Recent content by Phathatter

In the first gif, Simon actually does rotate his shoulders pretty significantly--his throwing shoulder stays pretty still, but watch his left shoulder--he pushes it forward to almost even with the throwing shoulder (a la door frame drill). It is only there a brief instant. He may not reach the...

I think your balance is being thrown off by starting your backswing at the start of the hop (i.e. when you are jumping off the front foot). Try doing your forward pump while you are starting the hop (i.e. on the front foot). The backswing is started by landing on the back foot after the hop...

It's taken me 3+ years of form work to unlearn 10 years of throwing off the back foot, and I still catch myself doing it pretty regularly. It's pretty much the only thing I feel qualified to diagnose in other people's form threads (well, that and tipping over/past the plant). If I don't see...

I practice putting several ways: 1. If I have a round where my putting stroke feels "off" (even if they are going in sometimes they just don't feel right), later I will practice putts from about 15-20 feet until everything feels smooth and simple and effortless. These I throw one after...

I looked at the video from your first post and the most recent ones and you still have the fundamental issue of starting the disc forward before all the weight is off your back foot. You have moved much closer in the right direction, but you are leaving some easy power on the table. To...

Rear leg is important--Sidewinder's door frame drill can help feel it. Holding onto the door frame, you move forward (toward target) while the disc/door frame stays in one place and your upper body has to turn back. You then adjust your position until you feel like you can leverage the most...

I was going to post something almost identical, so I will just add a few thoughts. Sometimes I'll start focusing on upper body stuff (which, yes sometimes you need to do if you are rounding or dipping or going noseup, etc.) and before long I am lost and just strong arming. But if I focus only...

This video shows the hammer drill to feel the large muscles move the hammer/disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1pkfJtVq-8

I see three issues that are all connected and explain the shoulder pain. 1. Throwing off the back foot--you are starting to pull the disc forward while the weight is still on the back foot. You can see this in how when you plant the front foot it is already opened to the target. The weight...

Hello all. I have been lurking here for quite a while now, giving out the occasional 'nice' here and there. I have wanted to post a form critique, but every time I take video, I see lots to improve on. I have been watching and digesting SW22's videos for at least a year now and have learned a...

Nice rip. Is that cat hollow? I think the spinning rear leg was because your weight got just a bit too far left (from the camera's perspective) and "over the toes". Watch your plant foot--you crushed the can, toe to heel, but then you spin on the mid foot (which looks to me like danger for...

This is all you need to know. You cannot think or argue or read your way into power. You can just learn what is wrong with how you throw, and work to improve it. I've added about 75 feet to my throw over the last one and a half years (as well as accuracy, consistency, and effortlessness). It...