Learn The Method with Brian Step by Step
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- So what is The Method anyway? Why does it work so well? Quite simply, it is pure efficiency.
The human body is a true wonder. Of all its incredible features, one has particular relevance to disc golf. The human arm forms a perfect, three-part biomechanical lever. This imparts exponential acceleration to almost anything swung in the hand. We've known this for ages, it's utilized in established sports like baseball and tennis. But there has never been a comprehensive way to get most disc golfers to feel that acceleration, until now.
The chief insight of The Method is that in order to learn a new motor skill as an adult, you first have to start fresh in the brain. The instant you stand on a tee pad, your adult habits and your "handedness" betray you.
You're used to doing everything in your life with your dominant side, but you cannot begin the disc golf swing with your arm. If you do that, you get your upper body ahead of your legs, and you accelerate the disc slowly. When a light object accelerates slowly, it doesn't gain any extra weight. This is a problem, because your brain doesn't trust it can add energy to a light object.
This video shows you how you can begin to reprogram your brain, to remove your adult instincts and find the organic feel a child might find naturally. It shows how to perform the simplest motion, a one-legged twist with the trailing hip into the balanced and stable dominant leg. The Method teaches a feel, it's a bit like riding a bike for the first time. If you learn to do that exact motion correctly, and find that feel, you can then build on it to create an organic swing.
Once you create that swing, you will quickly understand how to add energy to it with your legs. That increases the acceleration, which in turn increases the weight of the disc. Once the disc gets heavy, your brain will understand when it can add energy with the throwing arm, and the whole mechanism comes together in an instant.
This is how you create what we've long called "Pro form". It's been an elusive secret for decades, but The Method reveals it completely. Good luck in your training!
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
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.
Can you confirm that when in the frame the front leg is locked straight or slightly bent? Thanks!
Happy to confirm that John. It really depends on how hard a person is struggling to find that initial brace position. If you feel it already, then you're far better off bending the leg slightly, while keeping it powerful and tensed.
In that position, which requires you to close off the foot slightly relative to your intended target line, you are both compressing the left side via a twist, while simultaneously standing up on the right leg to straighten it. The two motions happen almost simultaneously, especially after you're more comfortable in the balance positions.
I recommend you check out my video about standstills, which gives a better sense of how to make them faster and more powerful. My own standstills have continued to improve rapidly, and I now have my right quad sequencing before the swing.
Here is a video I made a while back discussing standstill mechanics:
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Give it a watch, and feel free to ask additional questions.
Thanks for your interest!
Just to prevent any future injury. NEVER lock you knee in any type of movement.
@@AxisDiscPowers Yeah, it's impossible for the knee to lock in place when throwing hard anyway. The energy in the swing rips you off the ground, and extends the leg fully while releasing pressure on the brace.
The knee can be locked for powered-down shots if you're swinging lightly. All of the force is either coming from simply standing up on the plant leg, or swinging the upper body from stability.
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.
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 😝