you are still turning your head ahead of your body so there's no anchor to swing and release your arm from.
In your backswing you are moving your body and arm all away from the target at the same time. You need an equal and opposite motion to load, so your body moves targetward while the arm/disc stays in place or moves backward.
I've had some time to think about some of these concepts and I'm still reaching some issues in understanding/implementation.
If the head is an anchor point, does that mean I should feel as though my shoulders are turning around my spine while my head stays in place? Is this a feeling I'll have to resist to keep it there or should that come naturally when other aspects of the throw are correct?
I think I've reached a point where I understand what I'm doing wrong, I just don't know what exactly to adjust. What feeling I should be getting in different areas at different times.
Bracing, I think is troublesome for me for two reasons. I was a right handed hitter in baseball so everything feels really weird to recreate a lefty's swing. This also seems to be something that's mostly done by "feel".
Some questions on bracing:
Should the brace feel like I'm trying to balance all the weight transfer into my heel? Will I feel like I'm just balancing on one foot? I can do the can crush drill, but often I look like my weight is to far back and to my right.
Does that mean I should aim to have the weight transfer more inside my plant leg thigh? When I practice a brace, no pivot or disc in hand, I feel pressure on my outside hip/lower butt but I don't feel that being transferred into a more forceful throw so I figure that must not be right.
Some other ?s:
I know that forward weight transfer shouldn't begin until after planting. Should I be transferring weight at the exact same time as turning my rear leg inwards? Turning the rear leg inwards, should this feel like I'm trying to fold my hips in half but my plant leg is resisting until the pivot happens?
Sorry for so many questions at once. I really don't have anyone to bounce things off of except for one buddy I play with regularly. Yes better than I am and has cleaner form, but isn't great at explaining what he's feeling or what/when he's doing things.
I think I may have fixed some of my grip issues while having a long discussion on grip with a friend. It definitely feels more comfortable and I threw a 300' drive when I had a good nosedown release.
I was hoping to be a little further in practice than this by now. I have a tournament next week in Frankfort, KY. I feel I haven't made as much progress as I would like but I do feel I'm further along than a few months ago when I registered for it.
I will say that since taking on this endeavor my accuracy has greatly increased since my days of strong arming every throw. Then, I hit my line maybe 3 or 4 times out of ten. Now it's more like 7 to 8 out of ten.
Thanks again SW and everyone else.