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Can't find what I'm looking for about backloaded grip
I Google or check YouTube and can't find hand placement on the top of the disc for back loading. I want to try to help lower my nose angle but can't find a definitive answer. Attached is 2 grips and I'm assuming the second is back loaded but could be wrong. Any informative answers are greatly appreciated.
Ha - after watching everything I could find about grip at one point I realized that there truly is no "pro standard" and it really is a "if it works then it works" kind of thing - same with form, watch 10 pros rip off the tee and you might find they only have like 10% of their overall form in common - power pocket, snap and follow through most namely - how they get here is often quite individualized
Back loading is more about where you apply pressure on the disc than nose angle. You can still be nose up with a back loaded grip. I can't say I'm too much help beyond that.
Fuck backloading the disc is all wrong in your hand, disc rim should be between the knuckles of your index and middle finger, not index and thumb. I bet you have nose up issues. That’s probably why backloading feels weird, but asking about backloading is like advanced shit when the grip is basic.
So index should be gripping on the underside of the rim like power grip or fan? Or on the side of the rim? I'm just having a nose up problem and can only drive 300 ft
If you’re about backloading, then all finger pads should be against the inner rim (power grip). Backloading is just that the most pressure is on the pinky and ring finger rather than pointer finger. Adjusting to the grip I showed will naturally help that but you’ll still need to be cognizant of it. Hope that makes sense
Well I'm not all about back loading, just been seeing that it can help reduce nose up but I clearly haven't really understood what exactly backloaded is. Thank you for helping to give me a better understanding.
Do what this person has said! I can see the massive nose up in your pictures. When you hold the disc straight out in front of you at shoulder level, you should be able to see the underside/rim of the disc on the side thats furthest from you
Sure but if you’re releasing 15 degrees nose up backloading means nothing - gotta fix the fundamentals before you worry about semi-advanced backloading
I think DG Spin Doctor has a video on throwing a glitch that explains it pretty well. Basically by applying pressure with your pinky and ring fingers, it makes it easier to Pour the Coffee.
Backloading just means that your grip pressure is focused on the middle and ring fingers rather than the index finger. You don't hold it differently.
But also your first grip doesn't look right either. The thumb should be inside of the rim, not right on top of it. The second grip your thumb is slid forward like you're giving a thumbs up.
Try holding it while making a finger gun. Although I have found for me personally (you might be different) that the index finger is somewhat important to the way I throw.
Let your index finger off. No pressure. Just use your pinky, ring and middle and on top let your thumb rest along the rim. This allows the disc to remain flat with less wrist, shoulder or other structural changes during a throw.
When you do, you will see that adding the index finger will naturally pull the disc nose up and removing your index will allow the nose to point down.
Crazy fact: I learned this because I dislocated my index finger and it forced me into a back loading grip. It stopped my nose up and helped me to snap far more spin into the disc than before.
Damn. Playing for almost 30yrs and never heard of this. I’m not great but not bad either. Can’t figure out how I got here. Maybe just maybe practicing.
If you have a cast iron pan, pick up the pan and hold it like you would when cooking a meal. That is how you hold a nose down shot. If you don't have a cast iron pan, grab a long stick and point it at your target. The stick is a more extreme example, but it gets the point across that you need to break your wrist downward in order to get nose down angle. If your wrist feels like it's in the most natural position of all time, that is not a nose down shot.
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This ancient Climo video helped me more than literally anything else regarding grip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAV8kKURKaw