hisdudeness47
Birdie Member
Hey guys, question about ze pump upcoming. Yesterday I had a really good headwind field session with a real focus on footwork. I've been jumping around with my walk/run up and preshot routine far too much. One day it's forward facing 5 step, the next it's a sideways 3 step. One day I'll pendulum and the next I'll be lock my elbow on my target line from the top and work around the disc. I have standstill days and I even played a round with a little crow hop in my x step the other day and shot a great -7 round. I'm a good player at this point, can throw a big distance, average under par, but I'm still feeling inconsistent with accuracy and rhythm. I'm always messing around with my swing and while it's good to experiment, I'm not getting comfortable. I probably have a semi-different swing every time I play tags.
Anyway, I think I found something I can rock with yesterday on the field. Haven't used it in a round yet. I'm curious if this is a rhythm I want. I should have filmed it. It's a 3 step approach where I start standing feet together pointing about 45 degrees from my target line. I take a strong first step with my right foot pointing 90 degrees from my target line. I'm putting serious weight on that FRONT foot. At the same time I'm taking that first step I start a firm ELBOW pump (not a disc pump, it's still back) and to an extent a hip pump right down my target line. I feel like these pumps sear that target line into my mind and body. Now, with my next step, my left foot X-step I feel like I'm still pumping my elbow/keeping it forward. I switch my weight onto my rear left toes in the x-step, start moving past my disc, and finish as normal. Oh my. Something special happened. I've never had a session where I started hitting lines with such consistency and this was in literal 25+ headwind. I was hitting near my cone targets at 150-300 with regularity and blasting my drivers on golf lines 375+. It was so pretty, these discs were coming out with such spin that they were essentially ignoring the wind. I really felt like this was helping with my timing/not starting my rear turn too quick. I was even adding a little hop by the end and increasing distance without losing my accuracy. Then I had to call it quits. Too many throws.
My question is this. This pump sequence is not prescribed like this. Uli talks about the pump happening DURING the X-step. What I am doing is essentially pumping/leaving my elbow forward for my first step AND the X-step. To step with the right and then pump during the X-step feels awkward and almost too quick for me. Starting the pump one step earlier feels like it gives me an extra step to lock into my target line. Keep in mind it's just a firm elbow pump and my disc is staying within my shoulder frame right at my chest until the final step. I'm not having that "pumping early on the wrong step and turning back too early" result like Uli says. In fact quite the opposite.
Is it unusual/inefficient to essentially start ZE PUMP a step early? Any pros kind of do this? Should I really work on saving that pump for the X-step only? Just because I was hitting good strong lines doesn't mean a ton to me yet. I've had a good days before where it was lost the next. However, this did happen right after throwing repeated inconsistent and nose up headwind ducks with my "old form". Same session. Maybe I found a tweak that could work for me that I can use going forward? Dunno!
I hope I explained that decently enough so you can picture it.
Anyway, I think I found something I can rock with yesterday on the field. Haven't used it in a round yet. I'm curious if this is a rhythm I want. I should have filmed it. It's a 3 step approach where I start standing feet together pointing about 45 degrees from my target line. I take a strong first step with my right foot pointing 90 degrees from my target line. I'm putting serious weight on that FRONT foot. At the same time I'm taking that first step I start a firm ELBOW pump (not a disc pump, it's still back) and to an extent a hip pump right down my target line. I feel like these pumps sear that target line into my mind and body. Now, with my next step, my left foot X-step I feel like I'm still pumping my elbow/keeping it forward. I switch my weight onto my rear left toes in the x-step, start moving past my disc, and finish as normal. Oh my. Something special happened. I've never had a session where I started hitting lines with such consistency and this was in literal 25+ headwind. I was hitting near my cone targets at 150-300 with regularity and blasting my drivers on golf lines 375+. It was so pretty, these discs were coming out with such spin that they were essentially ignoring the wind. I really felt like this was helping with my timing/not starting my rear turn too quick. I was even adding a little hop by the end and increasing distance without losing my accuracy. Then I had to call it quits. Too many throws.
My question is this. This pump sequence is not prescribed like this. Uli talks about the pump happening DURING the X-step. What I am doing is essentially pumping/leaving my elbow forward for my first step AND the X-step. To step with the right and then pump during the X-step feels awkward and almost too quick for me. Starting the pump one step earlier feels like it gives me an extra step to lock into my target line. Keep in mind it's just a firm elbow pump and my disc is staying within my shoulder frame right at my chest until the final step. I'm not having that "pumping early on the wrong step and turning back too early" result like Uli says. In fact quite the opposite.
Is it unusual/inefficient to essentially start ZE PUMP a step early? Any pros kind of do this? Should I really work on saving that pump for the X-step only? Just because I was hitting good strong lines doesn't mean a ton to me yet. I've had a good days before where it was lost the next. However, this did happen right after throwing repeated inconsistent and nose up headwind ducks with my "old form". Same session. Maybe I found a tweak that could work for me that I can use going forward? Dunno!
I hope I explained that decently enough so you can picture it.
