this video single-handedly helped me go from a decent cornhole player to a great one. now im better than all my friends. i hope they dont look this video up. thanks joe!!!
@@detroitlionspistonstigersr6735 same here. I sucked when I first started. Started watch cornhole on ESPN and figured it out and not to brag but I’m pretty nice now lol
Very nice and very helpful. GREAT VIDEO!!! My throws were always erratic, flipping, landing on its side but then nice and flat...After watching this video I concentrated on getting my palm to face up....went home and tried like you said and now Im getting nice flat bags with a slow rotation. Thank you very much, I will never be a big time competitive thrower but with some more practice I will have neighborhood bragging rights lol
I love bags, but suck. Just never could figure out a good way to throw. Why did I never look up videos before? Ugh. Gave this method a try. My first 8 bags didn't go well, so re-watched the video and realized I didn't do it quite right at first. Threw maybe 8 bags probably 10 more times after, and I'd say this technique instantly improved my shot. There are still some throws that are too short or the release is off so those are a bit wild, but overall I was hitting more bags on the board and more in the hole than I typically do. I'm anxious to practice more.
Thanks wife and I are in a Cornhole social league and we haven’t won a game yet. I am struggling with just Everything from the stance to getting the bag on board
Best video I've seen. Literally step by step on technique. What about grip? I see your fingers of course but would love for you to elaborate a bit on should you be gripping underneath tightly or fairly loose?
Thanks Tyrae. Definitely pretty loose. To me this is like tossing a softball or swinging a golf club. If you grip too tight that tension creates jerkiness and errors in direction and distance. 1-5 scale, 1 being lightest grip and 5 tightest I'm probably 1.5 :-)
Great video. can you talk about different trajectories and why the trajectory is fit for a certain type of shot and vice vera.. played cornhole maybe 5 times in my life too smh so any more advice would be dope!
Can you do a video on how to do a bounce or a roll shot. I’ve seen pros land short of a blocker and basically roll vertically over the blocking bag. Absolutely no idea how they get these results as it looks flat all the way through the air
Hi Stoetz, do be honest that's one shot I don't have in my arsenal, and I'm not sure how they do it either. I'd say it likely has to do with having a pretty sticky sticky side on your bags and a fairly fast pace to the throw so the front edge really grabs when it hits and the momentum carries the back edge over. And I'm sure the leading edge of the bag is either slightly more down or up than normal. I'll see if I can work on it and report back!
I have the hardest time going in between keeping the right wrist firm and keeping the bag flat throughout the backswing, vs letting the wrist relax and have the bag vertical or at a 45 degree angle. Ughhh. Great video showing 45 degrees. I’ve been missing a lot to the right and am still line driving my shots, so I’m trying to fix that.
If you're missing right keep an eye on the line that your throwing arm swings back, and of course how your hand releases. If you are right-handed and your right arm swings back too far inward - behind your body, it's easy to miss right. And yeah it's tough to keep the wrist relaxed as you swing forward while getting it into the right position release the bag freely!
Joe2Jock I was doing the same thing with bowling. Bringing the ball too far behind me and I’d miss right. Good thought process. Thanks for the tip. You’re the man!
Now I just have to get my shots up. I throw such a low line drive shot. I put a bag right in front and practice shooting over it. It helped in practice but didn’t help in a blind draw 🤦🏻♂️
@@michaelminnie8925 bowling is exactly why I thought of that solution :-)Same concept just heavier! I need to make a bowling video soon. I also like your drill of putting a bag in front to work on throwing higher!
@@Joe2Jock a buddy of mine said he bows his right elbow out on the backswing and that helps him keep the bags from going right and also hitting his leg. I tried it and it seems to work... so far.
Hey Joe, hope you’re staying safe and throwing them straight. How much tension would you say you have in your arm/elbow? Also, do you keep an eye on your arm in the follow through? Thx as always!
Hey Michael! Good to hear from you. Good questions. I'd say elbow and arm are VERY relaxed. I try not to feel any tension in my hand, wrist, arm, elbow, etc. If anything I might feel some tension in my front leg and stability in my feet. But upper body is loose. As for follow through I have a specific "feel" I'm trying to replicate if that's what you're asking? Or do you mean do I actually watch my hand? If so I have an awareness of how my palm looks and try to almost "look down the barrel" when I'm done.
@@Joe2Jock yes, some people watch their arms on the follow through in their peripheral vision to see where they end up. Just wanted to get your take. I think maya cupp, who I play w in tournaments and leagues locks her elbow. That didn’t work well for me in a regional sat lol. Nerves got to me, so that’s why I brought up the tension question.
Interesting. I haven't ever thrown with my elbow locked. Never hurts to experiment though! Keep putting yourself in those situations in big tournaments and those nerves will become less and less of a problem. Obviously they never go away, but you'll get better and better at playing through them!
@@zhayquanmccain1183 If I can find some time to film it I'll show you another drill, but I think I pretty much explain it in detail in this video. Turn your wrist / fingers from pointing at your side as it swings by your hip to palm up and pointing at the hole as you let go.
Hey man, so I’ve played this game a couple of times and I used an overhand toss kind of like making a free throw in basketball and made all four bags go in. Do some pros use overhand toss??
If I’m not mistaken, I think (not 100% certain) that it’s written in the official ACO rules, that that tosses are to be made underhanded. It’s not written to be illegal using other methods, but the legal way to toss the bag is underhanded. In 15 years of building boards and playing, the only overhand tosses I’ve seen were made by drunk cousins after missing the board on first three shots, lol. But that’s awesome you made all four, good job. I couldn’t do it. Takes a lot more effort to overhand it.
you stand with your right leg held back and lead with your left leg... saw other videos where the instructor was right handed and said put your right leg forward and hold the position (take no steps in the throw) ... Also How do you change your throw dynamics when you switch from left side of the board throwing where your right hand is coming straight over the board straight at target board ... then move to right side and your right ar is more than two feet off that line ... when throwing from the right position should your aim be more to the right of the middle as a straight line from your throw if you hit middle of board would move up the board to the left of the hole?
Yeah as far as foot forward, I'd say do whatever is comfortable but most importantly STABLE. Many pros put the same foot forward as the throwing arm. Matt Guy is one of the best ever and he's left foot forward. As for switching sides I'd say as the boards / bags are faster I would aim ever so slightly more right (like maybe right edge of the hole. When the boards / bags are slower it doesn't move left quite as much and throw has more speed to hold its line. Hope that helps.
Great question. I don't know if it does affect much, BUT as a habit and for consistency I always put the seam opposite of my palm. So to the left side as a righty. I don't want to feel the seam.
If I have 20 and I throw my first one on bored. Then next guy misses board. Does he then throw again until he covers? Or is it played as every other round.
Sorry I missed this. William is right you play the round out as normal. It's the score at the END of a round that counts. So you'd keep trying to pile on points each throw so he can't catch up until the round is over. And no penalty for going over 21 so just keep the pedal to the metal :-)
@@mikecastro4403 I figured. Just never had anybody ask me that before considering I've been 5'11" 165lbs my whole adult life LOL. I mean, I do workout and try to stay in good shape for my age, but definitely no juice for me.
The bags choices could be overwhelming for a fairly new player. What type of bag do you use on your video or will you recommend? I'm trying to prepare myself for tournaments in my area
Sorry Alex I missed your comment. I'm using the Reynolds Pro X and the BG Boards Tailgators in the video. I tend to like the fast and slow sides to be moderate. I don't like really slick bags as I tend to throw a lower, faster bag. And I don't like the sticky side too sticky so the if the boards are really fast I can still use my normal throw using the sticky side and they'll still slide a bit. The nice thing about the Pro X is that the material of the sticky side is slowish but also pliable so they'll crawl into the hole whereas the suede ones are a bit stiffer and can clog up the hole. Hope that helps!
@@Joe2Jock I appreciate it! Earlier I placed an order for the Reynolds Pro Advantage. It should be arriving some time this week. Can't wait. Looking forward for your next Cornhole video. Thanks!
Light to medium pressure in the wrist, fingers about half way through the back of the bag, thumb on top. I try to keep my hand fairly relaxed so when I turn my wrist it does so smoothly and somewhat fast to create rotation. Too much tension will usually make me miss right or left.
Hey Joe, hope you’re doing well sir! I’ve been having trouble with short arming or chicken arming my shots- where they come up short or pull left. Any tips on sensations or feels to keep the right elbow locked? I usually try the pendulum swing and don’t really “throw” the bag at the hole. Lotta bags slip out of my hand. Thanks - as always.
Hi Michael, sorry I've been busy with my "real" job haha. That's an interesting question. It's tough for me because I never feel like my throwing arm is straight. It's always soft at the elbow and very relaxed. That way I never think about chicken winging, just how my hand and palm feel when I release the bag. And when the bag leaves my hand it doesn't feel like a throw, it's a pretty relaxed flick of the wrist, so my grip tension on the bag is probably 2 out of 10. What does yours feel like?
Joe2Jock my grip tension is probably a 6.5 out of 10. I notice I have problems in league play more so when there is more pressure. I left a lot short last night and lined a few off the back. A lot just skip right out before I can even open my “Palm to the sky” I’m an A player in practice though lol. I had back to bag 4 baggers after our league games lol
I definitely think I should relax my hand and arm more. Thanks for the “swing thoughts”. Very descriptive and easy to understand. I’m a low to middle tier competitive player just trying to improve. Not a lot of content or tips out there like there is for golf. Ha. You are the man! Thanks
Good question haha. I don't live in the home in the summer so basically grass would be major upkeep when I'm gone. And I grew up on a farm in Illinois spending about two hours mowing an acre and a half every week so I don't care for mowing lol.
Hey joe I make cornhole T-shirt and I was wondering if I can send you a couple of them and you could wear them on your RU-vid channel when u are you doing a show on corn hole
@@Joe2Jock well me and my associate we started a cornhole business we make Customize cornhole Broads and we make T-shirts sweaters and we now have a through a couple of tournaments so we just trying to get our clothing line off the ground and started and the name of our business is airmail
Haha. No dart updates. I have so many other sports I need to get put up it may be a bit! And I'm in Colorado for the summer so I'm away from by dartboard for a while.
