Recent content by IowaDiscGolf

100 bucks at the emergency room is not bad for a co-pay to get in and out, insured. That sounds like a nasty wound. I did something similar, pierced my right calf a few years ago with a long honey locust spike. Disc golf can be hazardous. When I have a disc kick off a tree into water or...

I broke a sesamoid bone in my right foot with bad technique. For years I've been throwing RHBH with a sloppy pivot on the ball of my foot, and I over-pronate so it's on one edge of the ball of my foot. Early '09 it started really aching and I had to stay off it for a bit and try to change my...

I think I've done the left toe thing once but it was only an isolated incident. The right foot - I do both: bad technique AND twisting/grinding the bones. For my build/throw/etc. it's probably more appropriate to be pivoting through on the heel and only finishing - if at all - with a shift to...

Probably not gout then, probably just a sesamoid bone fracture or other connective tissue damage. There's a real slight dime-sized bruise that's appeared on the ball of the foot, almost unnoticeable. I'm going to ice it for a few days and really take it easy on it, and see how it responds to...

Great, that sounds like something to look forward to (gout.) LOL Seriously though, I've aggravated this injury many times, but this time's different. I bowled Saturday night and each day since it's gotten more tender to try and walk on. I'm going to ice it a couple more days and then go cough...

I haven't been to a podiatrist yet but I think this is the injury I've been fighting for six to eight months. After a hack bowling round last year, I think I hyper-extended the right big toe and then spent the spring and summer aggravating that first joint. Then last weekend I bowled, and now...

Everyone's anatomy is different. You might have a twelve-foot wingspan. I just can't get "lead" the shoulders with the hips consistently pivoting on the ball, plus it's painful to my foot. The air is pretty thin at 470'+, so I can't relate to what problems people encounter up there. Someday...

I also originally misunderstood the idea of heel pivot until I watched Dan's video again and again. After watching it and emulating that, I now notice that most players with good form and good distance naturally pivot like this and understand it. Now it makes me wonder how I ever threw more...

Yes, just falling through. Same here. It explains why my foot and knee would hurt while my throws were underpowered...all the energy was being absorbed by the body and joints instead of going into the hand and disc.

I use sets of identical discs for practice. Same weight, color and stamp, so that from one throw to another the only variables are human ones. My driver set is only three (3) because throwing a driver is more taxing and I want to concentrate on form rather than exercise at that moment. This...

I'm in the middle of switching to a heel pivot from a ball pivot, and the ball pivot was murder on my knee. Feels like more torque is absorbed by the joint with the ball pivot, whereas with the heel pivot that torque is transferred. Everyone's anatomy is different.

Nikko's putting style is pretty solid. http://blip.tv/file/1856070 at around 2:55 mark. Also watch his jumper at 4:10. Aside from that, yes hyzer putts can be dangerous if you show the belly of the disc to the wind. WHEEEE! UP and away.

Since changing my pivot and throw to follow the Blake/Beato method, I've found I almost have to use the power grip even with my thrashed flippy big beads Aviars. It instantly improved the flight of the disc so dramatically that I don't want to change it. It's exposed some real problems with my...

First two or three solid years I played this sport was learning the wrong way, trying to strong-arm stable and even overstable drivers into a straight flight path. I couldn't even throw a regular frisbee. It took a lot of frustration and reading articles and threads here on DGR to fix that. I...