FWIW I'll get back to a practical comment again.
One thing I learned from the recent discussion is that I guess my brain/body works somewhere between Neil and Jaani's (I think):
1. I can simultaneously be more precise in what I say, measure, or think (Neil's point, and why I tend to mark up diagrams-plus I find it fun) and
2. Be totally comfortable with what works for me and KISS (Jaani's point).
It's surprising to me how many people seem to just be unable to imagine an analytical person can move between analytical mode and KISS mode.
I can walk up to a tee and choose a disc and throw with 0 prep on any level just fine if I feel like or am rushed for time.
Or I can do an in between and walk up to a tee and in less than 10 seconds look at 3 gaps and imagine a few shot shapes for each gap and then go through 10 checklist items mentally (wind, disc stability, general hyzer amount, launch amount (Y aim point), X aim point, general nose amount, speed amount, runup speed, runup angle, plant location, tee traction) and then
just throw freely after that since the checklist is complete and it wouldn't be obvious that I was being that analytical. For an analytical person, running through a checklist like this routinely is the fastest way to ingraining it into intuition to where it becomes second nature, imo.
Or, I could spend a long time if I want to more exhaustively analyze things if I feel like it. Say for example I've messed up a particular hole multiple times when I didn't used to, I can spend extra time considering many factors as to why that may have happen and brainstorm some ideas to address try to address the issue in a different way than the first few easy thoughts that I had already tried after the couple previous mess ups.
I don't want to end up being someone who is reduced to having to say "idk, I just do it", that's very unsatisfying to me and is also typically a very unsatisfying answer to most people.
@disc-golf-neil curious what you intend with S curve since I have seen that apply in different ways. I usually thought "S
shot" was to used to describe a hyzer that starts on the left side of the fairway, flips and pans right, and then fades back at the end (my favorite shot).
Here is Innova's glossary of terms. Don't need to treat that like a holy book obviously, just know you like terms.
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I said "S curve" and not "S shot" because I wasn't using a shot name but was focusing on the shape. I could've been more clear by adding the word "shape" or flight path in there.
I only briefly looked at the glossary once early on then noticed everyone was very liberal with the terms and didn't re-reference it to commit to all to memory.
What's confusing is how a shot SHAPE become a shot NAME (S Shot) but the definition says an S shot is with an understable disc, despite the fact that the S shape can be done with OS, S / neutral, and US discs. So then there is "Flex shot" which is an Overstable disc S shape flight. So then when someone throws an S shape using a neutral / stable (not OS) disc, it gets shoehorned into one of the two definitions and blurs the lines.
There's no easy way to be more precise because in person the disc flips so fast on hard throws so most of the time the first most prominent thing noticed is that it's turning (so it's labeled as anhyzer release) unless watching very actively and not passively. So people can't easily more accurately definite it as hyzer release S shape | flat release S shape | anhyzer release S shape. With those 3 categories there's still confusion though, because a hyzer release S shape could either be overpowering the speed of an OS disc released on hyzer so that it flips and turns (as seen in distance comps), or it was a US disc thrown closer to it's speed rating released on hyzer and that's why it flipped and turned.