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Brian Weissman
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This channel is devoted exclusively to the wonderful sport of disc golf. It is home to The Method project, an educational docuseries twenty years in the making. This channel contains videos from the unfolding docuseries, and lots of other great disc golf content! This series is 100% "Free to Play". It is a gift to the community to help everyone learn and progress.
If you've ever wanted to really feel what we've long called "Pro Form" in your own body, this may be the place for you to learn. Thanks for being a part of the global disc golf community, we hope you enjoy our work!
Sincerely,
Brian Weissman and the team behind The Method
If you've ever wanted to really feel what we've long called "Pro Form" in your own body, this may be the place for you to learn. Thanks for being a part of the global disc golf community, we hope you enjoy our work!
Sincerely,
Brian Weissman and the team behind The Method
Chasing Aces at Northpark Hole #1. The Barrage Begins!
This isn't technically an episode of Chasing Aces, but more of an introduction. In this video, I send off a barrage of drives at Northpark's Hole 1 basket. I begin with Envys, then move through mids, and finish up with drivers. I have the assistance of Radar the Dalmatian, who happily chases the discs as they hit the ground. What a hilariously adorable doggo!
I'll continue on this hole until I hit one on camera, then move on to some new holes. Apologies for the terrible audio quality, the microphone wasn't working very well and cut out from time to time. More to come, thank you for watching!
I'll continue on this hole until I hit one on camera, then move on to some new holes. Apologies for the terrible audio quality, the microphone wasn't working very well and cut out from time to time. More to come, thank you for watching!
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Introducing My New Project Called "Chasing Aces!" First, Some Storytelling!
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For the last 17 years, I have done a huge majority of my disc golfing on a single hole, on a single course north of Seattle. In that span, I've thrown more than 250,000 drives, spending literal months of my life throwing and searching for discs on Hole 1's fairway. To date I've hit 44 aces on this hole, but my hunger for them remains unabated. Let's get real guys, everyone loves hitting aces, t...
Putting it all Together Post Mortem: There are TWO Bullets in the Disc Golf Backhand!
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Some months ago, I did a video called "Feeling the Bullet". You can watch it here if you're curious: ua-cam.com/video/PNGEV4IyjsA/v-deo.html In this video I talked about something that had worked well for me in my ongoing learning. It was the idea of envisioning the "contact point", or the "hit", as it's been called, as something more concrete. I told a story about being Neo in the Matrix, and ...
The Most Important Disc Golf Alchemy! Fusing Upper and Lower Body Backhand Mechanics. Part 2.
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EDIT Huge apologies for audio issues, the mic was creating some weird feedback. I'm currently going mic-less until I can diagnose the problem, thanks for bearing with me. Okay, it's time for the throws! In this video, I start smashing standstill drives into the net at full power. The intensity of the energy is extremely apparent, you can see how the net recoils from the impact of the disc, and ...
The Most Important Disc Golf Alchemy! Fusing Upper and Lower Body Backhand Mechanics. Part 1.
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This series of three videos chronicles something I've been working on for the last few months: fusing correct upper body backhand mechanics with my incredibly stable and balanced brace. In this first video, I talk about all I've learned since the start of the year, when I really began to hone in on lateral compression and right quad engagement to power my swing. The conclusion of this process w...
A Ridiculous Uphill Drive at Hole 1 at North Park in Seattle!
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Every now and then you hit the perfect line in disc golf, and crazy things happen. In this quick video, I document an improbable result on my favorite training hole here in Seattle. This Trespass had the absolutely perfect flight, and reached a seemingly-impossible spot way up the hill past the basket and seemingly all the other obstacles. Throwing 450 disc golf backhands is so addictive, I can...
Teaching an Ultimate Player How to Bomb With The Method! Part 2
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Time for part two of my training session with Jonah! Jonah is a fantastic student, he paid close attention to my avalanche of info, and improved very quickly. His later swings showed substantially better balance, timing and accuracy. Jonah ended our session bombing some huge shots off the tee, which I radared as fast as 62 MPH. The farthest of these drives finished left way up the fairway, well...
Teaching an Ultimate Player How to Bomb With The Method! Part 1
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Last Sunday I found myself at North Park here in Seattle, as I often do. I was toiling away on hole 1 when I noticed a younger player rooting around in the trees for a lost disc. We got to chatting, and I learned that his name is Jonah, and that he was new to the sport, having only begun disc golfing in March of 2024. Despite his inexperience, Jonah's ultimate frisbee background saw him throwin...
Blasting Drives With Bill at North Park Hole #1!
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Quite a change of pace for today's video. In this clip, I introduce my friend Bill Hamm, who has spent the last seven or eight years trying to improve his backhand disc golf form. Despite all the hours Bill put in, his speed was hard capped in the mid 40 MPH range, and he struggled to throw 180 feet. For many of those years I tried to help Bill find more distance, and I just couldn't improve hi...
It's Time to Discuss Disc Golf Upper Body Mechanics! The Method at Work at Northpark Hole 1.
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Until recently, 100% of my both teaching and learning focus has been on the confusing lower body mechanics. With those mastered, I've switched my attention to my upper body, which was lagging behind. No pun intended. In this relatively short video, I discuss my ongoing learning process, and why I was failing to translate my "dry" discless form to my backhand on the course. I'll post some throwi...
The Enigmatic "Off Arm". Why it Matters so Much in the Disc Golf Backhand.
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Anyone trying to progress with their disc golf backhand will invariably hear a specific point of advice. "You need to activate your off-arm". I started hearing this mantra over a decade ago, but for most of the subsequent intervening years, I had no idea why I was supposed to do it. On top of that, all my attempts to add my off arm to my backhand mechanics met with complete failure. Until I use...
I Got to Provide LIVE Radar Speeds for DGN at the 2024 Beaver State Fling!
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Since 2017, I've been traveling down to Estacada Oregon in June to spectate and assist the Beaver State Fling. This is one of the best events in the sport in my opinion, contested on one of the most beautiful courses in the Pacific North West. This year's event marks the first time I've seen the BSF on its new layout. Disc Golf Network invited me to assist in the coverage, providing live radar ...
Elite Disc Golf up Close and Personal at the 2024 BSF GKPro Skins Event!
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A few weeks ago, I was invited to assist GKPro in handling radar speeds and range-finding for their Skins event at the Beaver State Fling. This tournament plays a big role in the backstory of The Method, as it was the first place I started using radar in my research. To liven up the event, I decided to double the Skins prize pool! This brought added excitement to what was already a stellar day....
How to Turn Arm Leverage Into Real Distance on the Course!
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How to Turn Arm Leverage Into Real Distance on the Course!
Leveraging the Weight of the Throwing Arm in Sequence. Tech from The Method!
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Leveraging the Weight of the Throwing Arm in Sequence. Tech from The Method!
Disc Golf Backhand Ballistics Testing, Set to Heilung
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Disc Golf Backhand Ballistics Testing, Set to Heilung
Finding the Bullet. How to Adjust Your Angle of Attack During Your Disc Golf X-step.
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Finding the Bullet. How to Adjust Your Angle of Attack During Your Disc Golf X-step.
"Seeing the Elephant". How the Famous Parable Relates to Disc Golf
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"Seeing the Elephant". How the Famous Parable Relates to Disc Golf
Throw Faster with the Disc Golf Huck Face
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Throw Faster with the Disc Golf Huck Face
Achieving the Impossible: Consecutive Aces on a Tough, 300 Foot Disc Golf Hole.
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Achieving the Impossible: Consecutive Aces on a Tough, 300 Foot Disc Golf Hole.
Does Full Body Strength Make You Throw Farther in Disc Golf? Only One Way to Find Out!
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Does Full Body Strength Make You Throw Farther in Disc Golf? Only One Way to Find Out!
Finally feeling Disc Golf "Pro Form" in My Body After 20 Years. My Eureka Moment with The Method
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Finally feeling Disc Golf "Pro Form" in My Body After 20 Years. My Eureka Moment with The Method
Meeting Sebastian, Co-Creator of The Method Disc Golf throwing technique
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Meeting Sebastian, Co-Creator of The Method Disc Golf throwing technique
Radar Love. How Pocket Radar and Central Coast Disc Golf Have Changed the Sport.
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Radar Love. How Pocket Radar and Central Coast Disc Golf Have Changed the Sport.
How it Works: Theories Behind The Method
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How it Works: Theories Behind The Method
Feeling the Bullet. A Visualization Exercise for the Disc Golf Backhand
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Feeling the Bullet. A Visualization Exercise for the Disc Golf Backhand
Practice Does Not Always Make Perfect in Disc Golf.
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Practice Does Not Always Make Perfect in Disc Golf.
hey Brian - just wanted to drop a line here and say I've found many of the concepts you've covered in these videos super helpful. in this video specifically, the cue you gave at 9:45 of it being almost like you're getting to run the opposite way off the brace feels like it's unlocked something for me. I'm starting to play around that cue, and actually jumping/exploding backward (relative to the direction of the throw) off the brace to get a sense of the power that can come from that aspect of the throw. thanks for all the work and energy you've put into these videos!
Few pointers. At 4:20 your reachback hits max way too early, much before your plant foot gets down. You are dibbing your elbow, pulling disc literally from your chin and correcting it self, causing airbouce. Also, your lead shoulder collapses. Try to slow everything down more and just take your time. Accelerate from powerpocket, not from reachback.
Thank you so much for the feedback!
you have aced this about 100 times but how many shots did it take, 1 miljon ? 🤣
Well, just as i commented on other video about the arm i notice this video, looks good, cant wait to see how the disc flies outside !
Honestly, i dont think you have that much of a problem with syncing your arm, it's rather that your elbow dibs and disc is is up in your chin during throw and suddenly correct itself, causing a bit of air bounce and inconsistent release of axis torque or in other words your arm kinda crumbles, breaking that "power pocket" or what is the correct term to describe that about 90 degree angle these days :D Basically keeping elbow away from your body and creating space for your disc would probably help a lot. Dipping also You are doing everything correctly without disc at about 1.21 in this video, so just pointing this out if you are trying to sync up your arm with your body. ua-cam.com/video/KmuCVn52sng/v-deo.htmlsi=kZxQkOZPoc0Bu12R&t=187 - here's basically moment where elbow should be more away from body.
I can recreate the Method on standstills and on slow x step short throws, but when I try to put more power into the throw I horse stance, bend the knee and twist the plant leg before my hip twists. Do you have any steps I can follow to avoid that.?
I can't even see where the basket is...
300 feet uphill! I'm going to be upgrading my setup for future videos, with a GoPro up by the basket. These videos are a bit experimental at this point.
Wow, that was the worst disc golf instructional video I have ever seen. Not only that, but you had to yell fore three times during that video. Additionally, you have people sitting there waiting/watching you while you confuse this kid more and more. They asked you twice if they could go play disc golf and twice you told them to wait for you to stop bragging about what you can do. I would suggest taking this video down and re-shoot it when you have an appropriate place/time to do it. I would also suggest you figure out a different way to convey your message to this kid because he seemed confused as can be, and I can see why. I watched part 1 of your video Bomb with "The Method" and there were a few good points in it. This video bombed badly.
Sorry for the confusion here, but this whole video was just an impromptu teaching session Jonah requested after we had just met minutes before. Perhaps the title is misleading, but I assure you Jonah was very excited by what I explained to him, and he has continued to work on the balance and stride positions I showed him on the tee. There was no one "waiting/watching" to play until the last few seconds of the video, we were alone down by hole 1 the whole time. As soon as the local (Steve) asked me if he could begin, I wrapped up the video with a few closing words. I'm sorry you didn't find this video helpful, but not every video resonates with every viewer. Hopefully you'll find something helpful in my other stuff. Thanks for watching and for the feedback!
Hey Brian! So what you're doing is "external rotation of the arm" at the shoulder. Basically your throwing shoulder shrugs up a little, and your elbow points down more. It's actually better now than it was a few months ago. I'm very aware of this problem since I have it - though much worse than you. The funny thing is a couple years ago I didn't have this problem. I am not sure how I started it. What happens is you develop a swing plane that is slightly more diagonally downward when the disc is in the power pocket. You throw so fast that you probably need to evaluate your swing with 240fps slomo footage, and slow down some. I think ultimately you may have to modify the swing at slow speeds, and slowly practice faster and faster until you can use it at your fastest speeds. The key is protracting (bring out) and depressing (lowering) the throwing shoulder more, combined with bringing the elbow up more through more. All that happens through internal rotation. Basically think "down and out" for your shoulder, and "up and out" for your elbow. But it has to be done in such a way as your upper arm doesn't externally rotate, as that is what is causing the shoulder to come up involuntarily, and the elbow down. Keep in mind the rest of your body is absolutely fine. This is more of a positioning issue, than a timing issue. You've created a swing path that just needs a touch more optimization. Otherwise everything else with the swing looks absolutely fine to me, and this ultimately is "icing on the cake" stuff, but it should improve shoulder health. Keep up the great work! 🙂
I've been thinking about this more and I'll just say the priority should be externally rotating the arm less, because I think it causes the shoulder to elevate more. I don't think you're trying to bring the shoulder up, the more I look at your throw. It seems to me that's just a byproduct of the internal rotation, as is the elbow drop. The results of fixing the upper arm's rotation should be a better shoulder and elbow orientation, and the swing path of the disc will improve as well.
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the force is NOT linear its in and OUT first the disc goes tothe chest and then OUT as max away from the body as it gets look double g or dave feldberg
Great video. Something I need to re-focus on is that second bullet you discuss. I’ve been trying to hard to throw far in the field which has been leading to a loss in focus of mechanics. I love your explanation
nice video you are really burning for "the method" anyway i have a question about the arm, mine is not straight at release its more between 25- 45 sometimes at release, any tip how to fix this problem ?
Question about the palm down queue- how do you get the nose angle down while keeping the palm down? Do you find the wrist rolls / supinates into position naturally during the hit?
I think it has to do with the inclination of "swinging flat". You probably already know how to do that, and will be able to hit the right angles when you're producing flat and pure linear force in your swing. A lot of these things are self-correcting, I guarantee you bombers like Eagle and Simon and AB never had to fuck around with nose angle. They just think "throw it there". This intention is actually extremely helpful for head stability, it turns out. The more stable your entire swing platform is, the easier it becomes to swing flat with a controlled nose. I personally grip the disc fairly-lightly initially, and begin to bear down on it right at the peak of the backswing. I apply quite a bit of pressure on the disc with my right thumb, which controls the nose angle well. I've been putting so much pressure on that point recently that I developed a blood blister right against the thumbnail. When you throw hard with the proper nose alignment and angle of attack, you HAVE to grip the disc super hard to hold onto it. Remember, because of the acceleration and resultant energy, you're throwing something that weighs 15-20 lbs when it ejects out. That's a lot of pressure on your fingers. I think most problems with nose angle happen because of poor sequencing. If your leg isn't starting the swing first, you're tugging on the disc ahead of the legs with the imprecise muscles of the arms. This causes so many of the biggest problems like rounding and swooping. It afflicts me too, constantly, as I continue to learn integrating upper and body perfectly. Shit isn't easy.
This is likely the best dg video I’ve ever seen.
I really appreciate those kind words! I have been working on solving this enigma for roughly 20 years. In that time, I've thought more about it than I've thought about most things, and am always overflowing with things to say. Much more to come, I have eight videos currently in the queue, and many more things planned. Stay tuned!
This is some top tier teaching
Really appreciate the comment! I speak quickly and cover a lot of stuff, but generally seem to be teaching novel stuff, in a way that's simple and relatable. The Method has transformed the biomechanics of many many people. We will be showcasing them in chapter two of the docuseries, filming in August!
Are you looking at the camera? Is that the best head position?
I’m looking at the camera initially to show the head stability, but you can see how my centered head moves forward about 25 degrees at ejection as my shoulders turn towards the target line. Basically it’s moving when it has to, and not before. Not terribly unlike how a golfer’s head remains centered over the ball in golf, and only comes up after the ball blasts away.
No front heel rotation?
Nope, not at this power level. The energy in my swing and the firmness of the brace keeps me completely immobilized until the disc ejects. And because all the energy in my swing is going into the disc, there is nothing to release off the front leg afterwards. I feel no forward momentum at all after the swing, and simply stand up out of the brace.
Nice video Brian. Comparing how you're moving from the videos of the Method vs this one, your throws look powerful but a little slower. I've been experimenting with different swing paths through. Can I share some things to think about/experiment with? My throw right not consists of 2 pendulums. First pendulum is from my head to my hips, where my hips swing back and forth during the weight transfer. The second pendulum is in the shoulder of the throwing arm. I find that a lot of people, myself included, either jam the throwing shoulder up trying to keep the disc on a level plane, or swoop their pull. It looks like you're swooping/bicep curling the disc which is causing inconsistencies in your release point. My current workaround is to start the disc from your back hip, like sheathing your sword and withdrawing it. The path of the disc is like an upside down swoop, as your elbow moves forward the disc gets pulled to a level plane. I wonder how much faster we can throw staying loose still, but leveraging a more direct swing path that keeps our levers long.
I can say that Clint definitely uses the ground force to initiate hip turn before he does anything else. You can clearly see how explosively his toe points to the ground. On a radar gun I hit 68mph standstill (translate to 70 on a techdisc) and I most definitely start from the ground by getting internal hip rotation of the back leg and clearing the hip forward. But the timing of the upper body and the explosivness of the back muscles at the end of the throw are essential obviously. Standing on one leg, and no coil, disc at the left pec, I can explode 42-46mph on radar. So there is a lot of power to get there. But I would say the standstill probably allows you to build up more energy specifically in the coil.
The shortest path from a to b is a straight line but the fastest path, especially if we’re trying to accelerate an object in a whip-like manner, is almost certainly something very close to a Brachistichrone curve. This isn’t to say your old upper body mechanics were good or correct, but that a straight path from reach back (or from the pocket) to release is almost certainly much less than ideal.
That's a very interesting observation, thank you for the correction, and for bringing up this unfamiliar term. At some point I need to get a camera vantage point from up above above to track the trajectory of the disc from the apex of the backswing to the ejection point. It could be very informing on what I'm doing right and wrong. For reference, there is a video of Sebastian throwing from up above in the docuseries, in the chapter titled "How it all Works: the Physics of The Method. At around 2:10 in the video, visible here, you can see the vantage point: ua-cam.com/video/jnbrqngDBTw/v-deo.html The disc appears to both accelerate and eject in a line, but it wavers at different points due to the levers of the arm adding energy. I expect those deviations match your idea of a Brachistichrone curve. Check it out and let me know what you think!
You are a GODSEND. Nobody has explained the "knee drop" the way you described it, and it clicked for me. I started doing step 2 and my whole body rotated, and i was like "whoa". Great work Brian. I can muscle a disc 400' with a linear push and pull (like a reverse baseball pitch) so I'm excited to see any new gains with this. I'll watch your other videos to see if any of my questions get answered. I struggle with keeping the disc nose down
That's so exciting to hear! As I've mentioned in other places, The Method system works by essentially relinking your brain to something new. If you focus at all on things involving your dominant side, the autonomic behaviors in your mind will seize control, and you'll never feel a bunch of the crucial things that lead to the proper biomechanics. I love your enthusiasm for learning, and I want you to know I'm here to help you along. I give free remote lessons all the time, if you're unable to continue your growth arc up to 450 and beyond, please out and we'll set something up. Thank you again for your kind words and for taking the time to write to me. I can hear the excitement in your message, it's extremely validating for the people involved in the series.
@@BrianDiscGolf thanks for writing back, Brian. I'll work on integrating the Method and see what shakes out. Thanks for being a cool resource willing to help others out
Thanks for the shout out Brian! I’m excited to be part of the project!
I really want to watch these but the viewing angle and audio quality make it difficult to sit through
Thank you for the feedback! What do you think would make it better? The lapel mic seems to suck a bit.
@@BrianDiscGolf I'd prefer a more open/uncluttered rear view that's left or right of center a good bit. Preferably left of center for right handed throwers. For audio, I see a lot of creators use those square wireless mics and they always sound clear. I imagine the lapel mics could even work well but require some mixing in post.
@@KhufuhK Okay, thank you so much for the information. I'm unused to filming outdoors, it's still a work in progress. The audio definitely sounds a lot worse than normal, and the stuff about camera angle makes a ton of sense. I'll see about trying some other stuff, at least as far as instruction and coaching goes. Thanks for watching the channel!
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This is amazingly hilarious. and awesome!!!!!!! I will watch every episode.
Right on! I hope you enjoy the content.
Hilarious because this ‘coach” is a dipshit and is more concerned with himself than anything.
Find a field to film at and let people play their rounds. This is like Instagram gym footage where people hog the machines. Not a good look. You also seem way more interested in your own throws than his. The ratio was at least 3:1 you to him. Don't worry about us watching the video, focus on the kid who most likely paid to be there with you.
I think you're being a bit unfair, truthfully. I always cede the way to people playing the hole, including my friend Steve who came up at the end. I ended the video 10 seconds after he said he wanted to start his round, and no one other than Steve came up to use the tee the entire time I was filming and speaking. As for Jonah, he and I had met literally 30 minutes before I filmed the videos, as I said at the very start. I told him I'd be speaking mostly to the audience, but that he'd be welcome to follow along with the instructions. Your assumption that Jonah "most likely paid to be there with you" is just wrong. The motto of The Method system is "Free to Play''. It is a gift to the community, that I made at enormous expense of time and money. I never charge for my information or my teaching time in disc golf, and I never will. My UA-cam channels are not and will never be monetized.
@@BrianDiscGolf all things you could mention at the start. I'm not invested in this one way or the other, it came across my algorithm and you got an unbiased take on what you put out. Best of luck to you in the future.
Love your content dude, but the mic sounds overdriven or something. Just letting you know.
I appreciate that so much! Yeah, I notice it’s weirdly loud and strident as well. I’m investigating other options.
Great video. It is interesting the difference between a dg throw and a ultimate frisbee throw. In my city our best puller- played in the audl, can barely throw a disc golf far.
This is insane. From 215ft to 300 & 340 in just a week. I use literally no lower body and found a way to get stuck at 230-250. Really excited to see what happens as I work on the brace method. The broom drill has felt absolutely powerful and definitely a brand new feeling.
Thank you so much for the note! I love hearing stories like this, which have been people's experiences all over the world. Keep me up to date as you progress, and feel free to ask direct questions if you get capped out somewhere. We are about to start filming Chapter 2 of The Method series, called "Adding Momentum". It should be finished right when you are ready to start adding linear energy in your inevitable march to 450+ feet of power. Thanks for watching, please let others on the course know how much the system has transformed you.
Would love some drills on connecting the upper body to lower body. I feel my brace is very solid now but I can't seem to connect the brace with my upper body. You mentioned a stretch or tightness tells you when to throw but not sure I feel it😢
I totally understand this issue, as it plagued me for months once my brace became really powerful too. The trick is focusing on creating linear force, with an arm position that allows you to maintain a biomechanical leverage advantage on the disc the whole time. I suggest pivoting back to standstills, and focus on keeping your head completely still and centered during your swing. Just get into your one-legged brace stance, rock gently back onto your back instep, and then focus on keeping the swing plane perfectly level and flat, with the ejection out to your side in the direction of the target. The cue will be whether your head position stays still, or whether you're feeling the need to turn your head towards the target in order to swing. If you're maintaining your advantage on the weight of the disc, you should be able to keep your head perfectly level and still. I intend to make a video about this exact thing soon, which really helped me to combine my great lower body mechanics and my emergent upper body mechanics. I hope to demonstrate this fusion in the video, so stay tuned for that. Thanks for watching my channel!
@@BrianDiscGolf thanks so much!!
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I don't know if you have a background in biomechanics but i enjoy your insights into how you see the ideal swing and how you articulate it.
Really appreciate the comment, thank you! I've been a student of the backhand biomechanics for years, but didn't have many critical insights until The Method taught me the proper brace feeling. I'm very glad you enjoy the content.
With so much disc golf coaching content coming out recently, your approach and the way you break things down doesn't duplicate any other content out there and that's no easy feat. It's apparent how much time you've spent not just on the how but the why of it. Keep putting stuff out, you're helping a lot of people!
Thanks so much for the great feedback and comments. your impressions are accurate, I've put years and years of my time into solving this riddle, so I've thought about things others may not have considered. Next month we're shooting the second chapter of the docuseries, so stay tuned for that. I'll keep posting regularly to my channel in the meantime.
I like the scabbed in disco ball. That electrical tape job looks totally code compliant. Your disc lessons are awesome though. thanks
Lol! All that stuff is a relic from a disco party from way back in 2022. It looked kind of cool so I never bothered to take it down. The ball isn't even plugged in, but it does make for a cool way to see the swing from up above. You can see the arm angle in the backswing and where the disc is ejecting in front of the body if you look closely. Glad you enjoy the content though, more coming soon!
@@BrianDiscGolf I am a relic as well, 61 and playing since 2018 but not very well. Hoping I can utilize your "Method" to be decent and get to a 300' backhand consistently. And sorry as a retired electrician I was reminded of some serious "tape jobs" that weren't temporary.
@@bmfj3104 Ah, that explains things perfectly! As to your age, I have a video going up this morning that features a friend named Bill, who is well over 60. In the last couple of months, using direct instruction from The Method, Bill has gained over 100 effective feet of distance, and is more than capable of throwing over 300 in a field consistently. I'd love to set up a free in person lesson if you're up for it. I suspect I could get you above your current power goals quite quickly, in a remote lesson over Facetime or something similar. Let me know if you'd like to set this up.
Hey Brian! You might want to watch the latest video by Bunky on his Discs MD channel: ua-cam.com/video/7_8HhyN8T9U/v-deo.html Reason I mention that is he's a baseball coach working on disc golf form, and he has some interesting information on head position during the backhand throw during a walk-up. Also Seabas22 told me 4 years ago, in response to some comments I made in the disc golf subreddit: "Head turn matches hip/shoulder turn and distance. Head turns a good bit past 90 degrees on longer throws."
Hey Nick! Thanks for the recommendation, I took a look at the video and I think there is some great info in there. Head position is yet another piece of the form that should come innately, but can get so screwed up by "dominant side intention". You have to move your head forward as a counterweight when you produce force using premature rotation, so for many people, it's not something that's remotely fixable until they are properly bracing. Once they're bracing and have their arm in the right positions during the swing, a lot of the head stuff self-corrects. Certainly guys like AB and Simon never had to think about where to hold their heads during the swing, they just did what felt most powerful. I think rotating the upper body correctly in sequence and offset with my lower body is one of the main things throttling my current force output. I can throw right around 500 feet right now, maybe a bit over, but some old bad habits are bleeding in still when I throw hard on a tee pad. I've got a video going up tomorrow I shot two days ago that showcases some of this, so hopefully you'll enjoy that. Thanks as always for the great feedback, it's super appreciated!
@@BrianDiscGolf Glad to do it, Brian! Keep up the great work!
You are awesome!!!!
Your lead leg changes every time you do this and it is hilarious. I am assuming you are doing this for comedy. I have subscribed and will continue to watch you. "The Method" HA!!!!
Hell yeah, welcome on board! I'm a bit confused by what you mean by "my lead leg chances every time"? It's a pretty static, remedial position that kind of forces brace balance and little else. Most importantly, it lets you begin to overlay new throwing mechanics from a different part of the brain, which is one of the main reasons it works so well.
Hey Scott, still waiting to hear what you mean by how my lead leg changes. Please explain 🙂
@@BrianDiscGolf Sorry Bro, it seems to me that your foot is pointing in a different direction when you are lining up vs. when you are throwing. I am only bringing this up because I am a newbe and I watch a lot of videos and it seems that every video I watch is not dialed in. I might be an idiot, but I do see the small things.
@@scottahrens382 I think your observations are sound to an extent, though you have to realize we're dealing with changing camera angles and perspective. A better way to analyze form is this: Ask yourself if it's possible to take a bad photo of the form at any point, from any angle. Perfect form is immune to this deficit. It's impossible to take a bad photo of it. My form in the docuseries we shot in October of last year is far far from perfect. In fact, the only way I could really generate power and leverage back then was from standstill. My balance positions were a trainwreck when I tried to add footwork, with about the result you'd expect. Contrast that to Sebastian, who has perfect biomechanics. We shot Sebastian's mechanics in 600 FPS for the video called "The Physics of the Method". In that video, you can see that even slowed down to 600 fps, he is in perfect positions every time. Sebastian is meant to be the paragon of perfect form, I'm meant to be a work in progress. For reference, Sebastian has thrown 84 MPH on pocket radar recently. That's sufficient power to throw a disc over 700 feet with good nose angle. We are about to shoot chapter two this coming month. It's called "Adding Momentum", and it will showcase all the things I've figured out since October that have made my form much closer to Sebastian's. When I throw into the net now, it's almost impossible to take a bad photo of my form. Anyway, forgive the minor inconsistencies in these videos. The person who filmed them and put the doc together isn't a disc golfer, so it's harder for him to spot things that don't quite match. He's gotten a lot better at this since October, and honestly, so have I. The videos I'm posting now to the channel speak for themselves. I am throwing incredibly hard, with enough energy in the disc to fly over 500 feet in an open field. I'm glad you're engaging with the content, and seemingly enjoying that. Thanks for the comments Scott!
@@BrianDiscGolf Hey Brian, I am very open to learning and appreciate what you are putting into this. What I see is that your toe and the back of your foot are aligned in different directions. This has nothing to do with camera angles. I have been practicing with both and am very inaccurate. Not sure if this makes sense but I am trying.
@BrianDiscGolf at the end when you say the wrong technique makes the throw "look like THAT.... when it should look like THAT" ... can you describe the key differences? I looked at it many times over and I was not able to figure it out. But I think I have that same problem from too many dry throws. Really enjoy your content!
Thanks so much for the kind words Chas! I realized this ambiguity when I reviewed the video, I'm sorry I couldn't correct it. Basically, what I'm describing is a "palm up" vs "palm down" arm position. Try to think of it as a cable pull in the gym, and think of what position makes you feel the most powerful when you pull on the mass of the disc in a straight line. When you do it correctly, it should stabilize your head perfectly in the middle of your shoulders, and also give you a que of where to brace your off arm against your body. In my case, I feel most powerful with my palm down, and my hand slightly below the plane of my arm up to my elbow. But different people feel leverage in different spots, based on arm length and so on, so it may be different for you.
brian, can you not hear the mic popping when you watch this? this is a great video and such good info, we need to fix that damn mic of yours.
BlitzDG and Nick Krush both terrific. Been enjoying making connections between your videos and theirs. Thank you for your videos.
You are so welcome. They're both great guys, and incredible athletes. I love that UA-cam has enabled so many complimentary teaching systems, it should help the community advance rapidly.
Looks so powerful with a lot of tug from the disc 👍
Observation of the pro level throws might be right but explanation sounds broscience to me. What you mean with ”inertial center of mass”? 🤔
What I mean is that different discs have a different center of mass based on their weight distribution. In order to harness the last lever of the swing properly, which is the energy transference from the wrist to the disc, you have to anticipate where that disc's center of mass is going to move. When you accelerate the disc correctly, in an instantaneous burst of energy, you feel a huge spike in weight in the disc's inertial center of mass. That's way out on the rim for putters, and distributed more evenly along the rim in a fast driver. Midranges, as you might expect, are in the middle. "Inertia", in this case, is the disc's weight resisting your attempts to accelerate it. The heavier the disc is due to acceleration, the more inertial resistance you feel trying to speed it up more. This is a simple explanation that ignores the underlying math, but it's a good description of what's happening. Does that make sense? Let me know if you need any other info.
I already understood from the first couple minutes its "the method" you are teaching, you dont have to shove it down my throat for the remainder of these videos, its getting very old really fast
I am not sure I understand your complaint exactly. Can you give more constructive feedback? I certainly don't want people to think anything is "being shoved down their throat". Thank you!
@adusti Have a beer. Put down the phone. Relax.
@@AxisDiscPowersKind of baffled by this comment. Care to explain?
@@BrianDiscGolf It was meant for @adusti🤣
@@AxisDiscPowers Doh! Sorry for the confusion, you clearly said who you were replying to 😝
I like your content, but can you level your mic? It sounds like I am on speakerphone on a conference call with the drive through window.
Haha, I know what you mean! I ordered another phone mic that should be arriving shortly, and intend to use it for all future content. I'm sorry for the poor audio quality, it's a very valid criticism. Thanks for your support!
I used to concentrate alot on the off arm now it happens naturally. But definitely helps to get it down then it becomes second nature
That break doqn was pwrfect. I love the wxplanation of adding energy and as a weight to keep your chest from opwning to early and get as much energy into the chest as poasible.
brian you really have to adjust taht mic, i have missed the last 3 videos because your audio is popping and hurting my ears, :(
So I, a 250lbs man, would throw further with a stand still shot as it acts as an anchor?
I think for most people, with most biomechanics, a well-balanced and sequenced standstill will far outpace a drive with an X-step. Your brain won't trust that you can throw the disc hard unless you're perfectly in balance. This requires you to counterweight your center of mass at all stages in the swing. If anything is off-balance, you'll swing softer. One of the reason The Method is so effective to learn proper biomechanics is because it starts you in a balanced frame, with all your weight on one foot. From there, you can maintain your balance through the swing, which allows you to throw the disk HARD and feel all the heaviness and resistance.
This break down ks so in depth, and i love the fiscussion of each muscle. Moat video kind of just describe the motion, but maybe not what triggers firat or the steps in general.