Well hello there. Over three years ago I posted this thread asking for help so maybe now is a good time to continue.
Long story short, after november 2020 I lost interest in disc golf due to various reasons but this spring I took up disc golf again. Man I forgot how much fun this game can be. Anyways, I took some video of my form yesterday and well, my form still looked exactly same. Just for reference, my form yesterday:
Looks pretty similar to November 2020, doesn't it? (Yeah, the camera angles are still weird, I'm sorry)
So I read this thread's advice again and focused on
1) Delaying my reach back
2) getting a smoother x-step (In fact, I think I should be practicing from a standstill at this point)
3) not tipping over
4) just overall throwing more relaxed and not strong arming the disc
Today, due to various reasons, I wasn't able to put in field work but rather had to just play the course. However, I think that may have been good for me, because playing on the course I was able to better focus on just throwing smooth instead of distance. After playing two rounds, the field next to the course finally cleared of football players (real football, not the "foot"ball you play with your hands) and I got some field work in. And I got some footage with a better camera angle than my previous videos:
Well, the camera angle could still be better. I'm gonna have to have my friend film me next week so at least then I will definitely get some quality footage.
Looking at these videos now, there doesn't seem to be a lot of difference between yesterday and today, but for whatever reason my discs were flying way further today than yesterday, and just overall the throws felt more effortless. My distance ranged anywhere between 200 feet to 330.
Some thoughts I have about my form:
1) I think I'm still tipping over but maybe not as bad as I used to. (Yet again, the camera angle could be better)
I think my tipping over issue comes from trying to shift my weight to right leg too early (can be clearly seen in my november 20 video), but if I delay the weight shift I start rounding. At least it feels like this way.
2) the latter video shows how my left leg pushes backwards as I'm releasing the disc. Kind of "spinning" on place.
3) I'm still definitely rounding, I know because sometimes my discs were releasing way to the left or grip locking to right, but sometimes the disc released straight ahead, really ripping off my fingers (and it felt amazing, how come these throws also flew the furthest...)
So I guess what I'm asking is:
Do these camera angles give a better insight on what I should fix? Or should I still continue fixing the things I was adviced in this thread more than three years ago?
Does my form look at all better than it used to?
Do you think maybe I should have given this a few more days and see where my form goes, but I got too excited from picking up this sport again that I just had to post this