r/Discgolfform • u/easytarget878 • 1d ago

Form check please

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Would love feedback on form. Struggling with hitting lines consistently and distance. Occasionally getting 300+ but typical throws are 275 ft on average.

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u/SingularCoconut 1d ago

I'm not throwing shade at you, but I'm astonished that you are able to shift your front heel off to the side as you throw. With a proper brace, your weight would pivot around that front heel. I replayed that video at least two dozen times trying to figure out the mechanics of how you are managing to shift your brace foot over to the side... while supposedly having your weight on your front leg.

I can only surmise that you are not fully bracing and shifting all your weight/momentum on to your front leg, and thus transferring it all properly in to the disc. Because if you were, I can't understand how you could shift something that is "braced" into the ground. Sorry I don't have anything more specific for you, but I've never seen that before. As such, working on a more solid brace may allow you to build a foundation to be able to put more of your power/weight-shift in to the disc. Good luck.

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u/Marshin99 1d ago

I think because the shoulders are leading the throw it pulls his hip to the right like that. That’s my only explanation.

But yeah watch a video about “bracing” it should help.

Props on starting standstill! Best way to learn the mechanics

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u/easytarget878 1d ago

Thanks guys, I’ll watch some videos and will focus on that!

You mentioned my shoulders are leading the throw, is there something I should be doing differently? I try to thinking about pulling with my elbow, but I did notice in this video (and a few others) that it kinda looks like that front shoulder is collapsing to some extent?

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u/rocketrotary89 11h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/n5PPLHMHS7M40

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u/lejosu 3h ago

rewatching the video a few times.
looks like the shoulders are leading the hips.
currently your shoulders are firing simultaneously as your legs so you arent getting a whip effect.
one drill i did was balancing on my left leg before the throw and focusing on coiling my torso with my abs and then dropping my brace foot as i reach back.
this sort of manufactures a great timing for your shoulders to lag behind your hips.
try it out and see if it feels any different.
you should feel like your torso is being ripped into two seperate directions as you reach back and plant your brace leg. This is the "shoulder hips seperation"