StupendousMan
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Hey All,
Have lurked here for a hot minute, finally made an account. Grateful for any and all form help. I'm going to attach 5 videos below, 1 old one and 4 current (different camera angles and speeds). The old video is the furthest throw I've ever had. It went ~507. I'd say the form was relatively typical for me at that time with a little longer last step, and hit some random lightning in a bottle launch angle/disc/nose angle/wind moment that pushed it over 5. Realistically, last season my "golf course" distance was around 300 putters, 330 mids, 350-70 fairways, and 380-420 drivers. In the field messing around, add about 30 feet to each of those, but to say they were wildly uncontrollable at the futher distances would be putting it a little too mild . Few outlier throws over 450 now and again.
The battle: I live in Saskatchewan. We have winter. Lots of it, and it's cold as hell. I tried to not play outside much this winter since the cold temperature warps my mechanics too much. (Not even the clothing, my cold tolerance is pretty strong so I'm not exactly all bulked up full of winter clothes, but the temperature just makes it harder to keep things loose and warm) and spent most of it throwing into the garage net. Worked on some things I was pretty sure were wrong, and some other things developed. Now, the hard part, is I don't have a tech disc. (Yet). So, I've got no clue what has been working and what hasn't. We're about 2 weeks from enough snow gone to do field work. My main goal in the off season was to reduce rounding and air bouncing, both problems I had big time a lot last year.
Things I'm aware of:
My internal rotation in my hips is hot garbage. Especially in my left (trail) leg. Like, really, really, really bad. I've tried shortening my x-step a TON and really focusing on rotating my leg internally to keep that foot from rotating so far externally, but it's simply not capable of holding it right now. I'm working on it, among a million other mobility issues, but what you see is what you get right now, it's simply not physically possible to keep it rotated internally beyond standstill throws at the moment. My best guess is we're about 2-3 months away from that being possible.
The launch angle is lower throwing into a net. I've tried recently to target a bit higher on the launch angle
My garage is messy. But, I have plenty of room to throw and lift weights, so I'm happy.
Anyways, I've learned a ton just from reading this place, but would be grateful for any help!
507 2023 Shot
Side View Full Speed Clip
Side View Slow Motion
Rear View Full Speed Clip
Rear View Slow Motion
Have lurked here for a hot minute, finally made an account. Grateful for any and all form help. I'm going to attach 5 videos below, 1 old one and 4 current (different camera angles and speeds). The old video is the furthest throw I've ever had. It went ~507. I'd say the form was relatively typical for me at that time with a little longer last step, and hit some random lightning in a bottle launch angle/disc/nose angle/wind moment that pushed it over 5. Realistically, last season my "golf course" distance was around 300 putters, 330 mids, 350-70 fairways, and 380-420 drivers. In the field messing around, add about 30 feet to each of those, but to say they were wildly uncontrollable at the futher distances would be putting it a little too mild . Few outlier throws over 450 now and again.
The battle: I live in Saskatchewan. We have winter. Lots of it, and it's cold as hell. I tried to not play outside much this winter since the cold temperature warps my mechanics too much. (Not even the clothing, my cold tolerance is pretty strong so I'm not exactly all bulked up full of winter clothes, but the temperature just makes it harder to keep things loose and warm) and spent most of it throwing into the garage net. Worked on some things I was pretty sure were wrong, and some other things developed. Now, the hard part, is I don't have a tech disc. (Yet). So, I've got no clue what has been working and what hasn't. We're about 2 weeks from enough snow gone to do field work. My main goal in the off season was to reduce rounding and air bouncing, both problems I had big time a lot last year.
Things I'm aware of:
My internal rotation in my hips is hot garbage. Especially in my left (trail) leg. Like, really, really, really bad. I've tried shortening my x-step a TON and really focusing on rotating my leg internally to keep that foot from rotating so far externally, but it's simply not capable of holding it right now. I'm working on it, among a million other mobility issues, but what you see is what you get right now, it's simply not physically possible to keep it rotated internally beyond standstill throws at the moment. My best guess is we're about 2-3 months away from that being possible.
The launch angle is lower throwing into a net. I've tried recently to target a bit higher on the launch angle
My garage is messy. But, I have plenty of room to throw and lift weights, so I'm happy.
Anyways, I've learned a ton just from reading this place, but would be grateful for any help!
507 2023 Shot
Side View Full Speed Clip
Side View Slow Motion
Rear View Full Speed Clip
Rear View Slow Motion