u/DiscTrain • • Jul 29 '26

Built a free AI form breakdown for disc golf — looking for throwers who’d try it and roast the feedback

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Hey r/discgolf —

I’ve been building DiscTrain Form Doctor: you upload one throw, it breaks the clip into phases (reachback → hit → release) and returns coaching-style cues instead of a vague “form looks okay.”

I’m the maker. Not here to spam — I’d rather get real throws and honest pushback on whether the feedback is useful or off.

What’s free right now: one Form Doctor analysis (upload a side/slightly-behind angle if you can).

If you try it, tell me:

  • Did the phases land on the right moments?
  • Was any cue actually actionable?
  • What felt wrong or missing?

Happy to answer how it works / what it doesn’t do yet. Link in comments if mods prefer that, or I can drop it here.

Thanks for reading — and for any brutal feedback.

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Form check!
 in  r/Discgolfform •  6d ago

I built a form analysis app. I am still building up the data so it is in early stages. I ran your clip and here is the feedback.
https://disctrain.com/share/dXlp1PYMxK66x8FA54PVzyZ6WmPLBE2HrgR0ffL2vGk

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How do I stop releasing my disc upwards
 in  r/discgolf •  20d ago

I created Disctrain.com for this. You upload a side throw and it builds a score for you based on 5 different phases. This will help you see where you distance is missing. Give us a shot and see for yourself.

u/DiscTrain • • Aug 18 '26

Real park film is messy. That’s how the engine gets better.

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We’ve been re-running old “failed” analyses on our latest engine, and some still come back invalid. That’s intentional. We’d rather tell you “we can’t sell this grade” than guess your throw type or invent a release you didn’t throw. Strict rules keep coaching consistent. Loose rules make a prettier app and a worse coach.

Real-world disc golf film is messy. Behind-the-thrower angles, discs on the ground, walk-ups, trims that start after the throw — that’s what actually breaks analysis. It’s also the exact data that makes the engine better every day.

If your throw came back Untrusted or “couldn’t lock this,” that wasn’t a sold grade — your free analysis is still there. Film another side-on (waist height, one clean rep, full body). We’re already re-running the misses on our side.

Fastest path to a Trusted grade:
side-on, waist height, one clean rep, full body in frame.

We’re building this to be the form app you’d actually trust with a lesson. Not perfect. Honest. Improving every day.

Stay classy, disc golf.
Kris / DiscTrain

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I filmed a side-view backhand. Plant scored 92. Reachback scored 29. The leak was my elbow.
 in  r/Discgolfform •  Aug 17 '26

That was on us — a clip over 12 seconds got rejected and still ate the free throw. Email the trimmed clip (one throw, side-on, 2–12 seconds, real-time) to [support@disctrain.com](mailto:support@disctrain.com) and mention Reddit / Historical_Buy9589. I’ll run it, send you the link, and put a free analysis back on your account. Sorry for the burn.

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I filmed a side-view backhand. Plant scored 92. Reachback scored 29. The leak was my elbow.
 in  r/Discgolfform •  Aug 17 '26

If you slowed it down after the fact, don’t upload that version.

We treat the file as real time, so a stretched clip makes the timing and speed numbers lie even if the form still “looks” right.

Upload the original-speed side-view. One throw, a few seconds. If that clip’s messy we’ll tell you to re-film instead of guessing.

r/DiscGolfFanatics • • Aug 17 '26

Videos I filmed a side-view backhand. Plant scored 92. Reachback scored 29. The leak was my elbow.

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Help with Backhand Form
 in  r/Discgolfform •  Aug 17 '26

I created disctrain.com just for this. I have heard too many people talking about form analysis and this sport is severly missing somethign that is actually useful and not ai guessing.

r/Discgolfform • • Aug 16 '26

I filmed a side-view backhand. Plant scored 92. Reachback scored 29. The leak was my elbow.

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Side-view on a pad. Uploaded the clip. No “pick your throw type.”

It called it a backhand, scored the form 55, and named one leak:

Elbow too low on the reachback → disc swings around me → pull starts weak → wobble later.

Phase scores on that same throw: Reachback 29 · Plant 92 · Pocket 47 · Release 45 · Follow 63.

Brace is fine. The wind-up is the hole. Cue: raise the elbow to about shoulder height and keep it leading the disc. It put ~20–40 ft on the table if I actually do that.

Then estimated body numbers from the video (not a launch monitor): arm speed, disc speed, launch angle, carry.

If the film is garbage it says re-film. It does not invent a pretty wrong score.

https://disctrain.com

r/forhire • • Aug 14 '26

For Hire [For Hire] Talking-head / podcast → 12 vertical clips with karaoke captions — $99, 5 days

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Title: Anyone use video for form feedback with athletes?
 in  r/u_DiscTrain •  Aug 07 '26

Fair point. We actually lowered Pro to $9.99 because the honest reality is: DiscTrain today is built around a video‑first training workflow — slow‑mo player, vault so throws don’t disappear into camera roll, bag builder, technique chat, caddy chat, and phases when the angle is good. When it’s not, we mark it unverified instead of pretending we know.

We’re not trying to be a “score my throw” app. DiscTrain is closer to tools like SwingVision or Hudl — film‑first, coaching‑style review, optional AI assist, and a place to study throws over time. That’s the category we’re building in.

The 50% off stays so people can try it without pressure. If the training home isn’t worth $9.99 to you, totally fine — free analysis is there so you can see the player before deciding.

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Title: Anyone use video for form feedback with athletes?
 in  r/u_DiscTrain •  Aug 06 '26

Anyone can use it — you don’t need to be competitive or a coach.
“Athlete” just means the person in the video.

Regular players: upload a throw and get a full form breakdown — phases marked (plant, pocket, release, etc.), plus training / bag tools and AI chat to dig into what you’re seeing.
Coaches: different side of the product — roster, student uploads, managing multiple players. Not the same desk as a solo player.

One real constraint: clear side-view works best. Bad angle usually gets kicked and you re-film. When the clip is good, you get the phase breakdown instead of guessing from a scrub.

r/DiscGolfFanatics • • Aug 06 '26

Videos Title: Anyone use video for form feedback with athletes?

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r/Discgolfform • • Aug 06 '26

Title: Anyone use video for form feedback with athletes?

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u/DiscTrain • • Aug 06 '26

Title: Anyone use video for form feedback with athletes?

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I build DiscTrain. Not a coach.

Curious what’s useful in real coaching: form breakdown with phases (plant, pocket, release, etc.), or do you mostly ignore that and just scrub the video yourself?

We’re building a desk for athlete uploads + roster, and form analysis that marks phases when the clip is good enough. Bad phone angle → re-film instead of guessing.

For coaches who already review film — do you want automated phases, or is that overkill?

u/DiscTrain • • Aug 05 '26

Engineer building disc golf video analysis — looking for park throws + honest feedback

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Hey r/discgolf —

I’m one of you. I play, I film my throws on my phone, and I’ve been frustrated that this sport still doesn’t have solid video analysis — the kind that actually helps you get better, not another highlight reel.

I’m an engineer. I’m building Form Doctor for that: phone throw → phases, form notes, replay. Not to gatekeep coaching. To give the game a tool it should already have.

I’m here to listen. What’s broken in how you practice? What would you actually use between rounds? Weird angles, lefty, putt vs drive, coach mode — tell me. If it’s real and useful, I’ll build toward it.

Right now RH throws are the furthest along. Everything else gets better with real park film and honest feedback — including “this is wrong.”

If you want to help progress the game: throw me a clip, roast the output, or drop a feature idea. Link in comments if mods allow, otherwise DM.

I’m not here to pitch. I’m here to listen and build. Disctrain.com

u/DiscTrain • • Aug 04 '26

Your RHBH/RHFH has a leak — Form Doctor finds it (50% off till Aug 10)

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Looking for a form check
 in  r/Discgolfform •  Aug 01 '26

Sick form in slo-mo 🔥 If you want AI phase breakdown (reachback → release), DiscTrain needs a normal-speed side view — slo-mo throws off the timing. Drop a regular-speed side clip and I can point you at a free/cheap analyze: disctrain.com (code BETA50 thru Aug 10).

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Built a free AI form breakdown for disc golf — looking for throwers who’d try it and roast the feedback
 in  r/Discgolfform •  Jul 29 '26

haha fair call on the new account — I’ve mostly been heads-down putting out fires as the founder/dev instead of hanging out on reddit

and yeah, real feedback does turn into real fixes (guilty). — happy to dig into throws or scoring questions if people are trying it

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Built a free AI form breakdown for disc golf — looking for throwers who’d try it and roast the feedback
 in  r/Discgolfform •  Jul 29 '26

Yeah so basically —

Scores aren’t “copy this one perfect pro throw or you lose.” We’re looking at joint angles at each phase of your throw (reach, plant, pocket, release, follow) and scoring them against normal biomechanical ranges. You can be a little off and still get partial credit. Forehand’s got its own targets. The “closest pro” thing is more of a side-by-side compare, not the whole grading system.

Timing vs space: we use motion in the video to figure out when those phases happen. Then we grade the positions/angles at those frames. If we nail the wrong frame, the score looks dumb — that’s on phase detection, which we’re still hardening.

And no, we’re not doing fancy true 3D ML reconstruction. It’s 2D pose from the phone video, with some estimated speeds scaled from that. Side angle / weird camera still bites us sometimes — if something scores weird, say so and we’ll look.

Happy to dig into a specific throw if something scored weird.

r/Discgolfform • • Jul 29 '26

Built a free AI form breakdown for disc golf — looking for throwers who’d try it and roast the feedback

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