Form analysis to reach nuke city

Back again!!!

So I've been fiddling with a lot of drills, analysing myself and realised that I'm waaaay too open at release. So I've decided to work on that.
I've been throwing in the net so far and purely focusing on release. I have not yet tried to throw a disc in the field.

Would love to hear your opinion on upper body mechanics :). Am I on the correct path?



P.S. Sorry that you cannot see feet, I've limited amount of space.
 
I noticed when practicing my release being more closed that my left leg swoops in quite a lot. Can there be too much left leg swoop?
 
I tried a field session and came back to my old ways straight away.

I was wondering, from what you can see on lower body does it look okayish when throwing in the net?
It feels like i bounce back in brace which then with upper body swings me a little bit around.



Is this bounce what should aim for?

Do I aim for a rear leg to come in so much as well or is it too much? I could tell the on the field my rear leg just stays behind and drags.
 
For lower body Q specifically:

I think overall you are kind of trying to force the braced tilt from the very beginning of the move, but that also means that a lot of your posture is getting in its own way.

1. You are stepping on your X-step and then rising up, rather than being tall or hopping higher in the step before the X-step (I like to call it the "prep step") and then carrying your momentum forward and down. Yours is more subtle than this, but you are tipping over rather than shifting underneath.
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Compare to Simon. Notice his more centered posture and motion of his body and relative height of his head rising in the "prep step." The tilt is part of the overall movement pattern rather than forced throughout.

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2. Your upper body is tilted away rather than centered and "stacked" on the legs (crush the can drills, Turbo Encabulator), and your spine and pelvis are pitched way forward up toward the sky rather than being prepared for an athletic "attack" on the line.

Don't worry, there are solutions.

As a grizzled driller, I think you need to pick one thing and work on it until you never have to think about it again. I would probably recommend:
- Doing some work on Hershyzer to adjust your posture for when you start to leverage off the X-step. Get feedback on the details to make your body learn to do it! Then do it with more and more momentum until it's very comfortable.
- Double Dragon for the "north-south" part of the tilt.

For you I'd estimate at least 3 weeks after getting posture feedback.

Here's a breakdown of some lingo you might encounter around DGCR with the associated "drill map" for the space of problems they work on. "Crushing cans" is implicit in all of these.
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Sooo, back again.

I kept on working, doing drills and this is what it looks like so far, keep in mind I dont have enough space for full walkup throw.

 
You are landing very crouched on left leg and then extending way up on it, instead of landing upright on rear leg and dropping down. You need to your rear knee to bend when you extend the ankle, like walking.

Sometimes it helps to leave video in real time instead of slow mo. In general things looking better. Still some APT/spine extension posture to work on.

On Ewalk drill step further forward toward camera with feet closer inline, instead of wider steps.

On your throw, you land left foot, drop, rise, drop. It should be landing tall and dropping lower into plant without the rise again. Might help to try Moser's crow hop, hopping off left foot and then landing on it.




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You need to your rear knee to bend when you extend the ankle, like walking.
What do you mean by extending ankle? I tried messing around and trying the gas pedal thing with rear foot, but it kinda sends my hips in rotation straight away.


How do you get rear leg to bend?


P.S. here is a better video of my current throw not involving raising in the xstep.
 
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You are jumping/extending off the rear leg and tilting/tipping your spine over top the front hip, instead of coiling/tilting back into rear leg and shifting from behind. Note how my rear foot everts and rolls inward and bent knee/hip swivels forward underneath like Swivel Chair Drill, it's not just extending the ankle. Note how your rear knee/hip is extended which tilts/tips your spine over, note how my rear hip/knee drop/hang forward and spine is tilted back and braced ground up on the front leg. My shift between my feet is much more compact changing tilt back and forth much quicker like a shifty running back. You are trying to make a massive shift between your feet and getting stuck tipping back and forth the opposite direction and would be slow to change direction.
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Im having trouble finding video the one you had with hershyzer setup then a step into brace with a disk. Like a full movement almost.
 
Im having trouble finding video the one you had with hershyzer setup then a step into brace with a disk. Like a full movement almost.
Hmm not sure... was I in my basement or throwing outside? Maybe this one.
 
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