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5:46 is “The Method” by Brian

❤️ Great stuff

Odd, my wrist seems to move fine with either. I guess dealers choice for my grip?

As a backfoot player since I began playing, I'm reaaaaaaally trying to exaggerate lifting that back leg to make sure I'm getting onto the front leg. It is ugly right now, but I think eventually I get there. You really have to trust that front leg knee. Unfortunately, I have hurt my back leg knee by spinning on it and instead of getting my front leg down first.

Moi. Voisitko tehdä videon siitä, miten Anthony Barela lataa lonkkansa? Miten hän pystyy lataamaan yhtään mitään siinä juoksussa mitä kutsutaan x-stepiksi ja heittää samalla 700 feettiä??

Wow, noting that the stretch comes from the elbow instead of the hand is huge for me. I've been working on this, and it's been really hard to feel the stretch from my hand. Thinking of the elbow helps a ton!

I'm a very green player, less than 10 full courses under my belt, but watching your videos and just drilling in my backyard has amazed my friends when we go to play together just by how much improvement there is each time we go out. I knocked my 9-hole score in HALF on my second go after watching some of your videos, and whenever I felt like I was plateauing I'd just run back here and watch more vids (like I am right now)

these drills make a lot of sense to me. if I can manage to lock up and resist the urge to rip my torso around, then when it's time to actually throw all I have to do is the same thing shown here, but relax my core and let it do what it wants! Been having a lot of trouble with this exact problem recently, gonna have to try this out!

I tried this and it didn’t work for me but I’ve not given up on it yet. Need to try on a practice field but only tried during a round so far. I was maybe throwing a bit farther, not much but this does make sense.

Holy crap this is a good video. Really really good coaching, Jaani! Very clear language and very good understanding of the biomechancis. I really like the 'allow the head to tilt away from the throwing direction' cue, that one is new to me but its totally correct. To me it feels like allowing the force to be projected forward by the torso rotating and the head is allowed to stay loosely supported in place resulting in the little tip towards the rear of the throw. Really good stuff, keep it up!

You are a wealth of knowledge friend. Thanks for all you share!

Do you do video lessons? Link me !

I started out watching sling shot vids, it made sense to me at the time but now I am having to re-learn SO MUCH…not everyone is Paul Macbeth lol

I’ve been testing out different grips before I saw this video. I moved my thumb more in the middle of the flight plate and was puzzled why it made the release WAY cleaner and more consistent. Accuracy improved as well, but power and distance maybe slightly decreased. Its not until about 5 mins ago when I watched this video and realized that moving the thumb more towards the center of the flight plate also moves the pressure further back on your thumb.

I love seeing this, both the struggle and the alow process of approving everything. This is fantastic to watch.

ive heard u wanna push up, not go "dooown"

as someone who played hockey for over 25 years of their life, i wish it was that comparable. here's the issue with trying to translate slapshot to dg backhand 1. bigger windup does not mean harder shot. newbies normally get called out for not fully extending in the reach back, however a real bomb of a slapshot doesnt require a windup further than maybe waist height 2. Wrong hand is generating the power. For a hockey slapshot from a lefty (same body orientation as RHBH), the mass majority of your power in the slapshot is coming from the left hand on the stick, not the right 3. power is generated differently. mass majority of the power from the slapshot comes from getting your weight into it and into that lower hand. this flexes the shaft of the stick which acts like a spring and greatly increases power on the slapshot. see the replay of chara from the beginning of this and note how the shaft flexes. then realize he played with the stiffest stick in the composite era so that thing takes a good 150 lb+ of force to get bending like that. the whip effect on release is what really accelerates the puck more than anything 4. Weight distribution. When your stick makes contact with the puck, you want the entirety of your weight distributed over your front foot and driving into the lower hand on the stick, but mostly into the stick to create that flex in the shaft we talked about in point 3. Without that second point of bracing that youre going to drive the force into, the mechanics dont really match so while the form looks the same on camera, the mechanics between a hockey slapshot and a disc golf backhand are actually wildly different. This is coming from a guy who in his late 30s and not even playing anymore can still clap a slapper at close to 80mph, but struggles to break 240 feet on a golf line tee shot

Hay yeah.

Great video. I think Pyry Joutsen is a very great example of slapshot like disc golf throw. If I have understood right, he is in fact, a hockey player.

Howdy. It's not controversial if it works. I appreciate you breaking it down and showing pro level examples of it working. I'm adding this to my throw and hopefully hit 400' soon

Don't forget to turn your head as well (PDG5640)

Great video Jaani! How do you protect you front leg from all that pressure? I feel it is very difficult to time the release of tension by rotation, if i'm late by only a split second my knee feels like it is going to snap. It feels super dangerous.Thanks!

Any tips for transferring weight onto the heel of the front foot? I noticed most pros privot on their heel after they release. I find I end up pivoting on my toes instead.

This is definitely one of my biggest problems, when i brace i pish really hard and my body instinctively stands up i need to figure out how to stop that!

I can shoot a puck 135 kmh but cant drive a disc past 110 meters. Hockey slapper you stand tall, push everything down against the ground and go back up. Easy to keep balance. Feels like a very vertical movement. I just cant seem to translate that feeling into the more horizontal one handed backhand drive.

Hi in my native language

I really enjoy these videos but as a beginner I'm worried that they might be more relevant to intermediate players. I practice my throws in slow motion at home and whenever I hear "don't worry about x, y and z" my body starts to do weird things and all of a sudden I have no idea what I'm doing. I wonder if the reason why you only need to focus on the feet an your arm is because you've already perfected everything else? Isn't there something to practicing something mechanicaly and forcefully and then once you get a feel for it you can start to relax and let go?

Let us take a second to appreciate the skate-grandpa in the background!

When dipping that far down will it not just turn into a hyzer throw ?

Love this video! 🔥

Great vid as usual! One of the things that can help get weight into the brace is pointing the back heel towards the target on the x-step. You can see Simon and the other guy doing this in the two clips at the end of this vid. This heel towards target thing automatically helps force the front foot out and forward while getting the weight off the back foot. I find this technique also helps lock in timing.

As a Canadian, I appreciate the hockey reference, it makes sense. However, I don't have a slap shot, that's why I'm a goalie.

I really like this train of thought vs the pushing from your back leg...Whilst watching the back leg videos being compared to the pros I always felt the pros were just letting the weight off of the back, and not pushing into the front leg.

I just tried this in a field and it felt really good. I don't know why but think of going down instead of pushing up works way better for me.

Would you say that the off arm movement is in response to the direction of pushing down in the brace? The last pro video of Simon is primarily what I’m referring to.

Cool stadium. Never seen one look like that before. Head related song, And a good one. czcams.com/video/d25odJxj8oc/video.htmlsi=3fUH1xdWFUusdgx7

Cool, thank you! I'll let you know if I get a hat trick today. Nice Park, where is that?.

How would you tie in the thigh master move to this?

Thanks! Time for practice👍

I’m not sure what I love more, this comparison or the fact that you used the Saint Louis Blues and MacInnis as your example!!! As a die-hard Blues fan, THANK YOU!! 🙏🤘

I just made this exact comparison last week while watching your timing video. Instantly gained 75 feet of effortless distance.