FORM COMPARISON!! Why can I throw 100 feet further than Casey??

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[@Daniel-from-Texas]

13:30 - Slow-mo montage 3:27 - Form comparison 14:14 - How to do the Simon disc-flip

[@spinosaurusrex11]

Best ever Shot of the Day.

[@blueboy2727]

I enjoy the tree run backflip guy.

[@muckertheblimp1874]

Agreed

[@tdunn779]

Sure about that? Eagle McMahon’s called roller jump up the root on the ground into the basket ace. Very well could have been Casey’s shot bc they were both there, can’t remember exactly

[@JimothyRage]

Simon makes me so happy.

[@BigChungos12]

Very interesting! Wow great video

[@chrisvance8724]

Best vid yet fellas! We learned something practical AND something fun. We got to enjoy the sheer beauty of forest and flight, and see those happy faces scoring aces :) - thank you very much

[@RealmsOfFaerie]

Really enjoyed this one, It’s kinda like a variety show, there’s a bit of everything in it.

[@darkenedshadow1285]

That shot of the day was sick

[@darkenedshadow1285]

@reelkena exactly

[@RelianceLights]

One major difference that I notice which results in the minor rounding on Casey's reach back and pull through and the difference in look of shoulder position when comparing frame by frame is Casey's shoulders are rolled forward/collapsed chest while you have more squared shoulders/expanded chest. Removing that rounding of the shoulders/collapsing of the chest could help with having a more away from body/linear reach back position and straight forward pull through

[@TBJPKERS1]

Thank you for the observation

[@jeffwells641]

Casey squares up by the end of the throw, which is great. I think if he started standing straighter from the beginning and being more squared up from the get-go it would probably go a long way to keep from over-rotating and rounding the disc.

[@monke12355]

He talked about that🤦‍♂️

[@andrewarn5322]

It was guessed that the extended reach back on Casey was a limiting factor but I think it's actually potential for max distance in the future, if these other comments of squareness and shoulder posture are achieved. I think the true take away from this observation is actually for you Simon, that if you reach back a little further (might add 100ms to your throw) that you may actually see an improvement.

[@ryanmorgan409]

since the question is essentially “where’s the missing power?” Here’s my take: Lower body strength/athleticism. Notice Simon squats more in his walk up thereby loading his legs and glutes and maintains a more athletic posture. Casey, at the moment, isn’t doing that as much. And, whatever form critique there may be, I think it’s all symptomatic of lacking lower body strength/support. I’d love to see Casey have the ability to bomb 600+ to compliment his great woods play.

[@brooksy3069]

SIMON, casey is like your partner now in these vids and contributed well to the content and view, you should throw his social medias in the description and a pop tag

[@jacksonpalmer8955]

He helped get casey a sponsorship with discmania if that counts for anything

[@MrLudie]

You don’t know how deep I’ve searched trying to figure out how you do the disc flip I practiced it for a bit and kinda was doing it how you do it but this video makes me so happy awesome form comparison and finally I learn from the man himself how to do the disc flip awesome stuff!

[@S4tanMW3]

what is the reason for doing the disc flip?

[@user-vl2zh6bj6x]

@@S4tanMW3 like twirling your pen or pencil during a test, of course

[@VanderGroejn]

Best shot of the day ever!!!🥰

[@ShanePenn55]

The shot of the day, always makes me smile. Thank you for always putting out great content!!!!!

[@cjpk4495]

Simon, you are crushing the vlog game. Enjoy all the videos.

[@khal_diabeto9039]

Thanks for the constant content simon, much love from michigan 💚

[@ryanmorgan409]

Simon is brilliant! The Midas of disc golf vlogging! I will stay tuned for the rest of this series as you make Casey throw 600’ too! Thank you for being awesome!

[@josiahgrunwald4131]

I love the shoot of the day on this one! A father and son best moment! Blesses my heart. I have 4 sons, 3 old enough to play DG with.

[@martinleithe7167]

Love this comparisons, my favourite content from you :D This is so helpful for me as a noob too. I can not throw far yet but I'm practising, and I feel progress from when I started to throw like 130-160 feet, to now throwing 200feet+ consistently. :D and on good shots I throw up top 260-270 feet :D Awesome content Simon, thank you !

[@batingbunnies]

You may potentially need to use lighter discs. If you go drastically lighter, more than like 15 g id say get something slightly more stable as well

[@prestonk.8944]

You continue to teach me something new every video! Thanks for taking the time to help everyone be their best!

[@jomebrew]

Casey is learning how to be a great personality in disc golf from one of the top players and entertainers.

[@whitefordfalcon]

Thanks for the spin tutorial.... so cool! “I wanna be like Simon!” 😎😎😎. I’ll have to take your word for how good it feels retrieving an ace disc from the basket... 😳

[@craigkimberley]

Simon, at around 8:20 ish, when breaking down you and Casey, LOOK AT THE SHADOWS! It's a dead tell on what your describing about reaching to far behind. Another great vid brotha!!

[@davidprovance6609]

Hi Simon, Awesome video. I think the reason Casey 's disc ends up behind his body on the reach back is because he reaches straight back like (like I was taught). When he makes his power move he steps across the line which puts the disc inside the line but because he's 19, flexible, and athletic he can bend his body to let the disc pass below his torso. But this puts some of his body mass outside the line which is why he ends up with weight over his toes when he spins out on the follow through. You do the opposite. You reach out to the line you are throwing on, step up to it on your power move and effectively pull the disc in towards your center of mass. This keeps your weight inside and encourages you to rotate over your heel. Do it it slowmo and it will make sense. This should give me something to do for the rest of the summer. The reason the views appear different is that the the camera is aimed at the center of the fairway (the line you are throwing on) not the tee pad. Your eyes want to line up the edge of the tee pad with the light dot in the gap of the trees. The center of the frame is actually behind the thrower.

[@outandabout259]

One of the best feelings in disc golf is grabbing your ace disc from basket. Another one is hitting the eagle throw after messing up the drive. Couple days ago I did it with my putter from about 50 meters, high hyzer throw going far right along a thin gap in the woods and then coming back left, straight in the basket.

[@johnhutton929]

Man o man. What a life you all get to live. Everyday having so much fun disc golfing. Thanks for the amazing content Simon and Casey.

[@bradleyworthy2107]

Man as soon as the tournaments start back up Casey needs to tag along with you! Hes a legit player!

[@hlg_theshepherd2873]

10 months later hes had some good finishes!

[@Browsebird2]

Thanks Simon. Form comparison is a great tool for becoming a better disc golfer.

[@smtx11]

So apparently you can explain it better. Nice work! Yeah, I see 5 main things. The 4 you pointed out, disc movement before reach back, reach back position, right foot "snap", and shoulder turn timing...and one you didn't, left foot release. The shoulder turn timing, and foot release will be what I work on a bit. Waiting for the shoulders to engage makes total sense, the longer you can delay that puts more energy into the release of the disc. I know I drag my left foot a bit, but I think if my right foot flips quicker I'll be able not do that as much. Awesome job guys. And for real, he's only 19!?! I expect to see him on tour in a year or two if that's what the young man wants to do.

[@zachmoses4510]

Love the video! As for why you throw further it looks to be two main things... 1) Weight distribution- Simon keeps his weight back a split second further but it makes all the difference in any swing. If you pause at 7:55 you can see Casey’s weight is further out front in the same part of his back swing than Simon’s. 2) 12:20ish mark Simon hits the nail on the head. Casey reaches around his body which means his arm has further to travel and in a rounded motion. Simon is straight back therefore nearly no amount of movement is wasted and all of the body’s kinetic energy is going straight toward the target.

[@DogmaDefilade]

HAND FLIP TUTORIAL!! You’re awesome dude. BIG THANKS 😁❤️

[@terablair628]

Fun video and that shot of the day was the best so far. Take it easy with your elbow:) Gotta be ready to get back on the road soon

[@ts4gv]

the perspective illusion at 3:57, simplest explanation. I reckon there's 2 effects happening. part 1 (easy): the two teepads are oriented the same, but the right teepad's left edge & the left teepad's right edge actually are pointing away from each other. Our brains wrongly assume the direction of the entire teepads based on that comparison (since those edges are the closest together). part 2 (also easy but verbose): Imagine standing somewhere with 2 teepads a few feet apart pointing directly away from you. You look at one, and it's pointing directly away from you. You turn to look at the other and it's also pointing directly away from you. Picture it in your head. Those two teepads wouldn't be parallel with each other-the one on the left would be pointing slightly left, the one on the right pointing right, in order for them both to point away from you. When we see two teepads with the exact same orientation relative to our perspective, our brain understands that actually, they're pointing slightly away from each other. Same thing going on here. Brain sees two tees with same orientation relative to our "perspective", deduces that actually they must be pointing a bit away from each other.

[@ts4gv]

note for nerds: the reason part 2 takes effect here is because the frame contains depth information. Things that are far away are smaller. If we were looking at purely isometric footage (picture Rollercoaster Tycoon 2), or just a sketch of two teepads, our brains wouldn't bother placing our perspectives in 3D space for the 2nd effect to really kick in.

[@Moovment-Media]

This is a really good breakdown. Just watching and taking screenshots of the pauses has helped me. I noticed neither one of you fully extended your arm, which is something I do and I actually feel it hurts my distance. Now I need yo go throw a bunch of discs to re-invent my throw Thanks guys

[@ck3310]

Check out the shadow on the tee pad during the form comparison. The sun is perfect to see the difference in the disc movement!

[@peterboyd5618]

Treebeard Slow mo transition was on point!

[@johnk6847]

Hey Simon. I was just re-watching this video. When you were critiquing your throws, I noticed your shadows on the t-pad, showed the difference in your reach backs.

[@gthancock1595]

I love the shot of the day portion of your videos! Awesome vlog overall as always!

[@johndegraaf84]

The shoulder rotation is a causation of him pulling it behind his body which you explained earlier. He is then swinging around his body to get the disc from behind his body which shot the shoulder forward faster and the disc out wider over the tee pad.

[@jeffwells641]

The tee pad thing is definitely an optical illusion. If you cover either the left side of both tee pads or the right side of both tee pads, the uncovered sides suddenly look parallel. This optical illusion happens when you put two lines at slightly different angles near each other - our brain does weird things to try to reconcile what it's seeing and sometimes it doesn't work out so well. The Greeks used this fact to their advantage when building the Parthenon by building their columns with a bulge in the center (among many, many other tricks). This counteracted the tendency of our brains to view parallel lines as slimming in the middle, which would make the columns look slender and anemic rather than straight and stout.

[@bakspace2]

I think the difference in the foot position is the key- the stored energy in Casey’s hips is not completely released until after the disc has left his hand, as indicated by his foot still being firmly planted and perpendicular to the target - which means he has not reached optimum hand speed. The front foot rotation is an indicator that the hips have released- if the front foot is rotated forward, parallel to the target indicates that hips have fully rotated and the stored energy of the hips has been released. When upon release the front foot is still firmly planted, perpendicular to the target, there is still stored energy in the hips. The difference in reach back may have an affect upon the hip release timing. Just my amateur player thoughts.

[@tnelly6588]

Technique definitely helps to a point, but natural functional power, genetics and that elusive x-factor is needed at the elite distance level. Its the same for any sport requiring power or speed. You can't "teach" people to run 100 meters in 10 seconds or throw a 100 mph fastball. However, everyone can definitely improve their baseline athletic power through practice and training. I think it's important to be realistic and set goals for maximizing one's own personal potential. Definitely appreciate the tips, however! You can both blast it way past me, fosho! Always learn a lot watching the pros throw in slo-mo. Thanks for the video, Simon!

[@MrAwakening2012]

I agree with Jeff. If he moves his elbow back it will open his shoulders and square his hips. Furthermore, he should really learn to pivot on his right heel at the release point. In this video his right knee takes all the torque of the shot. Even in regular speed you see his knee kinda buckle at the release point. Enough of those and he'll blow his knee because his foot is planted perpendicular to the release angle. Loved the video!!!! Keep'em coming guys!!

[@rexsmith1698]

Would be cool to see a shot comparison like that again with camera above. Might make it easier to see rounding, and would just be cool!

[@ck3310]

Look at the shadow on the tee pad. It's perfect for seeing how much Casey's disc moves and the rounding

[@loadedmango387]

My take aways 1. casey thrust his left arm to burst some power at the end of the shot, while simon trusts the left arm to add more at thre beginning. casey’s late thrust of the left arm caused the difference in release points by driving his shoulders into that turned position rounding the disc out. it happened in one frame. i am curious if he tried to change the timing of the trust if it would improve his shot. i think simons early arm thrust his better as it allows for more time for the disc to accelerate during the throw 2. casey’s right foot might lack some mobility into supination, there’s some compensation as you see his right knee ends up in full extension, almost appears to be not in control. foot mobility exercises and some stability work could help improve his form. but without a foot, gait and 3D map assessment, I can’t know for sure. casey night just have more mobility in his thoracic spine, hips and shoulders than simon and there fore his body doesn’t reach the point of needing to supinate the foot yet. now I am curious to know if his foot supinates or pronates. i also think simon looks like he keeps his weight on his heel more to short of spin on it while casey shifts his weight more to the outside of his foot. how someone foot moves is very individual and obviously some will be more efficient than others

[@sonquizzon]

When you were talking about the reach backward you can also look at the shadows on the ground and see the difference in distance from the disc to the body 👍🏽

[@Entenluc]

Schönes Video. Danke für die erklärung des "Tricks". Bleibt Gesund und hoffentlich geht es bald wieder los mit Turnieren.

[@disconsolator]

Hey Simon, I'm wondering if you can do a video giving tips on throwing uphill. I live in Colorado and would love to see a breakdown of your approach to this with some video examples

[@jasvance]

The biggest difference I see is Simon, your disc is more on an anhyzer angle with the outside of the disc where you are holding it is higher than the inside of the disc near your body. His disc is on a much more hyzer angle on the reach back. You then snap the disc up in the pull through to go from the anhyzer angle to flat on the pull through.

[@zafotbeeb]

Shot of the Day was too cool.Whole video is really good. The form comparison is great information. Well done.

[@nicholascurran1734]

Simon, your optical illusion mention: compare when throwers are at end of tee pad vs start of tee pad. I notice it more with throwers at start, and the angle of leg vs right side of tee pad seems to be key, for me.

[@dustman96]

Simon, can you do a quick vid on the importance of spin on the disc and how to maximize it?

[@Deltree83]

Right after that comparison. I couldn't get my eyes off Casey's hand when he throws. I used to have the same. Now I am focusing more on how I pull my hand. Still, my shots are too high though. Thank you Simon for all these lessons. All of the tips helped me as a beginner so much.

[@VanderGroejn]

Thank you for being you. Always a treat when there's a new vlog. Great tips and always entertaining. Prost mein freund. 😁🤙

[@dyvel]

Without knowing much this is my analysis: when you plant your front foot and start your body rotation, it's pretty obvious that Simon has more weight on his heels and can use his legs much better to start the rotation. Meanwhile Casey is a little front-heavy and since he has the weight on his toes he loses his legs' power slightly in the rotation. He therefore needs to engage his upper body more and earlier. He also has to use more explosive energy to pull his off center upper body around instead of getting all that power into the disc. He then gets restricted in the follow-through by having his front foot planted. 2. Visualize an axis around which each player rotates their bodies. Simon's axis is closer to his spine which makes it more effective than Casey who rotates around an axis closer to his chest. Try to adjust your rotations so that you rotate around your point of gravity, and more power can go into the disc.

[@DaNeiJin]

i know that nowadays most of us expect a basic english knowledge, so for those who understand this video is gold (thanks simon for time spend). I know a lot of persons who play discgolf and would gain so much from this video if they could understand. Was ich somit sagen will ist: Simon bitte übersetze dieses video auf deutsch und auf sonstige Sprachen die du sprechen kannst. Das wäre eine große Hilfe für die Community und diejenigen die nicht so gut englisch sprechen. Vielen Dank und grüße aus Wien.

[@corvid1934]

The optical illusion is just perspective - just look at one pad for a moment. You'll notice that the two side don't appear parallel, if you extend both lines they eventually converge. So, from this perspective, the right sides appears to slant much more than the left and with the side by side, we are comparing the left line of one pad to the right line of the other pad.

[@jameskamphuis1901]

I love all the shot of the days but this one touched my heart....awesomeness...nice aces also...I wanna play a round with this Old Greg

[@largefriesMrGravy]

The illusion is an example of the leaning tower optical illusion. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_tower_illusion

[@AlexCue]

This one always breaks my brain. 🤯

[@simenkjernlie9511]

Wow, that is wild

[@b.j.reiher3510]

Your content is top notch. All of your videos are so memorable, but this video was my favorite. Well done, young man.

[@ziggybob4565]

Your shot of the day makes me smile every time

[@JasonLawrenceJones]

Your uploads are great...all of them. Keep posting stuff. You are great at explaining things in an understandable way.

[@runningman5106]

Simon, it would be great to see/hear your form analysis from an overhead shot. Don't recall seeing that anywhere before, but I think it would provide a lot of insight into the physics of the throw. Also, slo-mo video option might provide more detail.

[@ChrisWoj]

Paul does the same thing with the off arm driving into the body. I started doing it over the winter and it pays dividends in terms of accuracy at high power and additional power.

[@CornDogDG]

Super helpful. Thanks Simon

[@eurly93]

Awesome breakdown. I’ve played for years but basically as an exclusively forehand player. I’m just now trying to learn backhand and finding it way less intuitive. I can drive 350-400 forehand but only about 200 backhand because I have 0 technique. So videos like this are absolutely awesome.

[@ryanjoens9081]

Simon I love watching you play dude. It just looks effortless. Great videos as always brother

[@brett7794]

I love how Simon was so polite about it lol we all know Casey is rounding, another thing I would like to point out is when Simon fully extends his reach back the disk becomes vertical not flat like Casey's apex I've seen this in other pro's wondering if it is on purpose or just a effect of proper form? Thanks Simon I've been playing 10 years and back then we didn't have amazing break downs like this therefore it took longer to break old bad habits I've always said it's like learning a full song on the guitar then realizing it was wrong now you have to relearn it lol it's always harder to relearn..

[@1puttdiscgolf212]

Dear Simon, Thanks for another supercalifragilisticexpialidocious video! 🔴⚪️🥏😷🙏🏻

[@insanzeforlife5150]

I think we are all lucky that you are such a bad ass at disc golf and great at this whole KZbin thing!!!

[@danielburke4237]

I think this is your best video yet. Keep up the great work!!

[@bradymccann]

He’s only 19?!?

[@jswain1809ify]

Right!? I was thinking the same thing when he said that!!

[@ptbfrch]

He carries himself in a really impressive way for a 19yo person. Impressive.

[@Lmnop1941]

He looks 19 idk why this is so surprising

[@patvogt9660]

Came to the comments for this

[@subspaceanomaly]

@@ptbfrch there are 19 year olds who have been in wars and then built their own homes and had kids. Casey seems pretty young but very good natured.

[@camilleskweir9740]

I love that you do the shot of the day - this one is so cool! Great content overall.

[@ptbfrch]

Casey is rounding. And wow is he a good golfer! At 19!

[@tadmckowski3348]

I loved the form breakdown!! Would love to see more of that! Another awesome video!

[@itsneight1260]

the homemade baskets were awesome and didn't look hard to do at all... might try making a couple of those myself

[@chrisblanchard4938]

You should come to Orrington Maine,just outside of Bangor and play at Dr. Disc Golf. 2 18 hole courses in the woods, par 66 and par 72 plus 1 9 hole course.

[@mikehodson5112]

Sweet stuff and great drive form comparisons - I think Casey’s late rotation on his forward foot plant is acting like a brake suppressing the energy to release. Just my 2 cents… thanks boys! Always fun to watch and learn! Huck on!👍🏼

[@zafotbeeb]

The form comparison was so helpful ! Thank you

[@williamhro]

Moin Simon, Ich spiele seit 1 1/2 Monaten Disc Golf und habe an den ersten Tagen Videoanalyse mit deinem letzten Form-Video gemacht...400 ft👍 Ich kann's nur empfehlen

[@jonathanbauer9279]

400 ft mit nur 1 1/2 Monaten ist ziemlich beeindruckend.

[@Ae6KaRBoN]

Yeah, i agree with simon on the shoulder rotating a bit early. You actually can see it a bit on the plant too, he has already shifted his weight a bit before getting the rotation. That with the rounding, and "anchoring" his plant foot are the biggest things i tihnk i see.. And again, they are quire minor, clearly he throws well doing 450 consistent. One thing on that anchoring of the plant foot, that actually can inhibit you quite a bit, in that it MIGHT hinder hip rotation.

[@natemichalove1782]

@Simon Lizotte can you do a how to/slow-mo breakdown of your putt? As a spin putter I would love some tips. Yours is so powerful and effortless. Would love a breakdown.

[@natemichalove1782]

Anyone know how to actually tag Simon? I don’t haha.

[@JoeyTemme]

Liked for shot of the day, keep it going!

[@adambeston1909]

The rotation of the foot on the drive is going to be variable based on teepad design. The main thing is a second shot. Watching pros shoot they seem to have just one way to throw and it's either teepad or grass. Shoe selection is also super key. I use different shoes on different courses and wonder if using triathlon style quick laces to switch shoes could be useful in disc golf. I know I want two totally different shoes per round normally.

[@jaynorris3631]

Thanks for the disc flip tutorial. And everything else!

[@philjohnson796]

Excellent form analysis. Keep 'em coming.

[@andrewoxley8399]

Keep these coming! Thanks for spreading the stoke of DiscGolf! 🤟

[@ZeeK33NKS]

*DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SWINGS USING BASIC SCIENCE* The difference is their Center Of Gravity when rotating to the release point. Think of a raw egg and a hard boiled egg spinning. Both rotating/spinning with the same amount of power... The raw egg spins much slower due to the COG changing as the fluid inside moves. While the hard boil egg spins around much quicker due to having a fixed COG. In the DG Swing, the fixed COG is a straight spine. You can determine this by watching Simon's trail shoulder rotate around his spine and trade places with the lead shoulder. They rotate in a more linear fashion as if they were both connected to opposite ends of a hula hoop (Drew Gibson also a good example of this). Where Casey's trail shoulder trades places with the lead shoulder, in a slight "swooping" motion. As if the hula hoop is bent towards his rear. That swoop forces Casey's spine to lean more towards his trail side, creating a fluid COG when rotating. So with the same power output, Casey loses his potential distance. Now YES, some people have the brute strength or speed to have this swoop and have big distance. However, Focusing on a fixed COG is much easier on your body and more efficient with less arm speed. Less arm speed makes the motion easier to repeat. Repeatable motion means more consistent lines and distance. All the above leads to better DG play. Great vid guys and good luck to all learning!

[@rubylong8897]

Love all of this! How fun 🥏⛓💥 Shot of the day was 🔥💗

[@nicholashash1351]

Awesome shot of the day!!!

[@sbburris]

Love this channel. The content seems somewhat unscripted and improvised, but it all is still really interesting and compelling. The side-by-side was awesome. I wish you would have talked a little about how your disc angles were different on the reach back. I've noticed quite a bit how you and Wysocki both angle the discs a bit on the reach back, but I'm not sure what it accomplishes.

[@DMGIII]

Really enjoying your chill vlogs and awesome tips. Going out to the course right now to play/practice!

[@Burps___]

Simon, you emphasize the run-up and foot placement in your tutorials. Question: Exactly how far can you and Casey throw without any run-up at all (stand still shot) compared to with a run-up (with everything else the same...disc, wind, etc)? Just how important is the run-up and footwork? 🤔 Thank you

[@das7091]

Cool One Important. When you run up, the disc moves with you, so you are giving the disc forward momentum already. Typically, you will get more torque from your hips too. Think about it this way. In baseball, an outfielder does a crowhop to throw further and hit home plate. If he threw standstill, he wouldnt make it all the way to home plate. It’s because the outfielder will get more torque from his hips and gain forward momentum.

[@xxBlairxYxx]

DAS i think he means more as a comparison. By taking footwork out we can see if simons upper half is more efficient then caseys and if the same we can see that simons footwork is what separates himself from casey

[@liiiinder]

Footwork and run up isnt worth anything without timing :P

[@poysunivey]

It’s a big deal. I used to be only capable of just over 300ft in my early days of playing. I had wipeout off a big jump snowboarding and dislocated my hip. For the next 4-6 months I could only throw standing still. I learned how to throw just as far and further with zero run up. After I healed I was buying new discs because everything was too damn flippy. I went from Valkyries and sidewinders to wraiths and destroyers. I was over 450 by the end of the year. I can still push 500-550 most days.

[@rgershberg]

can you please give more detail of the name and location of this course?I live in MA and would love to go check it out, but BDR did not show up on my search.

[@b-radg916]

The vid description says it's private. This says it's invitation only. www.discgolfscene.com/courses/Old_Gregs Looks nice, but it would eat me alive... I'm really new to the game, so my invitation would be best if came in a year or so 🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@barrelrollio]

Something I've noticed with a lot of pro disc golfers is the odd disc angle during the reach-back. Simon doesn't really comment on this, but his disc angle shows a pretty distinct anhyzer ( 8:39 probably due to a relaxed wrist) and he torques it to the correct angle during the pull-through. Conventional form videos always talk about keeping the disc angle proper to your release angle throughout the whole motion... but I've found throughout many videos that big throwers simply don't do that (Ricky Wysocki, Garrett Gurthie, etc). Anyone have insight why people teach the need to keep the proper disc angle when pros aren't doing that?

[@chrismstraete]

Im not an expert, but my best guess would be that a locked wrist (or angle) throughout the reach-back give more consistent release angle for beginners.

[@peterashworth5875]

I've noticed this in some of my slo-mo recordings and it feels natural to me and is not something I try to do. That being said I think it helps pull the disc closer to the body right as you hit the power pocket before the explosive release. I have tried to mimic Simon's form since it is the cleanest I've seen and the result is that I can get out to 500+ feet about 3 out of 10 distance shots and occasionally hit 550+ on a perfect line. You can see this on a lot of slo-mo videos of pros as well.

[@niclasolsson4224]

I wouldn't say a lot of people talk about it. Danny has done it and he's pretty much become the form guru, haha. Ullibari teaches that your angle control is with your follow through, i.e. nvm your reach back but be thorough in what angle your follow through is going.

[@grantprice4456]

That breakdown was amazing. You would be an excellent coach Simon! Thanks for the content brother, stay safe.

[@BruceSimmons]

At the 8:15 mark, the shadows cast really show the difference in disc placements in regards to your bodies...

[@jannejaakkola5836]

Looks like the reachback causes rounding, which means that he can't pull straight through and has to pull around his body. This is also the cause for a release point that is further out from his body as he just can't pull it as close as Simon does. This is probably the biggest factor in power difference, because it prevents Casey from getting his elbow into 90 deg angle before release and that is where the power comes from.

[@danj3160]

It was definitely just that shot with Casey rotating on his toe. In the slow motion montage he most certainly rotates on his heal... Keep up the great content guys.

[@TheSalamanteri]

In Casey’s form difference with Simon, is using left arm. Simon use it for weight transfer. And he is stealing like milliseconds in timing before planting his right foot.

[@heartdisciple]

Simon, I also feel like you have a strong stable right foot plant, which allows you to torque better.

[@edpep43]

Great video!!! Rounding and throwing 450??? Amazing

[@carllambert4170]

Hell yeah! Truly best shot of the day!!