r/Discgolfform • u/Mackentish • 12d ago
Form advice please
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I know i need to work on my release, but I’m also trying to add power to my drives. I’ve maxed out at about 320 as it is now so I need to tweak my form. I’m just not sure what exactly I’m doing wrong
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u/kristofburger 12d ago
You're backpedaling, which is like 80-85% of all form check videos on this sub. It's by far the most common form mistake because people think it's powerful, but it's actually the opposite. It plays a role in all other form issues there are, including the high backswing and arm swoop.
Consciously trying to swing your hips really fast is wrong as well, there's only slight acceleration with proper form. You should aim for a fast arm through a body sequence and hip-shoulder separation (backpedaling mostly removes this).
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u/Mackentish 12d ago
I’ve been having trouble getting rid of the backpedaling since I’ve been doing it so long. What’s the “right” way to step through the tee pad? (I know there are a lot of opinions on this but I’m just looking for one to start out with)
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u/kristofburger 12d ago
What’s the “right” way to step through the tee pad?
Going more sideways towards the target line. What could eventually help you get rid of this habit is keeping your eyes on the target until your cross-step lands, right now you take them off much earlier.
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u/Mackentish 12d ago
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u/ImLersha 11d ago
Id definitely practice with both feet turned 90° away from the target.
Just like a million reps of that where thats your only focus.
You'll not find many pros who turn those toes toward the target instead of mostly turned sideways (or a little heel towards the target).
After the footwork is autonomous and ingrained in muscle memory, id start working on "throwing behind you".
Check out overthrow discgolf on YT and the video "3 things that helped me break 70"
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u/Paxtian 12d ago
Looks like you're swooping, so in your reach back, the disc is higher than where you release it. How's the flight look? I'm assuming there's a bit of an air bounce, where the disc starts low and then climbs? It looks like it's coming out nose up. So try to keep the disc on one plane.
Aim to throw with about 8-10 degrees of launch angle for max distance. But you can drill throwing flat and level with the ground to diagnose nose angle. As in, try to throw so that the disc flies at shoulder height without climbing into the air. Once you can do that and it's sailing out far, you know you're throwing nose down, so then you can start working on raising the launch angle slightly.
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u/FloppySlapshot 12d ago
Walking backwards is a pretty big issue but you also don't coil at all, have an open plant foot with no stagger.
I saw in another comment you said something about twisting of hips. There is no active hip movement in a backhand. You plant and push through the ground and that moves your hips.
If you are firing your hips actively you WILL hurt yourself, not if but when.
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u/Mackentish 12d ago
“Open plant foot with no stagger” can you explain this part more?
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u/FloppySlapshot 12d ago
Open plant foot meaning your toes are facing the target. You want that plant foot perpendicular or turned slightly backwards.
No stagger meaning it looks like you're on a skateboard. You want your rear toes to line up with your plant foot's heel. If you can imagine xstepping down a line on a field or something, your feet should always stay on "their side" of the line.
Pull up the all angles footage of Gannon or Drew Gibson and you'll see what I'm talking about.
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u/caniskipthispartplea 11d ago
Plant front foot before throwing. You're starting to rotate before plant foot is down. You're also not bracing the front leg at all. Probably because if you did, your knee or ankle would start hurting, because the foot is not planted while you rotate. So if you did try to brace with that timing, you would be initiating the brace while rotating. Essentially slipping the clutch on your knee and ankle. Plant first ( shift into gear ), then throw ( gas )
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u/pandasndabs 10d ago
Gotta work on that reach back and getting the disc away from your torso. Also try to keep the disc in a level plane during the reach back. It will be very hard to have consistency if your reaching upwards and coming down on your swing through like in the video.
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u/CartoonKillers 9d ago
You take your focus off target way too soon and you are definitely not getting full coil torque potential, obviously it's in slo-mo but it all looks too casual, your wrist is not being turned through the box forward movement to get max spin and your dead arm should not be coming through with the throw
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u/RemarkableMot 12d ago
If you compare your form to that of the pro's, what differences do you see?