slowplastic
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Really, all shots...backhand, forehand, putts. This has been a huge revelation in my game, and it has taken me way too long to understand even though people like Sidewinder22 have been showing it so properly through so many drills. I just didn't see it the right way for too long. It shows up again and again, but if you don't shift your weight right, "from behind", you aren't really shifting your weight at all. If you don't know what means then hopefully this can help a few people get started.
Different things click for different people so I'll try a few different illustrations. There are a few threads on this (and tons of drills). For example here: https://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118948
I posted some ideas in another thread but they are likely hard to find for most people, so I thought it'd be worth re-posting some things here in one place, along with a few more ideas.
But basically, if you feel how to shift your weight "from behind" it lets you set up the brace correctly and feel a strong connection through your body and to the disc (I feel this most clearly in forehands so far). This works in backhand, forehand, and putts. Here is a partial re-post of my explanation:
So the part that really clicked for me starts at 3:25 of this video. Focus on how he says the weight is on the inside of rear foot, where the tension in the leg is, how you can reach back while feeling that pressure/tension. Feeling how pushing with the rear leg helped me reach back in the same motion was when it really made sense.
This is how it feels in a throw...you are balanced over your feet but you drive your rear hip/left butt towards the target (the arrow is meant to be parallel to the ground) while the right arm is turning back. Don't focus on rotation forward, don't focus on shifting quickly, just push that left butt towards the target. When your right arm goes back it's pretty equal/opposite and you should be in great balance.
I then feel like I drive off my left instep in that direction and once my front foot is planted everything still rotates easily, but it automatically delays the reachback because the motion goes hand in hand with how you are turning your hips and the direction you are shifting your weight.
The important thing is do NOT think "walk backwards" or "face target with butt". It's the last step that you should feel this load on your left instep, feel the left thigh engage, and turn back to allow for this shift underneath/behind towards the target on line. The door frame drill helps you turn at the right time and feel how the reachback and shift are opposite and at the same time.
Here's another image, I really feel like it's loading off your left instep straight at the target (which is behind the front foot), and directing your left butt/hip straight at the target. The upper arrow is meant to be his left butt (view blocked because of angle), not his right hip.
In the Turbo Encabulator video you can see how SW22 embellishes the spine angle with a pool cue, which is supported by his plant leg at the shift and angled backward while tilted athletically over the toes. Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxnhM5amro0
Different things click for different people so I'll try a few different illustrations. There are a few threads on this (and tons of drills). For example here: https://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118948
I posted some ideas in another thread but they are likely hard to find for most people, so I thought it'd be worth re-posting some things here in one place, along with a few more ideas.
But basically, if you feel how to shift your weight "from behind" it lets you set up the brace correctly and feel a strong connection through your body and to the disc (I feel this most clearly in forehands so far). This works in backhand, forehand, and putts. Here is a partial re-post of my explanation:
So the part that really clicked for me starts at 3:25 of this video. Focus on how he says the weight is on the inside of rear foot, where the tension in the leg is, how you can reach back while feeling that pressure/tension. Feeling how pushing with the rear leg helped me reach back in the same motion was when it really made sense.
This is how it feels in a throw...you are balanced over your feet but you drive your rear hip/left butt towards the target (the arrow is meant to be parallel to the ground) while the right arm is turning back. Don't focus on rotation forward, don't focus on shifting quickly, just push that left butt towards the target. When your right arm goes back it's pretty equal/opposite and you should be in great balance.
I then feel like I drive off my left instep in that direction and once my front foot is planted everything still rotates easily, but it automatically delays the reachback because the motion goes hand in hand with how you are turning your hips and the direction you are shifting your weight.
The important thing is do NOT think "walk backwards" or "face target with butt". It's the last step that you should feel this load on your left instep, feel the left thigh engage, and turn back to allow for this shift underneath/behind towards the target on line. The door frame drill helps you turn at the right time and feel how the reachback and shift are opposite and at the same time.
Here's another image, I really feel like it's loading off your left instep straight at the target (which is behind the front foot), and directing your left butt/hip straight at the target. The upper arrow is meant to be his left butt (view blocked because of angle), not his right hip.
In the Turbo Encabulator video you can see how SW22 embellishes the spine angle with a pool cue, which is supported by his plant leg at the shift and angled backward while tilted athletically over the toes. Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxnhM5amro0