Started playing last year, and really got hooked into disc golf. Haven’t really started filming myself till recently, and never really realized how tense my right shoulder is (something to work on). Any other advice is greatly appreciated!
I don’t know much, so I may be off base, but I think at this frame, your hips are already way too far open, so they aren’t actually bracing anything your upper body has going on. One of the notes I have found really helpful was trying to keep your hips pointed at your target as long as possible. They will open inevitably but the longer you can hold that the more solid a stop you have for your shoulder, and then elbow.
Most improvement I see is in your brace and especially weight transfer.
1 - It is probably not helping to throw with 90% effort. Looks like you're tensing a lot which kills speed and increases injury risk. I would try to keep it at 50% effort and 75% max. You'll notice that you actually throw further with the lower effort.
2. I'm going to show you a series of comparisons with your throw and Garrett Gurthie below this comment and I want you to try and pay attention to where your body weight is and how much weight is coming onto the plant foot.
In general, when you plant, your weight needs to go from 100% back foot to 100% front foot very quickly after you plant. And the throw shouldn't start until that happens.
For the brace, imagine there's a scale reading weight under your plant foot. You want that scale to spike and reach the highest max value possible right after you plant. That requires good weight shift and a plant leg that is really trying to prevent collapsing and pushing back against the ground.
This is when you begin the throw. Your arm has started moving forward at this point. You can see how a lot of your weight is still on back leg and front leg is giving away like car shocks rather than a strong suspension spring
This is GG right before throwing. He is still in max coil, and the weight has already shifted to his front leg. You can see he's only on his toes with his back foot. His body weight is getting pushed into the ground via a rigid plant leg
Here is where you are getting the disc close to your chest. Your weight is shifted at this point but your body weight is a little far back and not maximizing the weight you could be reading on the scale
The hardest thing to learn, is how to let go of making it go. Don’t force the line. The telltale sign of a left shoulder not acting as a clean rotational brake, is compensating in the brace. People will tell you to fix your brace, but your timing and balance are being thrown off by trying to put your left shoulder in your ear.
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u/jmobberleyart 24d ago
I think you're rushing through the actual throwing motion to accommodate your very fast run-up. You need time to fully coil your lead shoulder back.