The Road to 450 Requires a New Swing Plane?? | Disc Golf Distance Gains

[@BlitzDG]

Let's goooo!

[@EtherealProject3D]

Congrats man!!!! you made it to the big time. Well deserved for sure.

[@NickCarroll]

Sometimes content creators can release content that has a long duration but is short on substance. Robbie, this was a video that was every bit as long as it needed to be, and every minute was dense with nothing that needed to be removed. Additionally, even though there wasn't any B-roll, the warm-up you do throughout (and other things) is great visual information that obviously ties into the subject of the video. Excellent video! A must-watch!

[@discsmd]

Yeah man! It's a great time in disc golf! Clint is the man!

[@thomasmonson633]

I knew Blitz was onto something when I saw his first video 5 or 6 months ago. I've been throwing standstills since then. I still can't throw far but I'm hitting my usual distance (270-280) with less effort and more accuracy. I wish I had a couple hours a day to stand in front of a net

[@NB_224]

Hey Robbie, great video. Proud of you man, just out here living the dream with disc golf. We appreciate the grind.

[@waynebrown8828]

I hardly ever comment on anything on social media . But I wanted to express my appreciation and respect that I have for you for being willing to show your journey/struggles that I feel “the majority “ of us REC. players have. I feel Your content has did more for my game than any other on content on the internet. Mainly because it seems I am having the EXACT issue at the EXACT TIME you post a video. Thank you VERY MUCH for all that you do, and I have zero doubt your 450’ is closer than you think .

[@DavidSanchez-ur9tt]

Dennis the menace ,Good stuff.

[@clintonrepass1811]

I’m good brotha! Thanks for asking, still loving your content!!

[@bensieber6960]

I saw Simon say, "slow is smooth and smooth is far" on a video a while back and, every time I remember this and manage to implement it in my drives, it works. I really like the "whirly bird" swing; I can feel how much more coil I'm getting, and how it drives my elbow through. That's going into my next field session. Thanks Robbie!

[@moonshineorv7962]

This series is so great!! I’m with you, let’s goooo 450

[@TonyToddMiller]

You know what. I’ve been watching you for four years. And you know what, it’s because when I do you are explaining to me exactly what I’m going through. I’m shocked at the moment about how many times I’m early releasing, so I thought it must be my grip. And guess what, here you are explaining it to me. Sweet.

[@ianapostal8044]

I finally hit 300 this spring and have worked up to being able to hit 320-330 on occasion. I think i’m hitting this wall where i’m tensing up so this video is super helpful.

[@KD0OWK]

Am I wrong for watching a road to 450 video to get to 350?😊

[@stephengarman6488]

I hope not lol because I max out a little past 300 and I’d like to just be able to clear 300 consistently (on my way to 350 of course!)

[@Toddztank]

Robbie, you have a God-given talent for teaching! I am learning so much from you. Right now I have to be extremely careful because I tweaked my back emptying the dishwasher 2 days ago. Do you have a specific process for rehabilitating a tweaked back?

[@ATXNick]

Great vid. I’m on the journey w you. Thanks for taking us along. Looks like you’re actually dropping your elbow fyi.

[@kylepellow5644]

Pulling for you Robbie! Way to put in the work!

[@mikehumphries6076]

Thank you for this video. The warmup routine is super useful. Definitely more than flapping my arms like Michael Phelps between the car and the first tee pad. Seeing the slower motion of your swing plain really helped define the motion that the path takes. My last thought is that I can not wait to get stuck at 350'. I hope that your day is amazing as well.

[@jacobjones1774]

I would encourage you to start doing Clint’s lifting program too. I’ve been doing it consistently for the last 6-8 months. Seeing some great distance gains and more body awareness

[@philipstevens4813]

I tore my labrum in my shoulder and I spite of a ton of PT work I still struggle with tendinosis. I noticed today on the course I had a tendency of tossing into the ground because of the shoulder not being comfortable with my elbow high enough. This was very inspiring. My other two cents on your strength comment is that the body won’t accelerate what it can’t decelerate. So having the strength makes all the sense in the world to me.

[@MrOBJECTIVEOBSERVER]

great vid! i'm at a similar point with my tech disc training. Comfortably hit that 50-54 range with my standstill then like 54-58 when i'm doing a full runup - Good angle control now from so many net throws it feels like but course distance definitely maxing out at like ~360-370 and dont feel like I have too much business throwing 11 speeds yet. Blitz is a beast with those standstills.

[@jdhaas4231]

Great Job Robbie. Keep it up!

[@tossinwithnotso3544]

Mr. Crawford I am going to join you in this journey to 400, then 450.

[@billbittick]

This is crazy. I have this EXACT same problem. So cool to see it is not just me.

[@edgarpung5843]

This is perfect cuz I’m stuck exactly where you are in my backhand distance. I just broke 60mph for the first time. So I’m looking forward to this series. I started playing the beginning of last summer.

[@mordek777]

In before Robbie is already throwing 450 by the time this is out :D

[@julianseyal]

I would love to see as much as the coaching and fitness information as possible

[@Lombian1185]

Dude Robbie thanks for this vid, that little warm up routine you did in the intro is exactly what I’m looking for🙏🏼 … also since I didn’t see an affiliate link for the net I wanted to say that a net just like that is on sale at Walmart for $49.97. If you want me to edit that last part out I can, just sharing g a good deal with new comers to the game ✌🏽

[@puckzilla-bs9zy]

Thank you, thank you and once more thank you. I've noticed some changes in what you and others have been teaching. I've been a strength and conditioning coach for rotational sports (ball golf, Ice hockey and lacrosse for decades) After two hip replacements, hammy torn off the bone and femoral nerve damaged I've stared taking my "rec sport" more seriously_-yes disc golf. This is not the same thing. Upper-body variables hand variables it's almost going from 3 dimensions to 5 dimensions I often wonder if Right handed hockey players who were taught to shoot lefty , right hand above left (the control hand,) Canadians!, found RH backhand was easier. In the other sports we have pretty good date on what a "proper sequence" is. I notice that at this point disc golf coaches are focusing on the sequencing of body movement and agreeing to this as well. Anyway, Between you and some others I've gone form just being able to stand there and putt (injuries) in late 2023 and a 150 drive to 300+ on a regular basis. I find I have to decide to practice or play I don't have daylight or non work hours to do both so I am extremely happy with you that I feel that I at least don't suck any more.

[@DadAboutIt]

Mental anchor that helped me huge with elbow dip is "Push your funny bone at the target face first". For some reason that really helped. Not perfect but a big break through.

[@forrestchristy6631]

Cool, more power to ya

[@davefarley09]

Hey Robbie the elbow matters but your timing is the problem. Your planting as your bringing your elbow through at the same time instead of staying fully back in your coil as your plant foot presses completely into the ground then driving forward with the elbow. Hope this helps brother. Great content. Check out spin doctors videos on timing and planting. Extremely simple to understand.

[@intrinsic2941]

Nice work! I think your head rotation might be slowing down your arm. I'd try stopping your head rotation when it's facing forward in relation to the way you're standing on the teepad. So don't let it look toward the target until your off-shoulder forces it to long after the disc has released.

[@Completelycorydiscgolf]

Mandela Effect: Robbie has always had a sleeve tattoo 🤔

[@nathanielskinner6868]

No he has been slowly adding to it over time. There was a video a few weeks ago (presumably after his most recent addition) where he seems to be favoring it or unconsciously presenting it more to the camera and I think that is why it feels like it was never there or suddenly there.

[@Completelycorydiscgolf]

@@nathanielskinner6868 he’s such a drama queen… 😂

[@RobbieCDiscgolf]

@@Completelycorydiscgolf and long hair 🤫🤫

[@Completelycorydiscgolf]

@@RobbieCDiscgolf 😱😱😱

[@johannorberg4174]

Biggest flaw I would say is that you get very little push from the right leg. Look at kristian kouksa, and especially compare how much lower he is and how much he extends the right leg to create rotation in the pelvis. This is the same as in forehand when you walk straight forward you never get any trunk separation.

[@chrism3355]

I wish in addition to the arm speed numbers that you included spin numbers. I struggle with the spin and "slip out" is an issue for me as well. My arm speed is around 50, but I don't throw 300 with any consistency. 800 spin is good for me but weak obviously. having bench marks for spin at say 40, 45 and 50 miles an hour to shoot for, would be super helpful.

[@KhufuhK]

Not sure if it will help, but when I fixed my elbow drop the que that worked well for me was focusing on where I wanted my hit to be. I want my hit to be at arms length, and in my shadow swing I pay attention to where that is in relation to my body. I know I dropped my elbow when my hit is too close to my body. So instead of focusing on the elbow, I focused on extending my hand. Hope that helps someone reading this.

[@bearislandjosh5279]

Okay, with regard to the uncomfortable feeling in your shoulder when you are trying to throw hard: are you doing shoulder mobility work? That makes a GIGANTIC difference. Also, , it would almost certainly help you enormously to start doing some exercises to strengthen up your rotator cuff, not only with injury prevention and shoulder stability, but also, it should eliminate that uncomfortable shoulder feeling you talked about, which should help you focus more on your elbow.

[@wolfblade]

Not to change your routine already, but once you feel like you have the pattern engrained, could you see what your flight towel does when you use your new proper form? Meaning hold the flight towel disc as your normal disc and see what the behavior of the towel looks like? That would help me a lot, since I would know if the towel should snap / not snap, etc. I try to use it as a lower impact vs a throw, but higher resistance than an empty air swing, but really don’t have the muscle memory yet to know what a good swing feels like with it. I don’t have a tech disc, so the flight towel is my cheep additional to throwing into my net.

[@HylanderSB]

I learned long ago that it's more important to warm up muscles than stretch them before exercise. Stretching will definitely help with ROM but there isn't good evidence that it reduces the risk of injury.

[@CoachFogleDiscGolf]

JAR JAR FOR PRESIDENT!!

[@nathanielskinner6868]

I love his shirt as well. I feel like I am one of the few people who unironically likes him :D

[@CoachFogleDiscGolf]

@nathanielskinner6868 I'm with you there. I found a shirt that says vader/Palpatine 2024 lol

[@Fantastik87z]

Show all the process!

[@TM-DGG]

You definitely have that external shoulder rotation engrained into your nervous system. I don't think you threw once without rolling over your forearm/hand. I would put my sole focus into correcting that. Shadow swings are good, but our bodies are crazy adaptive. As soon as that disc gets back into your hand, your CNS reverts back to what it knows. You have to do the swings with the disc in your hand. Then when you start throwing, you'll probably need to go crazy slow and review video after every throw. Don't allow your body to keep making the same mistake. After you fix that, stop leading the throw with your head. Then you will be in business!! Good luck!

[@GoodStarfish]

I'm trying a back finger grip in practice to keep everything as loose as possible

[@AJ72281]

It’s weird that you’re talking about stretching the day after I pulled my groin on my first throw field practicing. I stretched my upper body on the walk to the field, but didn’t stretch my legs….. don’t skip leg stretches!

[@brannnnnnn]

The McGill Big 3 will add distance to your throw and protect your lower back from injury! type that into KZbin. If you have chronic lower back pain you SHOULD NOT be solely stretching as a solution to your pain. Add Pushups, pullups, and bodyweight squats and you will be throwing farther and stronger.

[@papabrose]

I would love to see you put in the comparison on your swings into the video

[@TheLegendBrolySS]

Well i tried gripping the disc super hard, well the disc doesn't come out at all. Not sure how this is helping

[@felixmaxkrull]

In all your throws at the end, you can see your head turn backward towards your reach back but you shouldn’t be turning at all yet that high at the shoulders. Your head needs to stay more in place to let your torso start to coil. Turning your head back slackens the coil and could lead to lower back pain since all of the uncoiling will start at the base of your back because now your shoulders are disconnected from your hips

[@Robtmmartine77]

I just had watched OT video about throwing nose down like reposting with a sword. It seems that you are saying that you are doing that and its making you release early and lose power. I can't break 250 ft and have been playing for years and haven't been able to go beyond that. I'm not sure what to do at this point.

[@Maynard_DG]

LETS GOOOOOO

[@pthrelkeld090]

Holy crap you're 6'3?! 😮 I'm gunna follow this for sure, because my drive game is straight up dookie, and its been even harder since I got t boned in my car and messed up 3... well disc's ironically 😂 can't wait for more! Also, siiiick fuckin shirt dude!

[@davismorehead2494]

So do you have advice for increasing arm speed. I’m stuck at 45 mph

[@joem8496]

Throw softer

[@joem8496]

Not joking. I get more speed when I relax and don't try as hard

[@davismorehead2494]

@@joem8496 I’ll try

[@FTX4816]

I think form is important but if you havent been able to get to 450 already its likely something you lack physically. Focus on strength and mobility exercises that target your core and lower body!

[@tdogable]

I just threw 446’ after only throwing 360’ a few months ago

[@joem8496]

I'm 60 mph and 285 distance 😂 The curse of bad form...

[@whyroader]

😮 do you have any nose angle information

[@joem8496]

@@whyroader it's bad

[@Joah1990]

60 should be enough for 400 ft 😂 grind that form out buddy

[@justjay3750]

just becsuse something works for some people doesnt mean its not wrong. some people are more athletic than others. for example, even with perfect form, ill never throw a fast ball as fast as randy johnson could, even if he used sub optimal form. there IS such thing as perfect form, even though everyone says otherwise. now there will be differences in my best form compared to Randy's best form because biology will stop me at some point, just like it stops him at some point. his biological limit is likely much higher than mine though.

[@ToddsDiscGolf]

Jar jar binks sucks! The prequels suck. The sequels REALLY suck. The original trilogy (original unmutilated version [HANS SHOT FIRST!]) are the coolest movies of all time.

[@gfunktuba1]

Idk. I think Jar-jar could do as good of job as one of our current candidates for president😂

[@DiamondDave216]

My God! Get to the point dude!

[@Trotquad]

Day 2 of asking for a "How you doing today Gerard". Regardless love your vids Robbie.

[@AJ72281]

How you doing today, Gerard? On a side note, did you ever hear the song “Dream Gerrard” by Traffic? It’s got a nice groove to it.

[@Trotquad]

@@AJ72281 I haven't I'm gonna have to listen to it.