jungledonkey
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- Aug 21, 2011
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Here's a video of me driving 6 times with a slo-mo following each drive. The first 3 drives went ~375ft and the last 3, when I was warmed up a bit more, went ~420ft. For reference, the fence is 380ft away and I was throwing into a ~20km/hr headwind. The pink/orange discs are Teebirds, the yellow disc is a PD, the green disc is a River, and the blue disc is a Trespass. Aside from the PD, which went about 10ft further on average than the other discs, I was getting the same distance out of every disc.
So far what I've figured out is the difference in the first and second set of throws is that I'm losing some good distance because I'm opening my hips early - before I plant my right foot. I'm under the impression that when I plant my hips should essentially be perpendicular to where I am aiming? I think this is the main reason why my last few throws went further but I'm not sure if this is entirely the case.
I've also been a bit concerned with my grip and you can hear it snapping/slipping in every one of my throws. I'm still not quite sure how to get a clean release while keeping the disc nose down - these two things seem to be mutually exclusive at the moment.
I've been thinking of going a bit faster and maybe adding a hop in to my x-step but I would like to know if I have any other issues that I should be worrying about before doing this. Basically, I'm looking to get a little bit more distance and perhaps some more consistency in my vertical accuracy. I seem to be doing pretty good as far as release angle and horizontal accuracy are concerned.
So far what I've figured out is the difference in the first and second set of throws is that I'm losing some good distance because I'm opening my hips early - before I plant my right foot. I'm under the impression that when I plant my hips should essentially be perpendicular to where I am aiming? I think this is the main reason why my last few throws went further but I'm not sure if this is entirely the case.
I've also been a bit concerned with my grip and you can hear it snapping/slipping in every one of my throws. I'm still not quite sure how to get a clean release while keeping the disc nose down - these two things seem to be mutually exclusive at the moment.
I've been thinking of going a bit faster and maybe adding a hop in to my x-step but I would like to know if I have any other issues that I should be worrying about before doing this. Basically, I'm looking to get a little bit more distance and perhaps some more consistency in my vertical accuracy. I seem to be doing pretty good as far as release angle and horizontal accuracy are concerned.
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