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Wait longer to pull so your weight is more forward. Also keep the disc closer to your pec and lead with the elbow more. Your reachback is off line with your shot also.
Check out some footage of the pros on youtube. The overwhelming majoity spin on their heels.
I believe you may be getting the nose up on the disc. If you look at this picture, it looks like the orientation of the disc is different than what you would see in other peoples throws.
It seems like you'd get more weight forward when you're on the ball of the foot vs the heel. Hmm...
Pivoting on the heel makes it easier to clear the hips. You can pivot on the ball of your foot, but it is a lot easier to jam the hips.
Two things you said stuck with me as true: 1) Keeping the weight forward. I noticed that I spin on my heel and I think I'd read somewhere that you want to be spinning on the ball of your plant foot. I think I'm right about that. 2) Lead with the elbow. How can I do that more? I try to keep my arm up to keep from popping the disc up and when this is done, your elbow naturally comes up. Is there another way of doing this?
I think that when the elbow thing happens, the disc will be closer to the chest. I know that is and has been a weakness of mine.
I don't think the reachback is offline at all. I was aiming at the middle tree in the distance and letting the disc fall toward the basket on the left.
Daniel
Keep your elbow higher around the shoulders and elbow higher than the disc at the hit. Make sure the elbow passes the shoulder before you extend the lower arm. Think shoulder lean(leading with the shoulder) to get the shoulder lower to the elbow for getting more weight forward with a later pull. You swing your lower arm around before that(pull later) which is not right pec position. If you look at the disc from your reach back to the hit, it curves around, it should be a straight line(you are reaching around or too much reach). At the release point the disc is almost 2ft away from your body.
Heel pivot is better than the ball, but your weight is back so its not harnessing the power from the hips. Its a reverse pivot.
Yours is not quite as dramatic as the vid, once you get your forward it shouldn't be much an issue. If you look at your follow through your left hip and shoulder finish high. The disc comes out hyzer, but looks like you torque it.