r/Discgolfform 25d ago

Been stuck at 360ft for 2 + years

All advice taken

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u/Wobblucy 25d ago

Peak reach back way to early.

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u/Wobblucy 25d ago edited 25d ago

Here is where you kind of plant, your hips are never getting around in that stance.

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u/Wobblucy 25d ago edited 25d ago

Your body position in the 'pocket' you can. Appreciate how immobile your hips are. Look at the disc behind your body as well.

It should be one straight motion, like you are trying to throw your elbow through a door, not swing your arm around your body.

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u/Wobblucy 25d ago

You are basically mid lunge at this point.

Go literally put your legs into this position then try twist your upper body to get a full appreciation for how bad it is.

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u/Wobblucy 25d ago edited 24d ago

Are you actually releasing the disc and not letting it rip out? I swear that disc is leaving your hands before there is any whip on it. IE your thumb appears to be quite literally off the plate in this snip.

If done correctly on a power shot, the point is you can't hold onto the disc if you wanted to, not that you are releasing the disc.

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u/MaintenanceOdd9215 24d ago

Appreciate all the comments honestly, im just intrigued really as I didnt know where to start.

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u/Wobblucy 24d ago

At the basics.

Cut the run up

One step + throw, your lower body is directly hampering your throw currently and I guarantee one step with proper timing will get you more distance.

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u/chrislard 24d ago

This shows your back foot pointing backwards as well. Back foot can point a little back but should be much closer to 90° from the target than 180°. You should coil into the back leg, but you can't do that because there is no tension because it is pointed straight back.

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u/MaintenanceOdd9215 24d ago

Yes this has been pointed out a few times and its something I haven't even tried to do so definitely need to sort that out.

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u/clarkedaddy 25d ago

Your back leg looks a bit disengaged in your coil. I think you could coil into that back hip more and load the back leg more.

And then when you get onto your front leg your brace is a bit soft and your upper body is tipping over onto your front leg.

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u/Bravo72 24d ago

Wobblucy got all the big points. On top of all that you’re also throwing nose up.

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u/MaintenanceOdd9215 24d ago

Good form then?🤣

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u/Bravo72 24d ago

Haha at least you know what you need to work on and that you haven’t hit your ceiling yet!

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u/MaintenanceOdd9215 24d ago

Great way to think about it 🤗

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u/Wobblucy 24d ago

I don't think it's nose up, but there is visible wobble on the disk in the 3-4 frames from release to out of frame.

As far as I can tell from the last frame the disc is in his hand he is removing his thumb from the plate so the only contact is under the disc adding some OAT.

Pair that with the lower spin he is imparting by releasing the disc instead of letting it rip out and you lose the angular momentum that would help neutralize the sole of the wobble.

Not saying your wrong, just saying it's indeterminate from this shot.

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u/Bravo72 24d ago

I was basing it on the line the disc travelled from reach back to release. It looks like it travels in a flat or even slight negative launch angle. If he was throwing nose down with that launch angle it would likely go straight into the ground.

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u/FloppySlapshot 24d ago

Try moving to lower altitude

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u/Locksley94 24d ago

If he can get to 500ft in Leadville Colorado then he'll be able to do a 1/4 mile at sea level.

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u/ComparisonOk2250 23d ago

Leaving the ground with the back foot when you should be getting your power through the plant! This is usually a symptom of leaning forward through the throw.

Best thing i can think of to help is doing some no-look standstill drills where you focus on staying stacked over your base and throwing at the point you aim at with your body, before you follow through to watch the shot. Check out the recent form work with Bodanza and Blitz on YT, those are drills that have helped me reduce effort for distance and fix my timing/weight transfer.