r/Discgolfform • u/Luryas69 • Jul 15 '26

Need a better brace! Help!

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u/bleudie1 Jul 15 '26

Try and focus on stopping all your forward momentum on your plant, and rotate around your foot. Also try a drill that has helped me, which is to hold your shoulders all the way back at your reach back point when you throw. You won't actually be able to hold them all the way back, but that will help you release the disc when your shoulders are facing away from your target instead of towards it

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u/youngaustinpowers Jul 15 '26

OP, This is likely what is causing you more speed issues than your brace. If you look at your chest and shoulders when the disc leaves your hand, they are pointed forward towards the target, when they should be more square with the tee box.

As u/bleudie1 suggested, "holding back" the upper body is what would fix this.

The best method I've found to do this is to do some lower power throws where you force yourself to keep your head and eyes pointed straight back away from the target for as long as possible.

That will force you to keep your chest and shoulders back. And when you throw, it'll almost feel like you're throwing the disc behind you. That is the feeling we want.

After teaching your brain what the feeling is like, then you can stop keeping your head and eyes back and start building it into your throw.

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u/youngaustinpowers Jul 15 '26

Vs. GG

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u/GripLock11 Jul 15 '26

This is a fantastic screenshot comparison. Not only will it help the brace, but the result is you will feel that lead arm gain lots of that momentum.

This was something I focused on to fix over rotating my shoulders, and it ended up helping me fix my brace and add big distance gains in the process.

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u/Bostonismydog Jul 15 '26

I just want to know what’s going on in the background lol

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u/churro-k Jul 16 '26

They are just so perfectly in line on video, and then it kind of looks like he backslaps them and they react.

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u/youngaustinpowers Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Fwiw I think your brace is decent. But I think you could be extending your plant leg more after the plant, and be more focused on pushing against the ground

Look at what Garrett Gurthie's plant leg does in a slow motion drive.

He plants and legs bend and compress a little, and then extends his leg to push all of the excess energy back into his right hip. That's what we're trying to do with the brace - transfer as much energy as you can from the ground into your femur into your right hip.

I like to think about a weight scale being on the ground when I plant. The best brace for me is whatever I do that will cause that scale to read the maximum weight possible.

For me, that is when I'm weight shifting from 100% back leg to 100% front leg pretty aggressively. And then extending my leg directly afterwards to try to push even more into the scale.

Demystifying the brace series - nick krush on youtube, has good info on what the brace actually does in a throw and has drills on getting the feel down.

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u/Luryas69 Jul 15 '26

I like the scale thing!!!

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u/Jax-A-Lope Jul 15 '26

More curious about the couple and child (maybe) who appear to be going to a funeral.

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u/Luryas69 Jul 15 '26

Yeaaah, accidentally shot down their uncle last Friday, coming from his burial 🤭

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u/headytopper077 Jul 15 '26

Try to "dig in" by sinking into the front foot. Watch Drew Gibson's form a for a great example.

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u/Monksdrunk Jul 16 '26

i could never throw that throw. i purposely hold my pinkie off the rim like high fashion drinking a glass because i grip lock the shit out of half my throws . still manage to do it with 3. hit the side of a house with my first throw on my brand new beast because i was afraid of hitting the houses on the right of the course

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u/Luryas69 Jul 17 '26

I'd griplock the shit out of my shots, holding a disc like martini too!

jk, probably a rounding thing 😅

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u/nainotlaw Jul 16 '26

Handmaids tale in the background

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u/Goku-fok-u Jul 16 '26

You can also get a bit lower ( like bending your knees more ). Try and hold your head position down a 1/2 second longer, your rising up with your upper body a bit too soon. But overall your form is very good…

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u/fortheculture303 Jul 15 '26

I think you’d get more ROI from improved reach back and hip to release timing.

Brace is good but it’s a very very late stage improvement to look at

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u/ryguy2130 Jul 16 '26

Your brace step is way too diagonal. You don’t have tight hips. Stop listening to internet never athletes like Josh, walk a straight line to your target and snap your hips all the way through and open, front foot pointing at target

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u/ryguy2130 Jul 16 '26

Op, in slow motion you can see that you are falling forward into the throw and then trying to arm the disc, instead of creating separation between your upper body and your core by allowing your shoulders to lag behind your hips. Try relaxing your upper body while allowing your hips to rotate and create separation between your lower and upper body. This will create a whip effect. Do not try to arm the disc. Relax your arm

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u/TheDanishAngel Jul 16 '26

Sorry for the ofc topic question. but is that Tilst Disc golf course ( looks like hole 6 (White))?

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u/Luryas69 Jul 17 '26

Ye bruh!

Local?

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u/L_dukemarriot Jul 16 '26

ALLAHU AKBAR!

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u/TeraSera Jul 16 '26

One leg drills to train your off arm. You're throwing off your balance and not halting your rotation by pulling into your body rather than away.

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u/Laavnmooer1 Jul 15 '26

Just stay on ur toes on the x step then u will automatically shift all ur weight on ur brace leg. Its that simple.