I like the fact that you told us to work on a 200 to 250’ Forehand. That gives me confidence of an obtainable goal as opposed to thinking I have to learn to throw a 400’ Forehand. Great advice. Thank You
400' forehands are for people who have really mastered the form and have a cannon of a wrist, I would even argue to learn 50-250 foot forehand. Sometimes a flick is good even from super short upshot distances
There are only a few pros that can forehand 400 feet, and there are some that could but don't, because it's not good for your arm. There's a reason sidearm is rare in baseball, and pitchers get Tommy John's all the time anyway...
Thanks for the video. My buddy, that i throw discs with, is about your height, he throws LHBH, and RHFH. We both are just casual players, but want learn more. He struggles with his grips, because his fingers are almost long enough to palm the flight plate like a basketball. This video should help him a lot. Again, thank you.
Hi! Some suggestions for more 3MT tips: How to adjust for footing changes: uphill, downhill, left/right side slope. (I guess a 3MT each) . Thanks for the tips!!
Thanks for this, good stuff! Subscribed right away. The tips on serving a wine glass and not ripping the back swing are maybe the best ones for me, after watching at least 10 forehand tutorials from various channels I am still struggling a lot, often the disc wobbles like crazy or worse; even with an overstable disc my throw often flips and crashes within 25 meter. This is so bad that my forehand is basically unusable, except for a tiny scramble. Maybe I am trying to hard. If you have any additional suggestions they are most welcome!!
Just keep trying new things and new angles until you find what works for you! Forehand technique is so tricky to get down, i appreciate the support and feedback Mark!
First video I’ve watched of yours, I’ve been having trouble learning the forehand and there are some awesome tips here. You also look like you’re about to drop 40 on me.
These tips made me so happy, I was able to almost completely look past the Patriots shirt! 😁👍 #SteelerNation #MaybeSomeYear #2020Shutdown🙄 #ItsReallyGivenMeTimeToImproveMyGolfAndDiscGolfGameTho
Exo Hard Tactic, BT Hard Harp, Discraft Zone (not sure the plastics maybe ESP?) , C line MD5, Neo Instinct, C line FD3, you shouldn't need anything faster than the FD3 if you're only looking for the 200-250' range. If you find those discs to be too overstable then try the same mold in a lower weight maybe the low 160 grams if you can find them at your local shop. Good luck!
Gotta learn how to give those bricks enough spin and snap so they fly straight and then fade at the end, it makes it so that it’s a predictable if you keep your form in check rather than an understable disc more likely being tossed by wind or conditions 😁
The third number in most instances will signify high speed turn (understability when thrown hard), a negative number will mean its more understable than a positive number.
3 Min Thurs Idea: How to prepare the morning of a tournament. Not practice, but all the things you do before you jump in the car to head to the course.
Regarding Jomez Pro: I commented about all the "Fluff" they're producing. I mentioned they might do a post about what shots it takes to make an 1100 or even 1000 rated round, what are the standards for such a round, and posted on about seven different videos. They deleted EVERY SINGLE ONE. Back to Nazi tactics and censorship I guess, instead of trying to push disc golf like they say, when they ask you for money. Make it accessible to everyone, they say.
Sorry you had that experience, I think some of their "best shots of.." recap videos have been solid and that they've been doing a good job with all the next day coverage so far and the added player profile to the videos.
Do the mcray and put a towel down on the teepad, I've even done it in fairway grass. I slipped and tweaked something pretty bad one time and stuck with the towel ever since.
I love forehand 🤘💕💯🔥 I use zone and just absolutely saves me all time .. especially scrambling or approaching in very tight woods ..glad you did this ..I’m constantly asked how I’m so smooth playing up n down in scramble and up shots 😎💕 form means everything backhand and forehand 👊💯
"Coming from someone who has an incredible flick," is what you could hv said because yours is money! Thank you for sm excellent tips, Noah. I can't wait to get sm practice in & try a couple of these.
Great video and thanks for the fundamentals. I am doing a beginner disc golf clinic and I will use the fundamentals you are teaching here. Sincerely, Bill M. PDGA #7378 in Uncasville, CT☺
As a flick first player, this is all really great advice - power down, focus on angles... but damn can't ignore fact that the (only?) graphic in this video is misspelled! I IMPLORE you to fix it!
This was perfect. especially the part where you mention to go slow from your reach back right until you go over the hip for the snap. People always miss this part and it leads to very unpredictable throws without it
You don't "need" the 400' FH off the tee, but you know you want it. Nothing better than out-driving your buddies with a FH that takes half the energy of their best BH drives. ...that being said, I can't get a BH out past 350', soooo.
It’s definitely a blessing to be able to flick ~400 as it does give you the ability to hit certain shots and lines that are very tough to replicate with a backhand, but there’s always arguements like James Conrad and JohnE McCray who are absolute backhand wizards no matter the line they need to hit
Mannnn. My friends turned me on to disc golf last month so I'm very new, and they use stack grip and it feels awkward as heck, didn't even know pistol grip existed. 😅 a literal game changer. thank you so much sir, you've got my subscription and support
Appreciate it!! The forehand can be great when you’re new because it’s easier to get distance out of overstable drivers on flex shots than it is trying to throw the same driver on a backhand line.
Good vid 👍 I was consciously focusing on the loose wrist, tight elbow stuff in today's round after watching the first 3/4 of the video. It seemed to help. I definitely noticed more consistent spin on my forehands today, correlated with being aware of my wrist tension. You should do a 3 minute Thursday solely focused on the scrambliest of scrambles. i.e. thumber rollers, tight wooded thumbers/tomahawks (which direction do each end again? I always forget), turbos, chicken wings, etc. Heck, thumber roller/grenade/turbo putt/basketball putt only challenge?
I've hit some good distance with flicks up to 400 ft with a cloudbreaker but my consistancy sucks. I sometimes turn even an overstable disc over. Curious how I do this? I think it could be off axis torq, but is it possible i don't get enough spin by accident or too much? Not sure what it is, but when it is clicking is money, but when it isn't its throwler city. Thanks much
A lot of the time for me it’s rolling my wrist over, keep your palm face up and flat the whole time, follow through with an open hand and keep the palm up the whole way. Rolling my thumb over to the left is when it turns into a throwler, hopefully that helps! Haha
Good tips. My problems are, trying to throw too hard like I'm trying to skip a rock as far as I can, and just not practicing forehands enough. My backhand is just way better. I need to do some forehand-only rounds with some mids and focus on getting a clean release and good snap with easy throws.
Honestly not everyone needs the forehand off the tee, as long as you work it in to be able to throw the upshots needed in certain scramble situations that alone will help shave a few strokes. Really try to keep your palm up through the snap and follow through
Biggest mistake i see people make with the forehand is not keeping hte elbow tucked in. Also, lead with the elbow. There shouldnt be a big reach back, its more of loading the 'spring' of your elbow and wrist in the back swing. See how Paul McBeth does a swift swing back then swing forward with his forehands.
Backhand and flick rollers I don’t think u covered yet maybe I’m wrong 🤔but enjoy the input, that’s all I got for scramble 90ft out really trust my flick and 8 out of 10 times I’d say I save par or birdie.
When you throw a disc can you add the numbers that are on the disc on the screen or mention it? I wish more tutorials would do that because I have no idea what you are talking about when you mention the name of the disc. I usually have to pause the video, look it up, then come back and repeat each time you mention a different disc. Other than that. Good video. No fluff, just straight content. TY
Thanks for the feedback, i havent really considered putting the numbers in for now. For me its just about telling people what i'm throwing incase they do want to look it up and see what it is. Either way one of us has to do a little bit more work haha
I just wanted to put it in simple terms so people didn’t think they needed a 300-400 foot forehand off the tee. It’s all about the finesse scramble forehands that will help shave strokes off most player’s rounds
Dude, this is a great video. I have watched a lot of flick videos and you just added some things I hadn't heard. The wine glass analogy is great. The slow through the first part of the swing is new to me. I have been going full speed all the way through. No wonder my flick sucks. It makes total sense and I can't wait to try it. Thanks! By the way, fellow NEr here. Go Pats.
Usually neutral because you’ll want it to fight back at the end still, if not maybe slightly overstable and really rip it over, anything understable being thrown that high won’t be consistent in flight. I usually don’t think much about weight of disc, most in my bag are max weight
Crow hop may be the worst advice to give to a beginner. Good luck getting back to level after hopping down the pad when the whole throw dynamic is new..
Just advising to try different run ups to see what works early on, its not too hard to transition the run up later on once the release and timing are more locked in
Try throwing a tactic or a harp or a zone and learn to really give it a lot of anhyzer with a very low amount of power and learn that full s-curve flight, it’ll allow you to throw a shot that requires full follow through without throwing your arm out flicking drivers all day
I dont agree with a beginner trying flex shots until they get release flat down. I did the flex shots first and now it's kinda hard for me to flick flat.
Good pinch, definitely a solid amount of pressure. Wedge the disc into the meat of the 'U' between your index finger and thumb and grip wherever feels most comfortable with 2 fingers on the bottom and your thumb on top
Really great tips, man. Fresh insights and very friendly, engaging communication style. I've been throwing forehands for a while and I learned some things! Love watching your videos - always something fresh, friendly, fun, and insightful.
Topic suggestions : Top ten courses in your area (with brief descriptions , reasons why , etc) , top ten courses you've played , if you couple take a disc golf vacation anywhere for a couple days where would it be ? why ? what courses would you play ? disc golf vacation location recommendations for others ?.....
Check out the “my dream layout” and “Massachusetts dream layout” videos! They’re pretty much exactly what you were suggesting in the first two, disc golf vacation would definitely be Finland or that new asland island place that Discmania helped open up a few courses at. Sorry to spoil the video ideas 😂😂😂 thanks for the support Naeda!
I don’t really know how to verbalize it but it seems if you have a slower arm speed you will have more luck finding molds in the 7-10 speed with different stabilities to see what flies the furthest for you. Sometimes when you don’t have the arm speed to really rip through on a destroyer or PD2 (12 speeds) then you won’t get nearly as much distance as you would throwing a neutral / stable 8 speed disc. It’s probably smart to start with slower discs if you’re new, high speed discs at the beginning bait you in to thinking they’re going to fly far just because they have a wide rim and they’re usually nice and pretty looking.
Im new to forehands. Im on my 50's so I try to watch all these videos. It's still pretty much nonexistent (my forehand). So always willing to try new stuff. Thanks a lot.
Learning a forehand can be really tough, don’t beat yourself up over it if you can’t pick it up right away. Try overstable flex shots where you don’t even throw the disc that hard but you force it on a very steep anhyzer angle and throw it kinda high in the air so it has time to fight out, or on the other spectrum you could try very understable on more of a hyzer flip shot but you’ll have to really spin it if you want to do that. Even having a 100-200’ scramble forehand will help shave a few strokes off every round
I’m 53 and anytime I’ve ever tried a forehand it sucked bad. After watching this video I tried the wine glass analogy and the slow start with my 12&13 speed understable drivers I had sitting on the rack. they work great for me on FH. My average BH is 180-190 very few over 220’. In 2 days my average FH is probably 200 with several 240-250’ with a lot less effort than BH.. and it felt great to use long FH shots on the course.
Everyone picks it up differently, these were just the tips that seemed to help me out through my forehand progression. If understable works better for you then keep it going 👍🏻👍🏻
@@DailyDiscGolf well, I'm new to the discs, but I've thrown frisbees forever. And those are predictably overstable. Learning to shoot straight, or even better, get a clean S line....it's addictive.
Pretty good tips, except the locking elbow. Locking the elbow like you advise here, ruins the power from your throw. None of the pros lock their elbow and neither do you when you demonstrate in this video. Great tips other than that!
@@DailyDiscGolf Seriously, I've never heard that before, and it makes so much sense. I'm a beginner who's mostly focused on backhand. I think I can start focusing more on forehand now. Thank you!
I honestly think that this what THE most helpful flick tip video I have seen yet. I've even watched Nate Sextons flic vid, this seemed more relatable to me. Thank you, and keep up the great content. P.S. I wanna buy merch!!! Lol
Thanks Nathan I really appreciate that feedback. I know man so many people want some hucksquad merch and I’ve just been unable to get on top of it 🙁 I’ve tried a print on demand service with some of my friends but it’s not really scalable to my whole audience at the moment, will most likely just need to bulk purchase my own inventory then deal with the logistics of each sale. I’m saving up a chunk of cash now to make that initial purchase with! Hang tight :)
@@DailyDiscGolf that’s awesome. I still haven’t played at Oak Crest yet. I need to get a little better before I’m ready to jump to those par 4 and 5’s but I’m getting close! Thank You for the great content!
thanks for this video...dude i play with tells me I gotta stand straight up when throwing sidearm but just doesnt feel right. If only i could learn how to throw backhand lol. any videos you would recommend ?
There's a ton of backhand form videos out there, Nate Sexton and Paul Mcbeth have an old school form video from a small clinic somewhere on youtube that you should try and find, I remember it being a good one
Thank you for the tips👍 I just started playing yesterday because of my brother and I got hooked. Went and bought a driver, mid range and putter same day. Practiced for about 5 hrs again today but was in need of more tips and tricks. Hopefully your tips will help improve my game with more practice.
Also, thanks for the tips. Forehands are also notorious injury makers. Throwing incorrectly injured my bicep tendons (upper and lower) and I had to stop forehands for a year. Then wrong grip injured my middle finger knuckle (my fingers were too flat on flight plate), I'm 4+ weeks into recovery.
Sheeesh man maybe take a break from them for good until you’re fully healthy and ready to try again, when I slip I always get worried about injury as well
@@DailyDiscGolf For real! I had to switch to learning lefty, a la Noah, until this knuckle heals. I am too addicted to disc golf to actually stop. But goodness, I cannot throwing a lefty forehand to save my life.
I agree 100% with tip number 5. The speed of your throw should slowly build from reach back to release with most of the speed coming from the last 25% or less of the follow through of the throw. Great tip!
Reach back and pull through on the same plane, don’t go from low to high or high to low if you’re looking to keep it flat and close to the ground, palm up during follow through and if you finish your follow through with your thumb down it means your probably rolling your wrist and turning them over too much
@@DailyDiscGolf Yeah, that's really helpful! Today I focused on my arm angle all the way through and paid attention to my thumb and wrist position on follow-through. One other thing that helped me personally, was to tighten my core a little bit - not to be stiff, but to be in-control.
Lol that took a 180 real quick! I have no idea what to expect this year with Cam Newton under center lmao. I was born n raised in Foxboro Massachusetts so the team is in my hometown blood!
Daily Disc Golf I completely understand. I’m a losin’ ass lions fan even though I live in NYC (for now). You stay with what you know. I’m obviously just messing with ya. Keep up with the awesome videos!
That’s where I was going wrong, I was swinging it from way back and doing it with power... and it just flops everywhere, so I’m trying these tips tomorrow and will give my feedback. Awesome vid andddddd PEACE OUT HOCK-SQUAD ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
Great stuff bro! Anyone can have a 250ft flick with a little practice. I don't know how many times a 200ft flick got me out of a tough up-shot. The average disc golf player, at least on my local courses, throws either or and I just don't get it...
