Acceleration: Late or Smooth?

[jenb]

When people say "late acceleration," it conjures images of moving slowly up to the the hit and then jerking it really hard at the last second.

Some older pros have been promoting smoothness over anything.

So what should it be? A constant rate of acceleration that avoids an early peak, or an acceleration that occurs at more of an exponential rate at the last instant?

[BrotherDave]

Both. It should be a beautiful explosion of fury, like a car crash set to Beethoven.

[GoodDriveBadPutt]

Jerk!!!!

[NoahChristopher]

I've been doing a lot of field work lately and focusing on late acceleration.From what I've read you want to stay nice and smooth and wait until the disc is passing across your chest and then pull as hard as possible and really clamp down on the disc.Its given me a good boost in distance and spin.

[JTacoma03]

Originally Posted by jenb

an acceleration that occurs at more of an exponential rate at the last instant?

This phrase implies both smooth and "late" - i.e. the "hit", so like BroD said: Both.

[dheathx]

The overall motion is smooth, but the acceleration doesn't start until the disc is at the right pectoral muscle. Don't "jerk" the disc late, instead use your legs, core and a little arm to explode the disc toward the Target.

[sidewinder22]

You need to be smooth to accelerate late.

[jenb]

Originally Posted by GoodDriveBadPutt

Jerk!!!!

Exactly.

Recalling that a constant rate of acceleration doubles the disc velocity each regular time interval, I don't see how an exponential rate of acceleration can be viewed as "smooth." It's a jerk.

[scoopa]

If you're herky-jerky the kinetic chain can't do its thing.

[GoodDriveBadPutt]

Maybe that's the type of hit people are getting:

no hit - no acceleration/constant velocity
half hit - no jerk/constant acceleration
Full hit - jerk

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nah.......