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Trey133 said:
dgdave said:They are a big part of my game, but I don't throw them a ton. When I do, I feel very confident in them. That for thumbers. Not so much on tommies.
Mark Ellis said:There is a terminology problem inherent in this discussion. There is a shot known as an OverHEAD (Thumbers & Tomahawks) and a shot known as an OverHAND (Overhand Wrist Flip aka Chickenwing).
dgdave said:They are a big part of my game, but I don't throw them a ton. When I do, I feel very confident in them. That for thumbers. Not so much on tommies.
jsun3thousand said:Mark Ellis said:There is a terminology problem inherent in this discussion. There is a shot known as an OverHEAD (Thumbers & Tomahawks) and a shot known as an OverHAND (Overhand Wrist Flip aka Chickenwing).
In your own video Monty Koz calls his thumber an overhead (~2:09) and an overhand (~2:15) shot. Unless 70% of his shots are chickenwings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ZQbxrr1v8
tigel said:I've never heard of a chickenwing, and I've always looked at grenades as just a tweaked thumber/tomahawk that doesn't fully rotate.
scoot_er said:Matt Dollar does it better than anyone I have seen and that includes my limited experience with Schweb. Guy throws it on 80% of his drives and shapes some sweet lines.
plastic_fondler said:I'd venture to say most players that use overhead throws as a majority of their throws are doing themselves a disservice by not learning to throw bh or fh more confidently. That being said...these throws are great for certain terrain, whether landing or going over trees. My shoulder are too toast to throw these as our bodies only have a limited number of these to use daily and in total.
My favorite story is the San Diego kid named Carl that broke his arm twice when throwing a thumber. Also worth mentioning, overheads require more focus on your leading plant foot is to not foot fault ala fh's due to your plant foot being straight up vs. side to side ala bh. Check out the discraft overhead vid at 2:31 where Koz foot faults on his thumber.