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That’s not a problem though, right? So long as you know what to use when. Not bad to have a hammer and drill. It’s only an issue if you think you should be drilling the nail.
There are so many concepts that I don’t feel a need to get a specific video out as fast as possible. I’ve got a whole list of videos that need to hit the channel and not enough time to film them.
Generally, by the time a concept finds its way into a YouTube video it’s already been fleshed out...
I started playing around 2012 and then played collegiately.
A big hobby of mine is business though so it was probably inevitable that disc golf would move towards business endeavors.
To be fair I don’t think about retracting my scapula on most activities using a pull. I think more people in this camp would use the elbow drive or throw behind you cue. I just think to look at those motions and vehemently oppose using the word “pull” as a descriptor when that is the literal...
I have some pictures he shared with me from EMG research but they aren’t for me to share. I would be pretty confident that he is open to conversations though. I’ve been on call with him a couple hours this week already and chatted a bunch outside of that.
My initial contact with him was...
The issue with this is that both Chris and Joonas have data that shows the scapula accelerating very early in the throw. Both the guys with the data, of what is actually happening, say that the scapula is the first thing to retract on power throwers.
As silly as it might sound or as much as it...
I'll put a vote in the "pull is a viable cue" camp.
pull (verb)
exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement toward oneself.
"he pulled them down onto the couch"
From the backswing you are pulling the disc into and through the pocket; which is toward oneself.
It is...
The elbow swoop does not always appear to be a problem (see Eliezra) and I don’t always try to eliminate it.
That being said, your fix depends on which camp/throwing style you’re in.
If you are part of the “swing” camp (think box drill/wide rail) then lifting the elbow and orienting the arm...
my current opinion is that if you are of the “pelvis is an anchor” camp where your only thought is to stop your forward momentum and keep your center of mass as far behind your plant foot as possible before swinging your arm you’re going to probably recruit thighmaster muscles naturally as a...
I’ve got my share of problems with it too lol. The ugly side about using this methodology primarily is that you waste time testing things that already have answers. For example, I could have saved myself a lot of heartache if I already knew about what squish the bug was and how internal rotation...
I would think it has more to do with coaches trying to find credibility/grounding for their teaching. With disc golf being relatively new I'm sure early coaching wanted to get its credibility from somewhere and the forward engineering finds its credibility in prior practices. Citing other sports...
I'll add my unsolicited $.02
On the coaching atmosphere:
"Steal like an art thief" is a saying that great coaches I learned from in tennis would say. They'd just openly say, "hey. Take this and use it with your players if it helps you." "Oh, here's my cause of error chart. Want me to send it...
You've actually written the answer here I believe.
Throwing sports that I can think of ALL push from behind the object in question at the last point of contact.
It's the same with a forehand since we are able to push it forward via the inside of the rim; the rim becomes the seams of the...
I’ve found it helpful to think about keeping the hand closed. This sounds silly, but if you think “don’t open the hand” it’s much harder than focusing on what a closed hand feels like. It’s better to focus on your fingers being pulled into the palm or pulling the rim of the disc into your palm...
My wife definitely doesn’t agree lol! But I’m definitely #discgolfrich in the fact that I am surviving off of disc golf income. If your definition of getting rich is the IRS views you as below poverty level then I made it.
For real though, part of my goal is to help get coaches a livable wage...
Makes sense. Most of my students I have a close relationship with and would volunteer information for the sake of research. I’m actually considering dropping student results here on the turn the key/flip the disc cue to provide evidence to its validity as a cue.
High level players and beginners...
Sorry. I stepped away from the thread. I’m not shy about these questions but created the AMA thread so people could ask them there.
Ideally the questions you are asking should have been posed by Sheep before his allegations and the whole conversation would have been avoided altogether...