Ok I've been working on my form a lot over the past few years and this year especially. I see a lot of people use this forum to keep track of their progress over the years so I thought for my first post I'd show my entire progression from 2017 to now including the advice I was given.
If you just want to see my most recent form and give advice on that it is the slow motion form at the bottom.
Here's my first form check that I posted to the disc golf subreddit in 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqs8qV8RBAY
And the advice I was given by a certain seabass22 on reddit:
"You are spinning out your hips before your weight shifts forward, need to lead more with your butt/weight into the plant, then swing. In the Hershyzer Drill you would be kicking the wall way before your butt hits it. The Door Frame Drill should put you in the same similar position leading with your weight more moving forward while pulling your shoulder and arm/disc further back into the plant."
Now in 2018 almost a year later I was throwing about 375 as my max but these two throws were my best, the one with the purple disc somehow went over 400 (which would take me another 2 years to accomplish) and the green one went 375.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ1J8xZqFKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUhBzS-7qk
And the advice I was given from Danny:
"I noticed two things. The first is footwork. You need to shift your weight over your toes so it's more natural for them to be in the correct orientation. Your left foot moves forwards sideways then turns sideways at the last second. And your front foot starts pointed towards the target then turns back at the last second. Make that intentional. Keep the left foot sideways and turn the front foot back. Don't take such a big step either. It's harder on your knees and means a less efficient rotation."
"The other thing I noticed was the grip lock. The disc comes out all kinds of funky. It's like wobbling and changes angles at the last second too. Looks like it's ripping off the pressure of your fingers into your palm rather than vertical pressure between your fingers and your thumb. Pinch the disc and you'll get a pivot out of your hand rather than a clumsy wobble."
(I said "I think the reason it went so far was because I delayed my hit longer than normal, which also caused it to go right.")
"Yeah I noticed you fully hit that one. You crushed it. The last thing is kind of a common issue even among the top throwers but it's something that can add consistency for everyone. That's angle integrity. Keep the disc on the angle you're throwing the whole time. So reach back on a hyzer, don't change the angle as you pull, and follow through on that hyzer angle."
I didn't make much progress from here for quite a while, I would stay at a 375 max until after I got this video lesson from Will Schusterick, and afterward I could throw 390 max.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSACo1gqpo&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=WillSchusterick
I was able to fix opening my hips early (which was advice seabass had given me 2 years ago...) and fixed my wrist being open as I reached back, but still couldn't get my lower body into the throw or fix the rest of the advice he gave.
In June of 2020 I took a live video lesson with Stokely wherein he basically told me to "stand up straight." And advice as simple as that got me to my current max distance throw of 411" flat in a field. But it still didn't help me figure out how to generate power from the lower body.
I am well aware that I haven't fixed everything I've been given advice on in the past. I just have so many different things I've tried to fix that many times I'll fix something and it won't really change my throw much and then when I move on to fix something else the last thing I fixed reverts. I've also tried to do some things I've been told I do wrong and just cannot figure out how to do them correctly. Anyway, enough excuses, here are some recent videos of me throwing
396' TL3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDyqrxqHr7I&feature=youtu.be
Trying to figure out how to get lower body power in my throw (Slow motion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4ELBDZm_w1
My fastest recorded speedgun throw, form looks pretty bad imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyq7rDL6zV0
And as a bonus, my fastest recorded forehand:
https://youtu.be/32CXvXatNrc
Alright, there's the wall of text. That's everything, I'm willing to try any advice you can throw at me. I've already put more than 1000 hours into form work, nothing wrong with another 1000.
P.S. Let me know if I should change anything in the post or remove any of the videos for whatever reason, this is my first post on the forum.
If you just want to see my most recent form and give advice on that it is the slow motion form at the bottom.
Here's my first form check that I posted to the disc golf subreddit in 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqs8qV8RBAY
And the advice I was given by a certain seabass22 on reddit:
"You are spinning out your hips before your weight shifts forward, need to lead more with your butt/weight into the plant, then swing. In the Hershyzer Drill you would be kicking the wall way before your butt hits it. The Door Frame Drill should put you in the same similar position leading with your weight more moving forward while pulling your shoulder and arm/disc further back into the plant."
Now in 2018 almost a year later I was throwing about 375 as my max but these two throws were my best, the one with the purple disc somehow went over 400 (which would take me another 2 years to accomplish) and the green one went 375.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ1J8xZqFKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUhBzS-7qk
And the advice I was given from Danny:
"I noticed two things. The first is footwork. You need to shift your weight over your toes so it's more natural for them to be in the correct orientation. Your left foot moves forwards sideways then turns sideways at the last second. And your front foot starts pointed towards the target then turns back at the last second. Make that intentional. Keep the left foot sideways and turn the front foot back. Don't take such a big step either. It's harder on your knees and means a less efficient rotation."
"The other thing I noticed was the grip lock. The disc comes out all kinds of funky. It's like wobbling and changes angles at the last second too. Looks like it's ripping off the pressure of your fingers into your palm rather than vertical pressure between your fingers and your thumb. Pinch the disc and you'll get a pivot out of your hand rather than a clumsy wobble."
(I said "I think the reason it went so far was because I delayed my hit longer than normal, which also caused it to go right.")
"Yeah I noticed you fully hit that one. You crushed it. The last thing is kind of a common issue even among the top throwers but it's something that can add consistency for everyone. That's angle integrity. Keep the disc on the angle you're throwing the whole time. So reach back on a hyzer, don't change the angle as you pull, and follow through on that hyzer angle."
I didn't make much progress from here for quite a while, I would stay at a 375 max until after I got this video lesson from Will Schusterick, and afterward I could throw 390 max.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSACo1gqpo&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=WillSchusterick
I was able to fix opening my hips early (which was advice seabass had given me 2 years ago...) and fixed my wrist being open as I reached back, but still couldn't get my lower body into the throw or fix the rest of the advice he gave.
In June of 2020 I took a live video lesson with Stokely wherein he basically told me to "stand up straight." And advice as simple as that got me to my current max distance throw of 411" flat in a field. But it still didn't help me figure out how to generate power from the lower body.
I am well aware that I haven't fixed everything I've been given advice on in the past. I just have so many different things I've tried to fix that many times I'll fix something and it won't really change my throw much and then when I move on to fix something else the last thing I fixed reverts. I've also tried to do some things I've been told I do wrong and just cannot figure out how to do them correctly. Anyway, enough excuses, here are some recent videos of me throwing
396' TL3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDyqrxqHr7I&feature=youtu.be
Trying to figure out how to get lower body power in my throw (Slow motion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce4ELBDZm_w1
My fastest recorded speedgun throw, form looks pretty bad imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyq7rDL6zV0
And as a bonus, my fastest recorded forehand:
https://youtu.be/32CXvXatNrc
Alright, there's the wall of text. That's everything, I'm willing to try any advice you can throw at me. I've already put more than 1000 hours into form work, nothing wrong with another 1000.
P.S. Let me know if I should change anything in the post or remove any of the videos for whatever reason, this is my first post on the forum.