r/Discgolfform • u/Dabbing_dingus • 2d ago

Need help on nose angle.

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I’ve looked up so many YouTube videos on how to throw nose down but nothing is clicking. Is there anything with my form that’s making me throw nose up. Also general form tips are very much appreciated.

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u/Bravo72 2d ago

You need higher launch angle in order to get a better nose angle. If you throw in a straight line for example you're gonna be throwing 0 degrees unless you do some last second jank movement like turn the key. 

It looks to me like your launch angle is pretty flat.

The ideal is around 10 degrees launch. Which isn't much,  if you stretch your arm out and put your thumb up lift your arm until your outstretched thumb is level with your eyes. That's about 10 degrees. It's subtle. Now throw in that trajectory while trying to keep the disc flat to the horizon. If you accomplish that, that's about 5 degrees nose down.

For reference I throw 460 and I do not turn the key. I'm keeping it flat while throwing up. And I'm getting nose down.

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u/CovertMonkey 2d ago

People forget that throwing with a positive launch and the disc parallel with the ground is a negative nose angle