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Do it! Just hammering responsibly. The 720 olympic hammer part might make you throw up regardless of BAC.
Thanks. I will look into these. I have a month until next tournament so I have some time to change things up. So feel free to fire away.I was reluctant to say much since I know you're competing right now, but I do think this will help you fix a few problems at once. I think you are fundamentally leaving much of the potential power out of your core/weight shift/oblique slings on the table lacking side bend in any case.*
1. Nose over toes: Yes. Don't take the head too far. Could be that more "nose over toes" makes you do it automatically in transition, maybe not. Worth a try. Play with it in the drills too with the throwing shoulder backswinging lower than the off arm shoulder.
2. Front hip clear: yes.**
*Practical point: I'm reluctant to give you this advice because I know you've been competing meanwhile, and trying to throw discs straighter and flatter. Notice that if you try to fix this, you are probably going to have trouble with your "straight" angles at first if you commit to this change because it changes the throw axis. All of those pros I picked above were throwing somewhere close to 'straight and flat,' so you can see the side bend is a feature and not a bug. They do tend to have somewhere between 10-20 deg. hyzer depending on the shot power and rely on a bit of flip. On power shots you would be able to pursue your "straight" shots with your -1 turn discs and just change the disc speed. So if you don't like it in the short run and put more value competing, you might back off of it. But I think you're going to have a power limit if you don't fix it in the long run.
**Theoretical + practical point for learning posture & sequence: I've been looking at this a lot again relative to the front hip clear after talking to a couple more coaches. Wiggins' front hip is already starting to power the shot as his foot is hitting the ground. He's got some athletic resistance in that leg as he lands from the toe up, which is exactly synced with his move out of the backswing. It's beautiful. Notice that despite all that force he's bringing in the action is smooth because of how well postured he is. This is one benefit of being athletically balanced in general:
McBeth's form emphasizes a bit more hip/shoulder separation than Wiggins', which some coaches think might be less efficient and harder on the body if you take it too far. Notice in McBeth's move, he doesn't really seem to start exiting the backswing until after his leading heel is all the way in the "crush", whereas Wiggins' sequence begins exiting the backswing slightly earlier. But fundamentally they are both getting insane ground contact+"posting up" into the front hip clear to lead the swing. I like this angle because you can see why McBeth calls his distance drives "violent" on the body. Watch how much impact and clear his front hip gets, even pushing him "up" hard against the ground. It's possibly "better" to be closer to Wiggins' move from an efficiency perspective, but educational to learn from both and tinker a bit what fits to your body. If you watch McBeth over the years it's clear he has played around with this too.
In any case you want to fish around in this space because you still need those oblique slings in the game, which requires some (1) side bend and some leverage for the backswing against the rear leg while shifting forward and (2) getting that sweet ground leverage in posture. FWIW my longest drives are when I connect those two things at this point.
What do the courses around you demand?
We have a mix of courses around here ranging from open bomber courses and wooded technical courses and a lot of in between. Most holes around 300ft. It would be nice to throw mids up to 350+ to reach most holes. Distance isn't really about throwing farther but throwing with less power with slower discs. That's the real advantage during tournaments. Also, it would be nice to birdie some holes on longer courses.
This makes a lot of sense to me based on what I see. I think if you don't get the rear leg working like that, it's harder for the front leg to work correctly too. Also part of why your rear leg doesn't want to counterbalance in behind you, and part of why you're having trouble getting the throwing shoulder lower than the rear shoulder.
Mostly throw buzzes. I have a flippy one , a straighter one, and a newer stable one. And an M1 if I need more over stable.
Interesting. Is the baseball thing a trick question? Griffey looks more smooth and effortless while Harper looks more powerful and athletic. But I think they both hit hard. Doesn't look like Griffey is loading as much.This makes a lot of sense to me based on what I see. I think if you don't get the rear leg working like that, it's harder for the front leg to work correctly too. Also part of why your rear leg doesn't want to counterbalance in behind you, and part of why you're having trouble getting the throwing shoulder lower than the rear shoulder.
It helped me a lot to "throw more like a lumberjack than a surgeon" when working on this part like SW said somewhere above. I really had to get my rear leg to be much more athletic and involved in the backswing like you're saying. IMO it's actually doing a lot of work in the backswing in a power drive - it just might not look like it in tippy top form because their balance and coordination is so good already.
Now ask yourself: would you rather have Bryce Harper's move, or Griffey Jr's (this is not intended as a vertical/horizontal thought exercise, but a drive leg loading & move & balance one).
