I feel like this one could use a thread of it's own.
The Magic of Stacking, balance and timing is to be found in this simple thought:
1. Load up the system, shin to elbow.
2. Release the system, shin to shoulder.
Stack it up in the cross-step, with or without a pump forward with your lead arm, and feel the elbow balanced above your knee and shin.
Make that line tip towards target while you x-step. This will keep your elbow out and forward effortlessly.
Then hold on to that imaginary line from your shin to your lead elbow and "reach back"/move around the disc forward. The imaginary line will still be there. Keep loading the system and hit the brace.
When your brace is at max pressure (power pocket) release the system outwards towards target. Your shin should be in the same angle until hit/release and switch to a connection with your back shoulder instead (more or less) while your elbow and whip shoots forward.
Watch it done by Simon Lizotte (reading right to left):
Watch it done by Ezra Aderhold (reading right to left):
Watch it done by Garrett Gurthie (reading right to left):
...or watch it done by every other pro.
This one is mostly a thought for balance, loading the sling properly and hitting the power positions.
Remember that the swing is still a swing. Your body should be able to find this shin-to-shoulder-connection by itself, but it could use some help getting there if you are prone to lose balance, rush the swing or have any disconnection through the system. Make it an effortless motion. No one is really thinking about this when throwing.
The Magic of Stacking, balance and timing is to be found in this simple thought:
1. Load up the system, shin to elbow.
2. Release the system, shin to shoulder.
Stack it up in the cross-step, with or without a pump forward with your lead arm, and feel the elbow balanced above your knee and shin.
Make that line tip towards target while you x-step. This will keep your elbow out and forward effortlessly.
Then hold on to that imaginary line from your shin to your lead elbow and "reach back"/move around the disc forward. The imaginary line will still be there. Keep loading the system and hit the brace.
When your brace is at max pressure (power pocket) release the system outwards towards target. Your shin should be in the same angle until hit/release and switch to a connection with your back shoulder instead (more or less) while your elbow and whip shoots forward.
Watch it done by Simon Lizotte (reading right to left):
Watch it done by Ezra Aderhold (reading right to left):
Watch it done by Garrett Gurthie (reading right to left):
...or watch it done by every other pro.
This one is mostly a thought for balance, loading the sling properly and hitting the power positions.
Remember that the swing is still a swing. Your body should be able to find this shin-to-shoulder-connection by itself, but it could use some help getting there if you are prone to lose balance, rush the swing or have any disconnection through the system. Make it an effortless motion. No one is really thinking about this when throwing.
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