I use this grip as a throwing grip for the consistency of release angle you get from the platform you provide under the flight plate along with the way it adds to the number of shapes I can throw with a given disc. Recognizing this about the pivot is crucial to using the grip for throwing as well.
I will have to try to remember to give it a try…. But, my current form, though not conventional at all, I am pretty happy with my progress. I guess my fan grip is probably my most conventional thing. My stance, I stand like a stand still drive, pretty much perpendicular to the basket, and do a fairly hard/aggressive spin putt. For an idea, and yes this is throwing ten in a row, starting at 10' and working back 5' each time, with my discs sitting in a box on a stool next to me (some call it cheating - I call it getting reps, building muscle memory, and tracking progress), here are my numbers today (and yesterday I think I did even slightly better, but I wasn't writing it down): 10' - 10/10. 15' - 9/10. 20' - 10/10. 25' - 4/10. 30' - 4/10. 35' - 3/10. 40' - 3/10. 45' - 1/10. 50' - 0/10, 1/10, 1/10 (was unhappy with the 0 - tried 50' three times). Still unhappy with it today, because yesterday I had about 3/10, 4/10, 0/10, 1/10 from 50'. Today, had about 3 that hit top band or skipped off side of chains - close but still misses. For reference, I have been working 20' a lot lately - I was averaging about 7/10 a month ago. Now getting 8 or 9 most times, but today was a freak good thing, 10/10. 20' is feeling closer than it ever has - feeling like 15' used to feel - progress! Yesterday, I think 20' was 8/10, but I had more makes at 25', 30', 35', 45', and 50'. Yesterday my putting felt amazing - like I made a leap forward after a month of very slow progress. Good that today at least partially kept the progress - it was not a total fluke. For comparison, today is 9/7/2023, my first time keeping track was 7/12/2023, and then my makes out of ten, from 10' out to 50', were: 10/7/4/4/1/2/1/1/1. At that time, from 30' out to 50', I pretty much averaged 1/10, with results almost all 0, 1, or 2. Looks like I need to continue to cement my 20' work/progress, but also start extra work at 25' and 30' - try to get both of them over 50%! That would be great progress, and a goal set early on that I didn't know would I even be able to obtain it or not, much less so quickly - over 50% out to 30'!
. Also, probably goes without saying, but as I progress, there are periods where my numbers seem to improve very little, but I can tell that my misses get smaller - fewer air balls, more close misses - so even when the numbers don't show it, progress is happening, and eventually will turn into more makes. Then, realizing I need a little more concentration, making sure I do all of the little things, and in one session the terribly slow progress turns into a leap forward.