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I agree with you on the myth of the disc pivot.
I disagree with the 90 shoulder. The biggest moment arm you can create would be the arm inline with shoulders. GG, Wiggins, Avery, Sandstrom, Oakley, and Clemons get about as close as possible. The biggest difference between Simon and Wiggins and myself below is that Simon's foot has pivoted, so that extra rotation is not transferring energy to the arm since the foot is spinning.
The 90 degree thing strikes me as another one of those good advice getting a bit lost in description moments.
It was first talked about as not dropping below 90 degrees at any point in the swing, which is generally good advice, it then somehow turned into locking it to 90 degrees throughout which is demonstrably false. It doesn't even seem like a "feel" thing with this one as I can't imagine any of the guys feel like they maintain that angle rigidly throughout, you definitely feel your shoulder extend away as the disc comes through (or should I say rotates now ) The more closed that front shoulder is the more pronounced the angle