The Keys To Unlocking 400 Feet Of Forehand Power | Disc Golf Tips

Forehands are cool. Here's how to throw them far.
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[@wzywgwzywg]

If you're not a forehand player, before you try to go big distance, throw all your upshots forehand for a couple weeks to learn how to snap. It'll force you to throw clean and learn your angles, before you try to add power to the mix.

[@markbuonagura2465]

Very good teaching video. Well done

[@user-pj3ir4vt6x]

Undoubtedbly the best forehand video I've seen so far. Great job! Thank you. My forehand is finally getting there.

[@seeballgetball937]

Good video, nice work!

[@Peg_Leg9n]

Good tips well said now just got to get out in the field and execute better on my end 👍

[@bradysinclair6392]

Dude. Elegantly explained. Putting this into my field work like, yesterday.

[@chrisfaubert2346]

Dude, really enjoying your clarity and explanations, despite giving a lot of info in your vids.. looking forward to getting out and applying some things in practice. Thanks!

[@dgpope5204]

Slowly working through the catalog. Loved this one, great tips!

[@DrDarylC]

Thank you Tyler! I'll work on the smoothness and "palm forward"

[@utica2burn]

Very good content! The most challenging thing for me is the grip and getting the disc to be stable in the hand. With backhand, it's much easier. One thing that works for me is gripping the disc quite hard and putting the knuckle of the pointer finger on the underside of the disc. But this usually makes my hand sore.

[@nthnppps]

Footwork is so important too , I use a crow hop like an outfielder for big overstable annies And a back step for flat or hyzers

[@HelloThere-uu8ln]

Awesome vid, definitely gonna use these tips to help my poverty-stricken forehand.

[@nesnejls]

Good video. I have this sort of max power on my forehand, but nowhere near the consistency on display here. Need to film myself to really the differences, but I know already that I make some of the mistakes you point out here.

[@TheGiraffehead]

Good stuff. My forehand is still garbage but I'm slowly starting to trust it in a round. The biggest thing for me (as someone who came from strictly backhand) is to trust the flick at the end. I kept trying to throw my arm through like a backhand and it was hyzering out and hurting my elbow. Once I trusted the flick to do most of the work I started to see what the forehand does.

[@TylerTiede]

Yes it’s much smoother of a motion than you would think. Once you get the hang of it it’s a great tool.

[@Xesper24]

Great video! Would love to see you break down your forehand form in slow motion and maybe compare it to a pro.

[@TylerTiede]

that’s a good idea!

[@emiliomoran5295]

Still working on getting 50' of forehand power

[@cameron3448]

great vid, its crazy how little effort it takes to throw a forehand 300-350+ compared to back hand. still working on getting that 400-450 foot forehand but when it comes to hitting mandos/lines forehand its much more accurate

[@WillEnj0y]

Interesting, I have the opposite experience.

[@triplespace007]

I've noticed with myself that if I ever try to power up on a forehand, I always roll my wrist. I always have to remind myself to just be slow and smooth, but this also causes me to only throw x amount of distance. I'll try this out next time I play. Thanks for the tips.

[@juhomakela4772]

I got one tip for you for stopping those wrist rolls. Try to keep your front foot toes and hip facig litle more forward when you plant your front foot. Usually the cause of roll wrist throws is that you are facing too mutch sideways and your hips cant turn forward like it should, so basically your hand have to travel too far to reach that release point to throw staight forward and it causes the wrist roll. Hope that helps.

[@triplespace007]

@@juhomakela4772 considering I standstill everything. It doesn't help too much but I'll do my best.

[@hebziba8786atgmail]

Great video thanks 🙏

[@leogoku13]

I have heard some pros say do not focus on your elbow first, that it leads to injury

[@TylerTiede]

Watch any slow motion video of the best forehand players on tour. Or even watch slow motion footage of any MLB pitcher, it’s the same motion. They all do it. Yes, it can lead to injury. That is why I made the disclaimer to train slowly and not over-do it. I have been throwing forehands like this for years with no injuries. The key is listening to your body, resting if you’re sore, and not throwing too many big forehands.

[@leogoku13]

@@TylerTiede that's not what I said lol. They say not to focus on it. It will just happen naturally

[@TylerTiede]

@@leogoku13 everyone learns differently. I choose to focus on performing the motion I see others doing. You are free to think of it in another way.

[@marktalgo3591]

I think the key point is not letting your elbow get too far away from your body. You should lead with your elbow but you have to make sure you are shifting your weight forward, and also keeping your swing close to your hip (not super wild horizontally from ur hip). People get injured when they don't crow hop and get on to their front foot and try to arm the hell out of a disc like a ball in front of them. Be smooth and stay balanced, let your arm snap through dont force anything.

[@Nickeeefy]

​@@marktalgo3591 exactly, that happend to me. Got a bad golfers elbow for months by Having my elbow to far out from by body side. Of course also by lack of timing

[@ZxZ246]

As a baseball player seeing this, anybody that wants to strengthen themselves for forehands just be careful, work on shoulder and elbow mobility and always stretch and warm up. If you feel any sort of pain in your internal part of your elbow, just stop. Possible risk of tearing a tendon is never fun, then you’re out of commission for a year.

[@shelbymorgan9484]

Warm Up Before You Throw. I throw several approch shots with Zones Buzzs Drone and Eagle before I throw my xcals cloudbreakers DD3 Firebird FD3 as my max distance forehand drivers

[@Mellowyellow8888]

lol double stack grip.. people playing ultimate would call it power grip.. its been in written nomenclature like that for ages..

[@marcelmattsson1010]

I would perhaps be more concerned with muscles around the shoulder like the rotator cuff to focus on in the gym for injury prevention. The shoulder being a socket joint is way more at risk than the elbow being a hinge joint.

[@TylerTiede]

Yes, but generally you put a lot of torque on your elbow when throwing this type of throw. That’s why you see baseball players tear their UCL so often.

[@legenden101]

👏👏

[@sillyz9578]

Ryan Sheldon mentioned to not lead with elbow (im sure you know who he is). MLB pitcher and throws 600 ft forehands. You want to focus on the hip to shoulder separation so you aren’t using your arm. Lead with hips

[@TylerTiede]

I probably didn’t word this correctly enough in the video. You’re right in saying that you shouldn’t force your elbow forward. This is more of a cue for me to remember to keep the disc lagged behind, not a point where I’m trying to generate power. Maybe I will make a follow-up video regarding this.

[@sillyz9578]

@@TylerTiede That makes sense. I agree with what you just typed i know sometimes it’s hard to convey it. I wasn’t trying to bash you, i appreciate your videos :)

[@TylerTiede]

@@sillyz9578 thank you! No worries at all my dude. I’m always trying to make sure I get my point across in the most understandable way, so I like seeing comments like this so I can do better in future videos :)

[@sillyz9578]

@@TylerTiede I’ll definitely be taking some of you snip it’s and goto the field and try them. Im stuck around 300 feet and want to get to that 350-400!

[@ioweutube2]

Yea, I reacted on this as well! The Ryan Sheldon video clarified that you want to lead with the elbow, but NOT in front of your body! The elbow should still lag behind your ribs/side of your body like you mentioned with leading with the hips. Pushing the elbow in front is when you get injuries. Outside of that, really enjoyed the video. Hoping my FH can grow towards 270 soon!

[@mikemumbach9562]

I saw all this sabres stuff. Are you a buffalo guy? Me too if so..go bills

[@TylerTiede]

oh yeah. huge sabres fan.

[@Ghaulmylvahvai]

in finnish, Tiede means "science" :D just a funny tidbit

[@TylerTiede]

That’s cool! I have a physics degree so I guess it fits haha

[@charleyweinhardt]

It just occurred to me how much potential Pro tennis players might have with throwing discs. Back hands and forehands

[@fivestringhoss]

Go Bills/Sabres

[@foresttmartinez3393]

I transitioned from ultimate Frisbee and my first day on a disk golf course I got an ace. I mainly throw forehand for drives because I have so much more control. I have some 600+ foot throws and I use the cross step tho because that 100% ads more power.

[@eaglized1045]

Some of your power is wasted by leaving your right leg behind. Tie it all together and follow through with the hip. More distance and accuracy when everything is synced up.

[@TylerTiede]

yeah, this is definitely a bad habit of mine I’m working on fixing

[@jamesevans7537]

Shoot... I'd just like to throw a forehand 250 feet at this point.... Can't throw them to save my life! And I've worked hard to get it! No dice

[@TylerTiede]

get a glitch, those things go 250 with no power!

[@jamesevans7537]

@@TylerTiede I just got one while at the Jonesboro open. Love it, but the rim shape is throwing me off. I have a tendency to throw it in the ground. Getting more used to it slowly. The light weight makes it harder for me to putt with too, but that is what practice helps with! 😁

[@Aegizreal]

Just an FYI, your phone number is visible while your showing grip technique.

[@TylerTiede]

I’ve tried blurring it but It’s a bit of a hassle. I’m not worried about it, I just make disc golf videos.

[@Aegizreal]

@@TylerTiede no worries, figured someone else pointed it out already. As a forehand dominant thrower (tennis background) I really enjoyed your video! I’m stuck at about 300-350 foot max distance though

[@aaronkirkland212]

First off let' get a rangefinder on you. Can you even throw 400? It's one thing to tell the people how to live but if you aren't living that way then what are we doing here.

[@TylerTiede]

I guess you’re just gonna have to take my word for it.

[@theOcean41]

350? That first throw wasnt close to 350.

[@TylerTiede]

That’s crazy I didn’t see you out there with your rangefinder earlier.

[@HelloThere-uu8ln]

Can confirm, I was there and it was 342 feet. You can see me at 9:03.

[@TheGiraffehead]

@@HelloThere-uu8ln stop playing, you know damn well that was me.

[@InviableTrader]

Not putting anyone down but man if you get injured throwing side arm you need to go outside more 😂

[@WillEnj0y]

Idk man, it gave me pretty bad golfers elbow a few months ago but luckily it’s totally cleared up now.

[@InviableTrader]

@@WillEnj0y maybe your wacking it to much…..jk my man. I’m just some random guy on KZbin who doesn’t really know anything.