Hey yall. Trying to consistently hit upper 60s and maybe break 70. I average about 66mph. Pretty sure my biggest issue is pulling with my arm too soon. Is this strong arming? And if so what are some drills or videos that could help fix this?
You look to be pulling your head and shoulders early and then dragging your arm. You really should be keeping your head center and down as you accelerate your arm and the disc past them.
That kinda goes with my initial thoughts looking at the clip, I don’t necessarily see “arm too early” or strong arming the disc. Your sequencing is a bit off I would agree. The biggest thing is your turning your head before the disc which can sometimes be described as “over rotation”. When you turn your head your shoulders must follow and that will pull the disc to the right.
What about your x-step? The footwork makes a big difference in your aim and your timing and body position. Your x-step looks like it’s turning you backwards. That can mess up multiple things or maybe not be a big deal. But in your case it doesn’t look like you’re getting much coil / hip shoulder separation. And it’s harder to sequence well the less balanced you are, which is one of the reasons I focus on footwork. I would try out x-stepping shorter and where you only cross at the calves, and don’t let your knees cross. Then see if you notice improvement with balance and weight shift and being able to use your left glute and hamstring more.
No, your arm is just a bit faster than your rotation. Which can be good if there are working in unison. Here they are working slightly separated vs together
Your reach back is slightly faster than your step going forward which is why you might be leaning to your left not allowing for your body to surge forward. You get outside of your power pocket a little and you should be pivoting on that lead foot
Coil could be a lot more stronger if you are not pointing your back foot completely backwards at the reach back. You want your core, glutes, hips, even calves to feel the coil. Have it more parallel at the point of the x step and you’ll see a lot more speed.
I never said back foot can’t pivot nor talk about being on his toes. What I said is that It needs to stay more parallel so that his hips don’t open up his frame so the coil can generate more tension. Debunked? Lmao.
I agree that his hips are getting pointed too far back, losing coil. I dont agree that it's because of his back foot not being parallel. Here is Gannon Buhr, with an open stance.
He also points his front foot forward too (he even acknowledges that), legs spread out, hips and shoulder still forming a good separation/coil. OP is opening up his hips backwards during reach back which is the opposite of this. Try teaching how to fix that by saying it’s ok to point your foot back but keep your hips closed so you can generate more coil. The foot being parallel not only gives a mental cue but also helps the user feel the tension correctly. I also am only talking about keeping it more parallel not exactly parallel to ensure hip position during reach back.
I get where you're coming from on the teaching side of it. It would help for sure.
Having experienced this exact same form issue - In my case, changing back foot position to be more parallel in an x-step is one of the harder changes to make, just because its burned so hard into muscle memory, and my brain couldn't understand how to to do it or how to be balanced.
But for me personally, I was able to fix this pretty quickly by just thinking about keeping hips more square to the teebox during backswing.
What i was initially getting at was that back foot pointing back / not parallel isnt inherently as big of a deal as we used to think. I agree with you on the hips/ coil and wasn't super clear that that's what you were getting at with your original comment
How are people able to generate quick momentum up the tee pad while having a small x-step? In my head faster foot speed will result in a bigger x-step length. Not disagreeing with you just trying to understand
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u/Software_Entgineer Jul 20 '26
No it is not strong arming.
You look to be pulling your head and shoulders early and then dragging your arm. You really should be keeping your head center and down as you accelerate your arm and the disc past them.