Throwing Thought: Balance
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Loading ...I forget where I read it first (again, you can probably find it here somewhere), but one thing I’ve been recommending to people I’ve been teaching, especially people trying to throw with touch, is to throw off of one foot.
If you’ve never done it before, give it a try next time you toss. Stand on your pivot foot, pick up your other, and throw, backhand or forehand. All sorts of flaws in one’s throw come out when throwing like this–the “step-and-arm” types invariably have trouble directing the disc, and your more violent arm-thrower types tend to have difficulty completing passes and keeping balanced.
Embrace the zen of throwing. Relax your arm, and pull the disc through in a whip-like motion, following through towards your target. Grip the disc. Relax your arm. Load the scapula. Feel the power and control you can generate from your core.
Slowly, slowly re-integrate your step, your two-footed balance. Slowly tune your body so that shifting of weight moves seamlessly from base to hinge to release point. You can develop control and power–with the arm properly isolated, simply repeat the same motion with more powerful force supplied from the base, and watch it fly.
Relax and throw.
Interesting idea. I am not too sure about using this as a basis (i.e. slowly adding stepping out etc), but as a quick exercise to show the flaws it may be very good.