If we haven't met before my name is Jo Henderson. I am an FPO disc golfer born and raised in Canada. I became addicted to the sport in 2020 and now I'm OBSESSED. I love creating engaging content and showing you what I'm learning in disc golf as well as the products that I come across.
I hope to cultivate a community of like minded people that are just as addicted to this sport as I am!
Appreciate the bag reviews. Next time for these smaller bags - demonstrate the discs entering and leaving the bag... Kinda hard to see how it holds that many discs esp in the lower pocket
I watched your other videos and I think you're getting a low throw trajectory because your tee pad is going downhill and you're throwing into a net. When you throw on a flat tee pad, you're not throwing into the ground
I just got a tech disc and watched your video to learn how to approach learning with this new tool. One question I have for you based on your comment about your release angle being down. My release angle on first testing today was also down for reference. I notice that your net appears to be a bit downhill from where you are standing... is it possible that you are throwing at a downhill target, hitting dead center, and that is why it shows a downhill release angle? I feel like the psychology of the net for me tends to have me throwing more down than I might in a field with no net. Curious for your thoughts. Thanks for this video!
Very cool. You might find my video showing 10 different throws where I adjust the nose angle on each a different way to be interesting and give you some ideas. Would be cool to see hear if you try any of them and what happened. Great presentation of your thoughts too. A few things that stood out to me from what you said (I'm still learning a lot too so take this for what it's worth). I'd recommend tying something to a higher spot on the net to focus on aiming higher for increasing launch angle, I've found that to be really useful. You might need to put down a marker to plant closer to the net though so you don't feel worried about accidentally throwing over the net. This is what I did when working on nose angle because I wanted to make sure I could actually throw nose down with higher launch angles where it's more needed. For the X step "crow hop" and verticality vs horizontal: Lots of people get more power by being more vertical because they get easier access to power from gravity on their weight coming back down into the brace so it might not be bad for you. Idk which FPO players do this but Garrett Gurthie is an MPO example (he also crow hops and so does McBeth and Wysocki). The hop also makes it harder to lean back because you are more committed to forward momentum and leaning back a bit too much is such a common problem (I have it too). If you draw a vertical line up from your back foot during peak reach back, most big distance thrower's have only their elbow-down crossing this line. If you stop the crow hop, it would be interesting to keep an eye on that to see if it changes.
Great vid! Your reach back is just way too early is why your foot is opening so much. Wait a few seconds longer through the last step of the x step until you reach back and coil.
i’ve been playing for about 3 months now. i’ve got a latitude side satchel type of bag that holds 9 discs max. id say im fairly good (can throw 300-350ft, and 1 under par isn’t rare) and am looking for a bag that will last me years to come. this feels like the right choice im just being careful because of the price point😅 what would you do
Honestly this bag is all I’d ever need personally. Not too many but not too little. It fits everything I need and more and the lifetime warranty is amazing! I’d either go with this size or if you’re wanting something a little bigger you could do the BX3. I have a Grip bag that’s 10+ years old and it’s still going strong! If you do end up purchasing one I’d love if you could use my code “jogift10” it supports my tour.
Greetings from a local Portlander! Really cool and bizarre to see Pier Park popping up in my recommended videos, but rad to watch a non-local play it. For anyone visiting and thinking about playing this course, it is well worth a visit. In fact, I personally feel it's the best course in the area (sorry, Milo). It's beautiful, well designed, changes seasonally, and features a variety of shot shapes, uphill and downhill shots, and both technical/wooded and open throws. HOWEVER, and this is a massive however, this video does not convey how stupidly busy this course is pretty much all the time. My partner and I make sure to go very early in the morning. Otherwise, any time after, like, 1 pm, it's a sh!tshow of noisy, douchey disc bros. Make sure to go supes early to avoid the crowds. :) <3
The only way Pier Park is that empty anymore is starting early in the morning on a weekday. It's a great course, but for those of us who live in Portland with regular M-F 9-5 lives, Pier Park has become way too crowded. If your disc golf is weekends and/or evenings only, Pier Park is a chore of long waits, lots of noise, and irritated non-disc golf park users. Even though its a fantastic course, living in Portland we still only play there a couple times a year.
Great video! Little tip that helped me out with the launch angle was to raise up the net. When I was throwing I would aim at the center of the net without thinking about it. When the center is below the release point I was consistent at throwing with a negative angle.
Here to write something like this!!! Many a creator throwing into a net have at some point commented that their launchangle due to the aimpoint for the center of the net is low or negative. Which makes it important to try a raised net outside as well to see that the rest of the form follows changing the aimpoint!
It looks from the camera angle that you're throwing slightly downhill. I would try throwing it into the net at different locations and see if that changed the launch angle data any. Might as well have as big a sample size as possible.
Great self analysis. Can you show us your flight lines after each throw (from the computer). You are definitely reaching back as opposed to coiling your body. Do you feel it in your glute, core, back when you coil? Definitely need to get that brace foot down before you start the throw that is slowing down your arm speed. I’d recommend slowing down when you run up and concentrating on hitting that brace as you fully coil and then explode your weight from the back leg into the brace leg. Keep up the good work, can’t wait to see you on tour!
Great video! It must be great to have a Tech disc to improve. But isn't it the case that you aren't fully braced before you are throwing? What I mean by that is that I think that there is still some weight on your back foot when you start to pull through. At least it looks like that. Additionally, shouldn't it be the case that the right hip turns backwards because of the plant foot hits the ground and the arm fires through after that? Because by the time your front foot hits the ground you are almost in the power pocket instead of being in the full reach back. Look at Gannon Buhr in this video. (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-exzEC1YouCo.html ; 2:01 time) All his weight is on the plant foot and his hip almost pointing forward by the time he starts pulling through. These are only thoughts though and I really only want to be helpful and i don't want to insult you or to seem like I know everything better.
