ihatepickles
Par Member
HUB made comments about effortless distance, and that something I wanted to specifically comment on. Pulling through my core, just a bit below my xiphoid process, makes the disc sing out of my hand. There's a soft snap of my fingers slapping my palm and I hear the disc zip as it sails away.
When I come across the pectorals, this is when I feel like strong arming. There's no life to the disc when it flies. There's OAT and my follow through seems deliberate rather than part of an athletic motion.
I couldn't put together for myself how to accomplish the core pull through consistently. It seemed about 1 out of 10 times I was dragging the disc across (leading with the hand) rather than keeping my hand on the outside edge so that a few milliseconds later could be ripped out of my grip as my wrist unloaded. Keeping my head down, which is just as HUB said really means keeping my head inline with my spine until the disc is gone, is what I believe is the key to keeping that form.
TL;DR - I don't see anything in this video advocating strong arming. This technique immediately made the disc golf backhand feel like a natural motion for me.
When I come across the pectorals, this is when I feel like strong arming. There's no life to the disc when it flies. There's OAT and my follow through seems deliberate rather than part of an athletic motion.
I couldn't put together for myself how to accomplish the core pull through consistently. It seemed about 1 out of 10 times I was dragging the disc across (leading with the hand) rather than keeping my hand on the outside edge so that a few milliseconds later could be ripped out of my grip as my wrist unloaded. Keeping my head down, which is just as HUB said really means keeping my head inline with my spine until the disc is gone, is what I believe is the key to keeping that form.
TL;DR - I don't see anything in this video advocating strong arming. This technique immediately made the disc golf backhand feel like a natural motion for me.