Brychanus
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Brian Earhardt just did a good video talking about how there's no such thing as a universal release for forehand throws. How you throw a forehand varies quite a bit based on what disc you're throwing. After about 6 months of going forehand dominant, I completely agree with him, and it's something I've never seen anyone else talk about.
https://youtu.be/yyZkcQT4oL4
I'm going waaay slower developing my FH than BH due to an old injury so I'm still trying to learn all of this and had some thoughts.
That late "wrist activation"/"pop" to me looks like he's at risk of putting stress on the elbow late in the swing (at least the way he illustrates it). Maybe that matters less at shorter the distances where he's recommending it and can be done safely, but I thought I'd raise it for discussion.
I'm not sure it totally makes sense to me that he's distinguishing the overstable/understable fast/slow throws according to speed versus spin. You can still generate a lot of spin on a high-speed throw with wrist cock - more lever action at the end of the whip exactly the way he's showing for his "understable" lesson. Maybe he's just trying to split them out for emphasis, but I thought I'd mention it.
I do think it's interesting and opportune to talk about & develop techniques to regulate speed vs. spin independently. I think about developing the BH as "ripping the nose of the disc around" and letting those RPMs occur proportionally to the overall swing without too much focus on it independently from ejection speed. But for downtempo shots I already have developed a little more control over the late arm action just by "accident" of getting more body control overall, so I imagine that's helpful for upshots (I probably already do it unconsciously) & maybe later in "late stage" form development.