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BeachBum said:I just spent the last 3 hrs in an open field and I cant seem to drive more than 300'. I consistenly throw the same with both feet planted, one-stepping, and even x-stepping... why is this? Momentum problems?
If the Wraith is going the same distance as a Roadrunner and has the same flight it smells likes nose up (and weight forward and yada yada we'll stick with nose up). How high off the ground are these shots? Do they gain a great deal of altitude as they travel?BeachBum said:My wraith, orc, roadrunner,polaris ls, and t-bird are all throwing the same pretty much. Semi straight with a little hyzer fade at the end. When I walk to pick them up they are within 20 ft of one another...
Great! Glad it helped. The feeling of the throw is everything. You could technically get your body into all the correct positions and everything during a throw, but still be throwing with the arm muscles instead of using your core to whip your arm passively. Only your muscles will really know the difference (well, we'll be able to see that the arm doesn't whip forward as fast either). So getting the feeling of using the torso to whip your lower arm out from the elbow as a fulcrum is the most important thing, and to strive for the feeling more than any other aspect.BeachBum said:Thanks for the inside drills JHern...it does feel effortless when I do this. Obviously I am trying to strong-arm the disc, becuase without a disc in my hand, I get a lot more snap from my wrist using my lower body to bring me from my reachback. Cant wait to practice and incorporate this into my routine.
josser said:I'm having trouble picturing being able to use my lower body to drive the whip and still be able to have any sort of an elbow chop, but one step at a time.
JHern said:But just a split second before the disc rips out, you should still try to stop your arm from swinging open with all your might as if it would break if you failed to stop it. Grip and clamp down as hard as you possibly can on the disc with all your might during this moment, and feel the disc fling off your fingers with a rapid spin.
Yes!!! 8) 8) 8)josser said:I picture the "stopping your arm from swinging open with all your might" to be similar to the end of a towel flick where you kind of stop your elbow from opening all the way and even let it bounce back slightly so that your wrist flings your hand and the towel forward. Right at that point you even grip the towel tighter. Am I on the right track?