Let's add an entry to the learning diary. I feel I am right next to a big breakthrough regarding the weight shift and bracing. I write this that it reminds me later and might help somebody reading this thread.
I think the form learning process goes so that you have a some sort of mental image about how the form should look and feel. A right-looking form is quite easy distinguish, everybody even without knowing the sport can easily say who has better form, Eagle or me. But breaking that into smaller components and further knowing how it should feel is obviously a way harder task. And even harder is to hammer that mental image and feeling into the practice and throw far with a good form. (The hardest thing is probably conceptualizing all this and teaching it around the internet.)
Developing the mental image and feeling and the actual throwing form is an incremental process. You think you know how something should feel and try it out on the field. You watch videos and get corrected and both the mental and actual throw take a step further. This process might also force you to step back occasionally and forget and relearn other things.
One thing holding me back I think is a mistake in thinking unconsciously that by adapting one or two right form elements cause me throw further immediately in field sessions. I have developed a standstill form, where instead of bracing onto the front leg, I sort of spin around or over it. And, well, in relation to anything I did before that, it has been relatively good. Not good in absolute terms, but farther and more accurate than what I have been able to perform earlier. So, anything I did, like throwing a hammer, ewalking and so on helped me to understand the weight shift, but eventually I wanted to throw far in each session, so I continued with my bad habits and were able to throw maybe 30' further than with a form having some right elements on it but which otherwise is very inadequate.
But now I have a feeling that I might be able to push myself beyond that threshold. All this is only talk as far as I have not accomplished anything with a disc in my hand, but this feels very promising and also inspiring. This video has been particularly helpful.
I have been now messing around with varying degrees of stagger in standstill throws and also ditched the small plant step for a while now. Here are two videos from today's session, one with very big stagger and another with moderate. The foot pivot and followthrough leave a lot to improve, but I focused more on the weight shift.
I think the form learning process goes so that you have a some sort of mental image about how the form should look and feel. A right-looking form is quite easy distinguish, everybody even without knowing the sport can easily say who has better form, Eagle or me. But breaking that into smaller components and further knowing how it should feel is obviously a way harder task. And even harder is to hammer that mental image and feeling into the practice and throw far with a good form. (The hardest thing is probably conceptualizing all this and teaching it around the internet.)
Developing the mental image and feeling and the actual throwing form is an incremental process. You think you know how something should feel and try it out on the field. You watch videos and get corrected and both the mental and actual throw take a step further. This process might also force you to step back occasionally and forget and relearn other things.
One thing holding me back I think is a mistake in thinking unconsciously that by adapting one or two right form elements cause me throw further immediately in field sessions. I have developed a standstill form, where instead of bracing onto the front leg, I sort of spin around or over it. And, well, in relation to anything I did before that, it has been relatively good. Not good in absolute terms, but farther and more accurate than what I have been able to perform earlier. So, anything I did, like throwing a hammer, ewalking and so on helped me to understand the weight shift, but eventually I wanted to throw far in each session, so I continued with my bad habits and were able to throw maybe 30' further than with a form having some right elements on it but which otherwise is very inadequate.
But now I have a feeling that I might be able to push myself beyond that threshold. All this is only talk as far as I have not accomplished anything with a disc in my hand, but this feels very promising and also inspiring. This video has been particularly helpful.
I have been now messing around with varying degrees of stagger in standstill throws and also ditched the small plant step for a while now. Here are two videos from today's session, one with very big stagger and another with moderate. The foot pivot and followthrough leave a lot to improve, but I focused more on the weight shift.
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