Heimburg's pre-backhand disc fidget

[isamoor]

So Mr Heimburg is of course one of the greatest disc golfers of all time. My body shape is nothing like his, and I've got at least a decade of additional age as well. So most of the time Calvin is not a pro I try to emulate much. I love watching him play, but I largely just appreciate the spectating.

However, in my continued nose angle fun, I did stumble upon one of Calvin's quirks that work for me. Before he throws a backhand, he often grabs the disc in his throwing hand, then flicks the disc up against his off hand. Often while being otherwise stationary and visualizing his line.

I've been steadily improving my nose angle. I've gone from an average of 6-8deg up to almost neutral over a ~year. Plenty of nose down throws, but not always on demand.

I try to use just enough wrist pronation to allow clean supination along the wrist/elbow/shoulder. And I discovered that Calvin's quirky flicks work as a great priming motion for that supination. Using tech disc and some on course throwing, I think I get about an extra 1-2deg down priming myself with the Calvin fidget on each throw.

Perhaps it becomes less important over time, but for now it's a great "feel" for flopping the back of the disc up (and the nose down) just before I go into the full throw.

 

[Brychanus]

Good example around 5:26.


Still one of my fave wrist waggles:

 

[itlnstln]

We're talking about the waggle? That's for fanning off your throwing hand like you might use the fan at a bowling alley

 

[sidewinder22]

Not sure if this is the same thing (confused by what is meant by OP), but I sometimes like to start like Ken Jarvis with the hand under the disc, it gives more weighted feeling while grip is relaxed and can be adjusted.

 

[isamoor]

Hah, I'm an idiot. In my head I always transposed what hand Calvin does his fidget with. I thought he held it in his throwing hand and flicked it against his off hand.

In reality he holds it in his off hand and fans/flicks it with his throwing hand. So something closer to fanning/drying off his grip.

Oh well, doing the opposite of what Calvin is doing works fairly well for me. But on hot days I definitely end up fanning my throwing hand like Calvin and Kristen.

 

[itlnstln]

Hah, I'm an idiot. In my head I always transposed what hand Calvin does his fidget with. I thought he held it in his throwing hand and flicked it against his off hand.

In reality he holds it in his off hand and fans/flicks it with his throwing hand. So something closer to fanning/drying off his grip.

Oh well, doing the opposite of what Calvin is doing works fairly well for me. But on hot days I definitely end up fanning my throwing hand like Calvin and Kristen.

TBF, I think Calvin's lining up off the throw in his pre shot routine, both throwing and putting, can be a pretty solid habit. I would also say Calvin has a very well set pre shot routine, overall, even down to the hand-fanning step even when it's unnecessary. Not a bad person to model how (not necessarily what) to build a routine

 

[Sheep]

Just get into Calvins pre game routine and you'll laser focus too.

 

[Brychanus]

Not sure if this is the same thing (confused by what is meant by OP), but I sometimes like to start like Ken Jarvis with the hand under the disc, it gives more weighted feeling while grip is relaxed and can be adjusted.

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GG seems to do this too, sometimes more pronounced than here & more like Ken: