Can you do an analysis of Emerson's form with focus on how he gets so much power with smaller levers?
To my untrained eye his form looks similar to Calvin's in that they curl the wrist a bit, keep the disc close to the chest with the elbow bent with the reach back only extending the elbow a little bit and the disc coming up to the back shoulder with the elbow still dropped until pulling into the power pocket.
It's interesting that Emerson can still get lots of distance without much arm extension and with shorter levers.
I like these thought experiments so here we go.
First, always watch the way folks' entire bodies move, not just the degree of curl of the wrist etc. You get more out of compact actions the more efficient the whole sequence is. Emerson still gets his core/slings coiled and loaded with the throwing shoulder all the way behind the rear hip and his posture closed off as he shifts to plant like everyone else as he starts to add some heat.
1. He's getting a lot out of his aggressive approach to teeing off. How? He has a few form quirks, but in general he has incredible balance, is quick and light on his feet, moves his body mass very aggressively down the tee, and has one of the more epic crushes/impacts landing in the plant I can think of.
2. His form is making exceptionally good use of braced tilt/tilted axis like other form maximizers with very little posture collapse, jamming, or bunching among body parts or against gravity:
... and has exceptional flexibility committing his mAss leading all the way through the shot.
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Can shorter people have still have "good" levers? Always pay attention not just to absolute height, but
levers relative to height and the lever sequence. Emerson is short but it looks like he has excellent levers relative to his height (positive "ape index")
and an excellent lever sequence. Look how long his hands and forearms are relative to his upper arms and shoulders. You get exponential gains from good lever sequences even if you don't have a very large wingspan.