshake I can snap my fingers towards my palm at launch and get a little extra spin, can't do that with palm up.
Is there any disadvantage to handshake mode as long as you don't roll your wrist?
From my own experiments I can throw a buzz flat and smooth with no wobble either way, is that a good enough test that I'm not rolling my wrist from handshake?
I just want to make sure I'm not missing something in the physics of all this. I'm good if the answer is simply, "Do whichever works best for you as long as you aren't getting wobble."
Finally, if anyone is aware of some resource that goes into all the technical details and physics of throws I'd be interested. I can probably work out the mechanics from there.
Thanks