Recent content by Scrumble

I've been working on a new left arm timing and not spilling my torque out before getting my right heel down. This led down some new rabbit holes that are very promising. I'm beginning to develop way better balance but also some new timing cues. I'm currently thinking of the throw from backswing...

The spilling out has been frustrating me too. I think it's partly due to my left arm timing. I noticed in Simon and Paul's forms they delay the whole left arm action compared to me. Their left arm is still back just before plant and mine crashes in earlier. I'm going to work on that and see if...

I tried some walk throughs with 20 pounds on my shoulders and it really helped me feel the stress I put on my body in the leaned over crouch. I'm struggling to get the feel of the squat into the plant. I tried something new and took a clip of it without a disc. Is this the way to shift weight...

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I've been really working on the balance on the left leg through the throw and it finally clicked. It's still a work in progress but I see now how it allows you to rotate backwards with leverage and to better time it to peak and hold when the plant hits. But as I worked on it I had to refocus on...

I don't feel much better yet, but I think it will. Once you change one thing everything else is off for a while. But I think I'm eliminating some unnecessary movements that I had just gotten used to. Now the actual effort is focused to the key point in the throw where it needs to be. But I have...

I tried an upright stance with a straight, slow, balanced stride. I worked on getting the feel for the left leg leverage. I noticed that to stride straight and still get good leverage in the throw I had to move up the teepad with my butt pointing more targetward, which is what it seems like some...

Yup. That IS what I'm trying to do. Why bother be in balance on the left leg if not to drive/power the throw off of it? I'm going to experiment with a bowler's finish to see if I can find that leverage. I naturally do it when not throwing but it doesn't happen when I actually throw.

I did a bunch of drills for balance and realized it was a pretty foreign feeling to be balanced on my left leg. It felt really powerful to be able to stall fully balanced on the left and then crash into the plant. Then I tried some throws in slow motion... creeping on through the x step. This is...

Exactly. When I do slow down to throw with touch I have a bit more difficulty with my release speed and timing, which makes sense now. It's much more difficult to control your speed while out of balance. Thinking back to about a year ago I had the habit of trying to generate speed on the...

Aha. I definitely see. I think I adjusted to this weight forward backswing slowly over time because it feels like I'm throwing more weight/momentum into the plant... and it has been getting me results on my radar. I have felt balanced weight on my left in some throws and I can imagine it. I...

I attempted to get my left foot out of the way and stride forward a bit straighter. It's subtle, but I think the effect of it is that to compensate I need to rotate back a bit further and with quicker timing, which adds torque. This might be just mental and it's hard to notice the change on...

Here are three throws trying to end balanced on my front leg. It's not a monumental shift in the throw but it feels pretty good and I'm able to get the same results immediately. Am I getting it right? I'll keep working on this and see where it goes. I'm also wondering what might be next. The...

I haven't been following your thread so I might be coming in late and bumbling all over things, but in that last video with the towel and bottle one thing I noticed that might be sapping arm speed is your left arm/shoulder action. Your rear arm seems to be timed okay to put momentum into the...

Yup. I think you're right.