How to throw frisbee farther?
Throwing a pull (what the ‘kick off’ in Ultimate is called) is most easily done for new throwers by using the backhand. Grip the disc firmly, with all four fingers wrapped under the rim, and the thumb pointing around the rim of the disc. Cock your wrist so that the rim of the disc is touching the inside of your forearm. Take 3-5 steps with the penultimate step being a crossover (for righty throwers, the left leg steps behind the right)– this puts the most twist in your torso– while at the same time reaching away from the direction you will pull with the hand holding the disc. As you bring the disc across your body, try to make the path the disc takes to the release point be a straight line (no curves). The release point will be in front of you (in your direction of travel, not out from your torso), nearly at the full extent of your arm. In the last few inches/centimeters of your motion with your arm, snap your wrist open like a whip. Once you’ve mastered the motion, you’ll want to le
Throwing a pull (what the ‘kick off’ in Ultimate is called) is most easily done for new throwers by using the backhand. Grip the disc firmly, with all four fingers wrapped under the rim, and the thumb pointing around the rim of the disc. **** your wrist so that the rim of the disc is touching the inside of your forearm. Take 3-5 steps with the penultimate step being a crossover (for righty throwers, the left leg steps behind the right)– this puts the most twist in your torso– while at the same time reaching away from the direction you will pull with the hand holding the disc. As you bring the disc across your body, try to make the path the disc takes to the release point be a straight line (no curves). The release point will be in front of you (in your direction of travel, not out from your torso), nearly at the full extent of your arm. In the last few inches/centimeters of your motion with your arm, snap your wrist open like a whip. Once you’ve mastered the motion, you’ll want to le
Everything roodogrip says is excellent advice. I’d add just a couple of things. He mentions the torso twist briefly and I’d emphasize that this is pretty key. I really consciously think of twisting a lot at the waist just before I let fly, and untwisting on the release, in much the same way that one would do with a golf or baseball swing, but in reverse (because you’re twisting to the backhand side rather than the forehand side). You can generate a lot of additional power this way. The other comment is that one way I’ve found to practise that has really helped my long throws, on both sides, is self-catch into the wind. You know, the boomerang type throw where you heave it at an upward angle and try to catch it when it comes back. While the motion is not identical to a more level throw, I find it’s still a great way to practise big throws, since you can do it alone without running after the disc. This exercise puts a premium on not only throwing it hard, but throwing it with control, or
To kick off you can throw it overhand like a tomahawk. But if you want consistently long and straight throws, you need to learn how to throw with your wrist and not just the arm muscles. Keep it as flat as possible at release, flick your wrist, and let fly. Practice. haha I also like the above idea. That works, too.
