How I Got 8x More Consistent at Throwing 400ft (120m) 

Thanks for all the amazing responses, people! It's truly a joy to read how many people have enjoyed watching this

I cannot over-exaggerate how well made and thought out this video is. It's not often I leave comments on videos, but this is outstanding. More than just the top tier editing and camera work, the things that you're saying are so well constructed and based in reality that it's beautiful to sit and listen to. I really am blown away by the caliber of your work. Time to go practice.

I have tried to watch all of these distance videos on RU-vid. Overthrow, and slingshot are very good but I connect the most with your videos. As a disc golf nerd thank you for all the work you put into this.

I am baffled by how good this is. The info, the editing, the form of this whole thing. wow.

Your videos fill a very different void in the disc golf sphere. I really hope you continue to put out more content.

I came for the 400 foot drives. I stayed for the Aristotelian lecture on achieving goals. Well done.

As usual, fantastic video!

Love, love, love this! Especially your thoughts at the end. Thank you!

Brilliant video from start to finish! Thank you so much. Good luck.

excellent invitation to your form journey, thank you. This resonates much more than many other videos. Thanks for being so thorough!

Thank you for sharing your process and progress!!

I really enjoy your analytic thinking on improvement. Thank you for putting this together.

Great video. Really enjoyed watching, listening and learning. Thanks from New Zealand 😊

Such a great video!!!! Keep up the good work! Very well put together!! Much appreciated! I've known most of the points you mentioned, but your perspective on the same idea's has been great! can't wait to get to practice again!

Incredible content, sir! Engaging and helpful in so many ways! Thank you! I hope you continue.

Excellent video!! Thank you for putting in the time and effort to provide such great content and advice for our community!

This video is absolutely fantastic. Loved the form work, and appreciate the thought tinkering. Very Inspiring.

Dang, dude. Getting right into the deep end today. Great video, the set up that you built was pretty perfect for practice. And having the radar right there is a great idea. Instant feedback is best loop. Immediate corrections and you aren't wasting time and energy walking back and forth across a field.

This was great! Am really enjoying watching this journey

What a great video! Well put together, thoughtful, cinematic. Very good disc golf information as well. great job!

Your videos are so interesting and enriching. I really enjoy them. Please continue. Thanks.

Now this is quality content! So many dg RU-vid videos are so similar but this is just so different! The way you get all your information from your own (and your coaches) analysis and not from other videos and saying the same thing as everyone else but everything that works for you instead. Hope to see so much more from you!

I’m gonna make a bold statement. Jomez is #1, but you are a close second for RU-vid disc golf content. You and Jomez are BY FAR the best. Seriously every aspect of your videos are A++ quality. I know you will be a huge channel in the future if you want. You have all the components of success. It just hasn’t happened yet🔥

This was insanely well done and thought out. Thank you for this.

Awesome, what an incredible journey, and some great help!!

I came for the disc form and left with a greater sense of curiosity and joy for for the game.. and for life in general! Fantastic documentation of your journey and perspective on pursuing goals. Thanks for the insight and thoughtfulness in this and all your videos!

Best few throw development/personal growth videos I've seen, and I've watched a lot. Thank you.

WOW!! I have to say, i was mezmorized watching this video. So well done. By the end i had a hole new outlook on my game and walls ive hit that i thought were insurmountable. I appreciate how you touch on the psychological aspect of not just the game but life itself. Cant wait to binge all your confidence boosting content.

It's amazing to have a great video editor that happens to play disc golf. Your videos have been very beneficial for me!

These videos touch on so much more than disc golf. Thank you for all the hard work and words of wisdom.

very good video sir, i have watched a lot of form videos, but yours are simply the best and most relatable. cant wait to practice :)

I can’t wait to try some of your tips. I just barely hit a year playing disc golf and my form has improved a lot since but still got some work today. Thanks for the great content and production quality

Your journey with disc golf form and especially all your thoughts and philosophy behind it all has really meant a lot to me! Thanks so much for sharing all this with us!

I'm glad I stumbled into this video. At first it had me doing practice swings in my office, then it had me considering ideas that are vastly deeper than disc golf. Liked and subbed!

Thanks for making your videos explaining how to approach various problems in general and I enjoyed how you explained your journey for improving your backhand disc golf throw. I look forward to watching many more of your videos on your various topics. I'm subscribing now. Thanks Again, A new fan from Texas.

Man, I love the way you think. Thank you for sharing it with us!

The fact that you managed to make a 25 minute video about this subject, and that it is entertaining to watch is pretty amazing to be honest. Great video, dude!

Thank you Jyrki for helping this wonderful person in feeding his curiosity to genuinely get better and improve his form. After looking at my most recent throwing footage,Your advice/tips you gave him that he showed in this video actually put me on the final few pieces I need to work on 🤓

This is by far some of the best form content on RU-vid and I want to explain exactly why I think so. Having coached a lot of different sports in my younger days (most notably light athletics spring, triple jump and long jump at the national elite level), my understanding was always that it is easy to see what someone does wrong but it is much harder to know what to say in order for this person to improve. This is where mental images come in which is what you stress so much and I think are right on point. Also, while you are going into a lot of detail, none of it seems unnecessary, your analyses are novel, and you are really homing in on the real keys to a successful throw. I've always also thought the it is much harder for a natural talent who does things correctly by intuition to successfully teach/coach (although there are exceptions), whereas those who have struggled and really put their time into understanding the mechanics and learned them selves the hard way may find it much easier to explain for others as well. Furthermore, you realise that this is your path, and you are just sharing what works for you, and it may not be what works for some one else. In this case, however, I think you are on to something that most disc golfers (who do not already do this naturally) can benefit from. Especially the twisting of the off arm/shoulder is something that I will definitely bring into my own game, and I think it is actually imperative to keeping your head from turning with the body and getting more energy from the brace transferred through the body to the disc. I already have a relatively active off arm so this should be easy, but my own main technical struggles are that I turn back too much, and my heel does not rotate in the brace. While I have been aware of this for probably 2 years now, I just can't seem to find a way to change this, but I will not give up!

Incredible. Thank you for sharing your journey. Loved the Thought Tinkering at the end as well. Please continue sharing. Great work!

Really enjoy your videos man. Keep up the great work

I loved that last segment and it felt like something I needed to hear. Thank you

This is top-tier disc golf content. I love the improvements to the practice platform.

Excellent video! I like your analytical and self reflecting take. My curiosity has yet to carry me over the 100m mark but at least it's made me more consistent.

Somehow your curiosity, analytical mindset and multiple skills combine into a rare Venn-diagram, where the center is absolutely golden and spot-on content. I'm glad you listened to that first calling and followed the path and are now taking us along. After many years watching hundreds of hours of RU-vid, this is the first time when turning on the channel notifications seemed like a good idea. Keep up the good work!

I'm patting myself on the shoulder for subbing your channel 😉 The video made me realize I'm lacking a proper technique training place, something similar you've built. Thank you for the video!

Hands down, the best disc golf improvement videos on the net. Love your videos Sketches. Please post more. Really enjoying going along the journey with you.

Very well done. Useful to this older newbie. And...thought provoking. Thank you for it.

Great video. There are so many fine details, but I feel like you distilled it down to those few points that mattered the most for you, that it allows the viewer to isolate each item and try them individually. Your actual body isolations (moving shoulders independently) are quite instructive.

The quality of this disc golf content is top tier, and I look forward to watching these every time I see a new one posted. As someone who is always looking for more information on disc golf form - your approach is so real, and so well articulated, that it feels familiar to my own experience. Thank you for all the effort you put in to producing these videos and taking us along for the ride.

Ok yup! I am glad I came across your disc golf videos a few weeks or however long ago it was. You insight at the end of the video is something I find more intriguing then the rest of the video. Now, I really really want to increase my driving distance but now I see that I more want to increase my consistency. And more importantly, I want to focus on the journey, not the destination. Thank you so much for the inspiration. God bless you, I hope you have a wonderful October.

Wonderful content! Thank you for all your contribution and lessons! A true advocate for this silly, amazing game. And I also agree, feeding curiosity is the key to a fulfilling life. Cheers!

So humble and yet so wise ... thanks for this content. Very Inspiring not just from a disc golf journey perspective. I really like the concept of filling in the blank spaces in your life map. Great Stuff.

Wow dude this was a great video. I enjoyed your philosophical takes. Subbed!

I had an “Aha” moment today as I was doing field work. I reference your first video all the time and was very excited to watch your new video. Thank you for breaking this down so that I can understand easier. I also now to want to go finish/find more things on my life map! I could only imagine how in depth your video on forehands will be! Because I need help with that as well lol Thank you!

Dang, you make some excellent videos. I have watched all three of your disc golf videos and loved them all.

💯 YUMMY. Never have I left watching a disc golf video filled with such awe. I wish the pros we revere and hunger for advice get on this caliber of storytelling, scripting, and visual instruction. Seriously blown away by your work. You are what this community needs more of. Nicely done brotha.

you have great perspective way beyond disc golf, love the content.

Came to increase my backhand distance. Left with a philosophy lesson that was beautiful and was needed more than the disc golf tips. You a real one, I appreciate you. 💜

I’ve seen this 3 times over the last 7 months. Thank you. I hope to see another video on your form someday.

Fantastic video, you are a very well grounded dude that communicates very well. I got a ton of good things from it. thank you very much, ive been playing for about 13 years and i am very stuck on that 300 ft shot, hopefully with some of your thoughts ill break out of it. Keep up the good work. Wooder from California.

Your quality content captured me, your ramblings got my subscription and I am only subscribed to 12 people after 10 years. The pulling out the table cloth was a great visual. I noticed that Paul McBeth does this action on EVERY throw even touch putter shots. And then you have Garrett Gurthie, who has been seen actually holding the "table cloth" during a max distance throw, he'll have his towel in his left hand and now it makes sense to me.

Thank you for your videos - you are a very natural presenter. It's very nice to see the journey rather than simply someone who can throw 120m+ telling you how it's done. It's far more relatable and quite inspiring. My job is running a team of post-grad lecturers. We have a lot of hugely academically qualified people wanting to join the team but they often can't explain the concepts to people that don't already understand. You have a talent for breaking the points you want to make into very clear and understandable directions. It's a real skill and something quite rare. Also, the production quality is very high.

This vid is Amazing. Thank you, have a blessed day!

Fantastic stuff. Relatable and breaking down to what you're thinking about helps (e.g., imagining swiveling elbow)

First time watching one of your videos. I really enjoyed listening to your thoughts and found them to be insightful and profound. Thanks you. Subscribed! 🙂

Excellent video. Best available. Thank you for creating this.

Enjoyed the video, plan to use some of the practice techniques. Great content!

I geek out on the technical analysis. And then he hits me with this awesomeness - “There is a very fine and blurry line between a very determined and driven curious person and a stupidly stubborn stuck person.” Wow!

Your form looks professional. Congratulations on all the hardwork and discipline.

I echo other comments. This is THE most informative video I have seen regarding the backhand DG throw. Not just the technical aspect but the expected emotional pain when it gets worse and stiffer before it gets better. And your final thoughts about goals and how curiosity makes them happen is just a fantastic piece of information 👍

I just wanted to say your video’s, and your insight through your journey has opened my mind to opportunity's in learning form that I too have thought of, and others I have not. Your method of communication speaks to me like no other training videos. It’s a philosophy of learning which I find refreshing and insightful. I am glad I found your site and look forward to reviewing all your post and finding new ways to better my form. Well done. !!!

Each video you have posted on this topic has been a happy surprise that beings a bit of joy to my day. I am in a similar place. My max distance throws range from 380-410ft. Thanks for the encouragement and constructive thoughts.

Thanks for a very interesting and helpful video! At 19:28 it’s scary how similar my journey to finding the beauty in the back hand throw form is to yours. I also wasn’t hooked the first time I played disc golf, but for some reason I just started to enjoy it a lot after one specific round. I found Jomez Pro, watched tournaments and started grinding towards the perfect back hand form. It really sounded like you described my journey. My first goal was to reach 100+ m one shot. I got it down after a few weeks. Now it is 120+ m one shot and 100+ m consistently. You obviously have gotten much farther than I have, but I hope to get it next season with as much practice as possible during my off-season parental leave :) Looking forward to the next video!

just excellent. i really appreciate this content and the work you are putting into it. very helpful

Exceptional video! Inspirational!

Yours is the best and most scientific approach to improving on RU-vid, that I’ve found, and as a former teacher whose father has a masters degree in physics, I want to let you know how much I appreciate your approach to this! I’ve mentioned on some other channels my idea, but I think you might be the person who will most be interested in this. I’d love to see different discs and how they behave under various conditions in a wind or water tunnel. It would be great to see the amount of drag, lift…etc depending on different disc models, forward momentum, acceleration and speed, along with the effects that the rate of spin on the disc would have on the flight, drag, lift…etc., as well. I am just not sure who would have access to a means to do all of these tests, but perhaps you can ask around using RU-vid as a platform.

Love the series! I have a tip for you that might be worth exploring. This helped me a lot after I started reaching a plateau with my progress. This has to do with footwork so you can tangle your feet once more 😄 Try planting your front support foot more rearward of your aiming/throwing line. In your case this would mean moving your right foot more right to allow for more upper body rotation and more room for your pelvis to open up. Shortening your cross-step might help with this! I think Simon Lizotte explains this nicely. Keep it up! 💪

Yes! (To it All!). After watching your first entry of this series, I incorporated a few tips (delayed reach back and 90 degrees). Hello +50 feet! We each have our plateaus, and I’ve not only been stuck, but (almost) had come to accept I’ll never throw X feet. (unique distance for each individual). Your philosophy and process have inspired me: To accept the challenge. To have a plan. To do the work. Tweak. Then do more work, celebrating the small steps along the way. Thanks for helping me think of disc golf for the transcendent activity I’ve always knew was possible.

such a nice vid, great job and very helpful for me! greetings from germany!

Great video again! keep em coming ;)

Well done! Love the scientific approach

Finally someone that talks about the biomechanics of a throw rather just talking about solely feel. Many people like to teach how they learned not how it relates to people. When you teach biomechanics it starts the same for everyone.

These are the golden standard of DG self-reflection videos. 👏 Could you please talk in next video more about the lead foot? I have problem that I can't have the lead foot rotate which then stucks the back foot and stresses my lower back. I'd like to learn to plant-lead foot and let-back-foot-rotate like you do. Thanks!

Fantastic content sir.

I love the videos and the analysis! I would like to add that the comparison of the “old” and “new” forms also shows that you rotate much further at the peak in the newer video and this might have the largest impact.

Really enjoyed your thoughtfulness and mindfulness ,which seems so rare nowdays. As a 70 year old man I'm stubbornly persistent in exploring what is possible. Some days I'm inspired......some days heartbroken.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Would be great to see a series of videos about building up to 500ft because that is the path with most challenges and the most little keypoints that you can explain really good! Been waiting for more disc golf videos from you since the first one!

As a software engineer with an analytical mindset, I truly appreciate your videos and approach to the sport. Beginner player here, trying to break the 300ft consistently then with accuracy. Keep up the good work (and music) and inspiring us!

Thanks for the follow up to the first video. Well done!

These are fantastic videos! They resonate with me so much because I am currently striving to hit that 400 mark myself. Im currently at around 300 max on my backhand up about 40 ft from a little over a month ago. Im going to practice that empty handed snap technique and see if I can translate it to my field work.

I am revisiting this as a slightly more experienced disc golfer who has now thrown over 400' and is getting 350' to 380' consistently - and I am in awe of how well you did this video. It is still more information that will help with my consistency and further distance. Again, thank you!

yeaaa earned yourself a new subscriber here! amazing video!! keep it up👏🙌💥

This dg channel is soooo underrated, it's criminal!

Great vid, it's fun following your disc golf journey! I think we're on parallel paths (even though I'm probably 30yrs older than you :) because I've been adjusting my grip in similar ways (including really experimenting with the "pinch" between thumb and forefinger) which has been giving me more speed and distance with less stress on my body. I'm looking forward to whatever you put up next.

As a scientist, it’s hard to speak about “the calling”, but it’s definitely there. In fact, I can’t define it, but it drives my scientific curiosity and is possibly as or more real than what I can define. Thanks for sharing this insight! I think it’s very helpful to hear it!

I love this disc golf series ❤

Pretty sure I would enjoy discussing any topic with you. I appreciate the way you think. Great video.

Your form is honestly starting to look amazing. Reminds me of Bradley Williams.