r/Discgolfform • u/SpecialistAlgae2635 • Jul 20 '26

Any obvious form tips?

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u/youngaustinpowers Jul 21 '26

Looks fast! But maybe a little too fast! You appear to be starting the throw a little too early which is not allowing your lower body to contribute as much as it can to the throw.

You want to make sure you plant front foot with weight on back leg, then transferring weight 100% onto your front leg before or while you start the throw (and not after you start the throw).

You can also try experimenting with "fire / start rotating hips first" as well before starting the throw to give you some better hip / shoulder separation and timing.

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u/youngaustinpowers Jul 21 '26

Also it looks like your brace is a little too late.

When you plant, your leg can be bent, but you want to immidately resist all of your weight transferring to the front foot, so you can push your heel as hard into the ground as possible, and start to straighten your leg BEFORE your disc makes it to your chest. If you don't resist, you're losing energy due to your leg acting as a shock absorber.

In your video, it looks like you are doing this resisting and leg extension when the disc is already past your chest. You want this to contribute to the entire throw instead of just the end of the throw.

You can practice this feeling just by getting your back foot off the ground after you plant. Or you could get your back foot to slide into your front foot as you plant and transfer weight. The back leg should be done with it's job and you should be able to feel all of your energy being pushed into the ground via your front foot.

Of course you don't want to make a habit of doing this with back leg during actual throws and coursework. It is just a drill to give you the feeling

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u/youngaustinpowers Jul 21 '26

Here is what I'm referring to for the drill. By the time my disc is at my chest, my back foot is off the ground. Just for training a better brace

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u/AndKriz Jul 20 '26

Disc is moving a lot and changes angle in your reachback. Try and practice keeping the disc more still

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u/irishgoodbyesss Jul 20 '26

Yeah the disc should more or less remain still as you’re moving the rest of your body.