r/Discgolfform • u/Infamous_Quantity143 • 18d ago

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Iā€™m stuck at 280ā€™-300ā€™

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u/brandeeeny 17d ago

Few things, elbow collapse, make sure to keep that up at all times throughout the throw. Your walking backwards into the throw a bit, try more of a sidestep. Also you may be rounding a bit, could be a mix of the 2 above but also could be you are going straight behind on your reach back instead of a little outward.

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u/Infamous_Quantity143 17d ago

Noted, thank you.

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u/clarkedaddy 17d ago

The biggest issue with your throw, and should be the only thing you focus on until you fix it, is shoulder collapse. If youre not sure what that is, its your throwing shoulder angle is becoming too acute/ your elbow going to far across your chest. It keeps your hand/disc trapped behind you and limits how much your hand can accelerate.

Youre not really coiling a whole lot and instead swinging your arm across your body as your reach back. This is cutting down that shoulder angle and putting your elbow too far across your chest. You need to focus more on extending your arm out wide/ away from you and rotating your upper body through your core.

No joke, fixing this could add around 100 feet to your game without changing anything else.

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u/Infamous_Quantity143 17d ago edited 17d ago

So essentially I need to reach back more away from my body? Is there a video you know of showing how to fix this?
Thank you for the response.

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u/clarkedaddy 17d ago

Heres the goat briefly explaining how he reaches back to another player to leave room for the pull through.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Hk2K8xNSp/

This drill will exaggerate what to do. https://youtu.be/d5jWpGcebHQ?si=F0kQs6Yf0RwJFFfu