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What do you mean when you say that the "shoulder slows forward" (image 5 in original post in this thread) and "elbow slows forward" (image 6 in original post in this thread)?...Shoulder slows forward... Elbow slows forward...
What do you mean when you say that the "shoulder slows forward" (image 5 in original post in this thread) and "elbow slows forward" (image 6 in original post in this thread)?
What does slowing forward mean?
The most energy possible to put into a throw would be if the body stopped completely when the disc left. That would mean 100% of body motion released into the disc... but it would also mean a lot of physics happening on the body, causing injury. So there is a follow through to wind down the body safely. The compromise between energy transfer and injury is to hesitate at the hit/release. That hesitation of slowing shoulder, slowing elbow, allows the momentum to go into the disc when the forearm extends. The mass of your body stops (slows safely), while the mass of the disc is propelled.
So if the target is at 12:00, do the hips (and then the shoulders) start decelerating when they are facing the 9:00 direction? (RHBH)
The most energy possible to put into a throw would be if the body stopped completely when the disc left. That would mean 100% of body motion released into the disc... but it would also mean a lot of physics happening on the body, causing injury. So there is a follow through to wind down the body safely. The compromise between energy transfer and injury is to hesitate at the hit/release. That hesitation of slowing shoulder, slowing elbow, allows the momentum to go into the disc when the forearm extends. The mass of your body stops (slows safely), while the mass of the disc is propelled.
it is something that you shouldnt need to worry about
I don't agree. Plus, that would be impossible to do anyway.
Aaaah, I should have said 'theoretically' :doh:
Imagine Newton's Cradle balls in perpetual motion. If the incoming ball transfers 100% of it's energy, the opposite ball flies away. If it does not transfer 100% energy, there is wobble and sway in the entire mechanism. Yes, this does not translate letter-for-letter to disc golf. Please ignore if my comments are bothersome.
Linear speed to target slows or stops and goes/clears to the right or rotational.What do you mean when you say that the "shoulder slows forward" (image 5 in original post in this thread) and "elbow slows forward" (image 6 in original post in this thread)?
What does slowing forward mean?
Linear speed to target slows or stops and goes/clears to the right or rotational.
That is the correct feel, the rear femur rotates forward underneath the pelvis and shin rotates facing down/heel up foot eversion from the instep driving everything from the ground up and blocking the lower spine upright on the braced front femur creating internal torque or squeeze between the thighs to the torso/arm/disc. It's like riding a twirling bucking bull and holding upright on to the bull by squeezing the trailing leg into the bull or your front side.
For reference:
Nice graphic of how the femurs work!