Talking a little bit about how to properly engage the hips in a disc golf throw and what to look out for. Thanks for watching! check out discgolf4you.com for all things disc golf! thumnbail pic credit: PDGA EuroTour 2023
@@bobbob453haha that's so true. He sees this guy who actually has an original thought and it blew his mind. Over throw just repeats things they've heard from other disc golf teachers. This guy just explained it how he saw it and felt it. Not how others saw it.
@@danmalia5184 If you have a coach who never takes inspiration or ideas from other coaches he would be a terrible coach. Good coaches you are referring to got alot of their ideas from golf and baseball coaches, see how that works. We can only hope that all dg coaches shares leons ideas improving more players and growing this godamn sport. Complain less learn more.
@@bobbob453Weird how you say that as if josh doesnt give credit to seabas, loopghost or jaani whenever he shares their opinion and ideas. You are straight up lying to create nonexisting drama.
I have played 25 years and watched countless youtube videos and after watching this video I learned how to engage the hips properly😂😂😂 Where were you 25 years ago?!?!
Im a newbie disc golfer and I've seen my fair share of tutorials. Nobody nailed it half as good as you. I hope this goes viral because it can help a lot of people. Comment for the algorithm
This one simple thought of pushing the right hip back helped me learn how to brace. Been trying to learn for three years… Huge thank you, Leon! Keep shredding it
Hey man this is awesome! Really great way and havent heard this explenation before, ive been trying really hard to figure out how to get the hips engaged, ive made progress but this has been the best way to approach it imo as a learner
awesome video, thanks for sharing these insights. You remind me with the horizontal step of horizontal fingerings I teach on my instrument. It's subtle and hard to grasp but substantially more efficient and effective!
Thanks a lot! I've been struggling on this for a bit. This really helped to explain what I'm doing wrong. Got my sub! Looking forward for more videos!!
What a fresh presentation of subject matter. You have a great perspective of how you utilize this technique that works for you and might for others. I love the fact you discuss and show the improper and the proper method with insight of what to look for or avoid. You have good presentation skills and I can tell you will develop them even better. Praying and hoping this give to the community will result in great success in your career. Thank you !
Great video. Some of the best instructions I've heard. I actually feel like these are things I can implement into my game. Thank you from a new subscriber!
This is one of the best brace tutorials I've seen. I'm not bringing my right hip back; I over-rotate and land on my left foot if I'm throwing hard, so I'm getting no power from my lower body because of the lack of a brace. I appreciate the video!
Wow, very good video. You explain it in such a simple way. I finally know what i'm doing wrong. Keep getting discgolf content out because you are really good at it 🙌😎
I really like your teaching style! I feel like I've heard a lot of this info before, but never put together so concisely. Instant sub from me, keep up the great content!
7:00 this here is one of my mistakes, thank you Leon for making this video and also for pointing out the common mistakes! (I had problems with my Ischias Nerve after Discgolf a lot of times, probably because I sway the hip out and over extend my hip rotator cuff)
My dude! I’ve watched so much on bracing. For the first time it really clicked after watching you. I’ve never had discs come out this way before. Didn’t think 500 was possible until now, you’re the man
Great advice! I think this is right on. I actually watched a Discraft/Brian Earhart video a while back where four top Discraft distance drivers each gave a distance tip and Aaron Gossage gave this very tip about pushing the right hip back. He didn't elaborate too much. This is only the second time I can recall hearing this talked about. I can't wait to give this a try. Thank you.
Hey Leon... Jaani pointed to your channel. I have seen tons of videos about the brace and hips. This might be spot on. I'll try this out later today. Btw I like the way you explain it, can't wait to see what else you have coming for us. Thanks man
I've been playing for about a year, but have never been able to figure out what to do with my hips. I don't really have a brace at this point. Thank you for this excellent video!! A lot of people can explain the different body parts that are not where they should be. But the person who can explain how it should feel from the player's perspective, is the one that's truly useful! Please make more videos, you've earned a subscriber!
The most important part of learning the backhand is understanding how each part of the form should "feel" when you do it right. You’re hitting all the right points in this video. 👏 I’m officially a fan.
big words, thanks a Lot! I definitely think that "feeling" Form is more important than any specific Angles because if it feels good it Most likely Looks good as Well 💪
I absolutely cannot wait to get to the field tomorrow and try this.... A couple drills in the living room and i really feel like this is going to be game changing for me.. getting power from my hips and legs has always been the elusive missing link in my form... Hopefully my old butt can finally push through the 350-370 foot wall i have hit...
Best explanation I've ever seen! Great job. Now I finally feel like the baseball swing. Being a right handed batter, the left handed batting position was always awkward. When I tried my right handed batter swing, I noticed I pull my front hip back and not the back hip forward. Know I can do it left handed!!! Cant believe its taken 8 yrs to figure it out. Keep posting your videos. Now lets have FH then Putting please O please.
Thanks for the Kind words! I don't have any Personal experience in Baseball but I actually looked at a Lot of Baseball slow motions for my Form studies! Glad I can Help!
Excellent analysis of the use of hips. Jaani said to come and take a look at the source of his newest video. He basicly agreed with most everything you explained. Liked and subscribed.
I hope you know you’re in a league of your own. I haven’t come across a single player with the skill set you have that also understands what is happening in the body from a biomechanical perspective. Major props 🙂
Great video! No one's ever nailed down those aspects of the throw like you did here. It's really great to have someone of your rating caliber making instructional videos! I hope you can keep making form tip videos.
Wow, this is a game changer. I have 420ft of distance but have hit a barrier in my development and can’t seem to improve. I should be able to throw 500ft+ (I’m young and 6’2”), this might be what changes things for me. I definitely way over rotate and am not getting my left hip back (I’m lefty). Thank you so much for this video!
I am glad you focused on the hip rotation. I get more energy into my throw when my hips engage and then my arm is pulled forward from the rotation in my hips.
Wow, I have never heard about pushing the right (or front as I’m a lefty) hip back and that is what makes you get a straight leg automatically. I have been working to try to get that straight leg without much success. Thank you for the great tips, I’m going to try this tomorrow!
I want to leave some feedback now that I have worked on the technique a few times. Wow! This was the true game changer! I threw a decent backhand before (and in terms of distance I don’t know how much I have added because I have mainly tried it with putters and midranges). But when it comes to a clean release and a consistent aim the difference is like night and day! All my discs were super straight and landed in a very concentraded area. As I said, this will be a game changer for my backhand, and I can’t thank you enough for this video!
Duuuude! I’ve been trying for months to figure out the brace, watched TONS of videos and nobody made it this easy to understand! I just went out and threw 5 putters with just a slow walk up and they all went 30-40 feet farther than my normal full power run up!
I've watched a ton of form youtubers, and you are one of the first to correctly talk about how the hips work. I have been using my hips like this for my standstills for a while, and have gotten them to 400ft+. Do you have any tips for transitioning from standstill to x-step? When I try this with the x-step I feel like I either don't brace enough and fall over, or I brace well, but my right hip jams up and doesn't fully clear behind
Thanks for the Feedback! Generally speaking I would tell you to Work on your runups in a super slow way and Work your way Up. You obviously have the hips down If you can standstill 400+ so it's Just about getting used to your Body moving into that Position with some speed. Slow to fast, you got it!
This really helped show me what they all mean by stop strong arming and keeping your arm loose. The power difference is crazy and feels almost effortless in comparison to strong arming the disc.
Life changing video! I've recently started playing again after about a 4 year break. Overall I've been playing since the '90s with multiple extended breaks. At my best I was maybe 320' consistent with a few throws reaching around 350' or so. Since I started again I've been consistent at 270' and have only hit 300' a couple times, likely mostly thanks to wind. Regardless of how far I throw I have always struggled with heel turn and follow through and planting my foot. I'd always pivot on the ball of my foot and have zero follow through and never really stop but my momentum would carry me forward off the pad. Even when I'd try to force those things they wouldn't really work. Then RU-vid recommends me this video shortly after you uploaded it. Almost skipped it as I figured I don't need yet another video that isn't going to do me any good but have been trying to do more with my hips lately and had some time to kill so figured why not. Seemed interesting and definitely not advice I had ever heard but wasn't somewhere I could throw and it was night anyway so committed it to memory for the next day. Went out and played yesterday and my very first throw - wow! Heel turn! Follow through! My leg planted! It just FELT so right. No need to see video of myself, I could immediately tell it was much closer to the classic form you see from pros and other elite players than I've ever been. And while it was the same distance as I've been throwing it felt so much more effortless, like I was throwing an 80' approach. Played again today and it already feels pretty natural. I've been playing wooded courses and haven't had time for field work but I can't wait. It feels like I finally have the solid base I need to be able to build to a proper throw. One issue I've had with the new throw is I keep getting stuff way too high. See you just released another video about proper arm usage and nose angle, which seems like exactly what I need. Off to watch that now! Thank you!
Super glad to hear that you managed to fix a problem you've Had for some time that easily! Always happy to hear Stories like this one 🤝 thanks for watching!
@@davehart9972 yes? I've been playing since years before RU-vid existed. There were maybe places on the internet to discuss form at the time but I didn't know of any. My form was developed by just doing something that felt vaguely correct and watching other people, who had developed their forms the same way. As a result I've never had great form. For 25+ years I've had something that kind of works OK on short courses but doesn't hold up as holes get longer and more challenging, leaving me frustrated. For years I've been trying to make changes to improve and have had marginal gains here and there but nothing that really felt like something I could truly build off of. Until this video. Suddenly it feels right. Suddenly it feels like I'm doing it the way I see great players doing it. No change has ever felt this good and given me the feeling that I can really build from it. And considering how much disc golf I play - usually at least 18 daily, often 36 - it has changed my life and renewed my passion for the game.
I never understood that i was supposed to push my right hip back....in 0 videos, maybe i completely misunderstood them....this makes it soooo much easier and feels so natural and smooth and actually feel power used, not wasted ❤😮thanks for that explanation, so simple and easy to notice now🎉
Indeed, it is counterintuitive. The only other video where I have seen this mentioned explicitly is in this Brian Earhart distance tutorial, where Aaron Gossage talks about it at 830 (he mentions driving the whole plant leg and the knee back rather than the hip, but it seems to be the same idea.) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vgfkl53lNGE.html
Very good video clip. You explain everything very clearly and in detail. WUAAAAAU.😮😮😮❤❤❤❤ I will wait for more of your videos. Maybe someday you will make a video about the for hand shot.?!
Good job with the video and your form looks great! I think of the right leg as stopping the forward momentum of the right hip, forcing all the energy into the left hip, rather than the right hip moving back. Another thing worth mentioning is the fast hip coil just before the the right foot steps down, which increases the pop/speed/rotation. I think it should be included here.
Thank you! I personally don't Like to think about the hips coiling before the foot Starts to hit the ground (for me the motion feels like hit First, then coil) but If that thought works for you that's all that counts! Keep grinding 💪💪
Thx for the video, it adresses a mistake i'm making frequently havin lots of trouble to stay of the teepad after the release. Btw. DG Spin Doctor brought me here. Gruß aus Stp
Great video! How do you modify your form when it is a bit slippery? I would also love to see how you would explain the upper body movement and how that feels for you. Keep up the great work! 😊
Thanks! When ground conditions are bad, I Always chose a shorter runup and try to keep my movement nice and slow. Dropping a video on how the upper Body feels/should feel either today or tomorrow!
Thank you! This is the missing piece I’ve been looking for. None of the other “coaches” explain this hardly. And it never made sense to me because if you watch a pro in slow motion their brace hip is always “screwing” backwards like this
Please make a video on upper body/head/arm setup to make this optimal. Its really easy for my shoulder to collapse when i think about starting the movement with the front hip.
Trying to implement this for the past 3 months I've just now realized that it's way easier when my front hip is out in front of me. So when I'm doing my x-step/reaching back I almost stick out my front hip. Then when I throw it's way easier to get my front hip back. I was watching your throw and I noticed how you did this (4:30), and its helped me a lot. Thoughts?
Nice to hear! In general, I think Training into the net should Always be about Feeling every shot and evaluating every shot. Also my tip is Going slow to fast with your net practice Sessions!
Great video! How do you go about the power pocket, leading with the elbow etc? I feel like when I allow my body to be completely loose and let my hips lead the rotation I am super fast in my rotation. But when I try to lead with the elbow along a straight line and creating the power pocket, I feel much slower. I guess what I'm asking is how do you do both at the same time?
Leon, would you say that keeping the hips level is important? As in relation to the ground? In order that as the brace extends out to the plant one has to sink down on the back leg yeah or else we end up falling onto it? If I stay to upright with the back leg, for the plant leg to “find “ the ground I would have to tip over onto it, it would seem. Thanks to this great analysis, I think I know how the brace works and feels, I just want to be able to get to it in motion, right now it’s more only in the standstill. Thank you for breaking this down!
First of all, thanks for the Kind words! I think that If you stay upright and tall and don't sway into any direction your hips should be level to the Ground anyways! Hope this helps
Hello, if you have the opportunity, could you do a video on Stan still approaches please? I have an issue with aiming at the slower speeds. Thank you so much.
Yes for Sure! Keeping the hip action going while throwing a hyzer is pretty difficult. I am Planning to do a Video about that exact issue in the Future.
Great video and explanation. My problem is that when I start to focus on just turning my hips, I tend to round and shank the throw. At what point do you start to pull with the arm? I feel like I turn the hips and my arm lags behind and then the disc flys out to the left. ( I am a lefty) disc would fly out to the right for right hand.
