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I was thinking a little about this today and came up with the following list of the things that I think a thrower can control as it relates to the movement of a golf disc after it is thrown:
1) Disc direction.
2) Disc travel speed (i.e., how fast it is thrown).
3) Disc spin rate.
4) Angle of attack (i.e., nose up/down in relation to item 1)
5) Hyzer/Anhyzer angle.
6) Orientation of the spin axis in relation to disc plane (i.e., whether it wobbles).
I propose that no matter what you do or how you think about what you are doing to the disc when you throw it, ultimately, these are the only things you can control about the state of the disc after it leaves your hand and that everything else is external to the throw like wind, disc shape, disc weight, etc. Is there anything I'm missing? Occasionaly I see descriptions of what people claim to be doing to the disc with a throw with no clear explanation of what they mean and want to ask which of the 6^ aspects they are talking about.
1) Disc direction.
2) Disc travel speed (i.e., how fast it is thrown).
3) Disc spin rate.
4) Angle of attack (i.e., nose up/down in relation to item 1)
5) Hyzer/Anhyzer angle.
6) Orientation of the spin axis in relation to disc plane (i.e., whether it wobbles).
I propose that no matter what you do or how you think about what you are doing to the disc when you throw it, ultimately, these are the only things you can control about the state of the disc after it leaves your hand and that everything else is external to the throw like wind, disc shape, disc weight, etc. Is there anything I'm missing? Occasionaly I see descriptions of what people claim to be doing to the disc with a throw with no clear explanation of what they mean and want to ask which of the 6^ aspects they are talking about.