Like the gentleman below I am in my 70s and am stuck at 200 ft. Am heartened by your response that even at this age we can get closer to 300 ft. I'll see if my son can film me and work on your tips as well. Thanks a bunch.
Brother I began playing in 1998. It's 2023. I was crushing in my 20s. Then UA-cam came around and I began watching practice and tips videos and it RUINED MY GAME. For real. Keeping it simple is the best advice you give in this video. Keep up the good work. Keep it simple.
Your content is so helpful. Thank you. I've been playing rec for the last two years or so, and this video is so great and helpful. I very much appreciate it. I have been sharing your videos with my disc golf discord group. You rock!
That’s amazing man, much appreciated on this end, I’m glad to hear the videos are helpful. Thanks for commenting and sharing with the group, keep up the work
@@jeffperry6969 thanks, it really is about form, it don’t take much to get it out to 300 once everything comes together, regardless it’s still a football field throw so no easy task
I'm 70 years old and been playing for 2 years and am maxed out at 225 feet, so I took my drone out and filmed myself from front, side and overhead views and it made a world of difference. I felt like I should be reaching 350 feet, but after looking at the video, I realized that I didn't have the arm speed (probably due to my age) and my reach back and rotation wasn't enough.
@@DiscManiac28 @rickfunk1355 I agree you can do it stay at it. I’m your age and started playing five years ago. I throw 300-330 consistently. Stick with lightweight high glide discs. 139-159 grams. Wraith - Krait - Stratas - Diamond - Renegade - Thrasher - Jade. All great discs for slower arms like ours. Keep watching Disc Maniac his tips are bang on. 300 is enough distance to shoot under par on most courses I rarely shoot over par. Cheers!
I’m 52 been playing off and on for the last 30 years ( more off than on ), but I love this game and I have noticed the more I throw the distance I will gain. But if I let off for a week or more it almost feels like I have to start over
Just stumbled upon your channel the other day, I'm blown away how useful your videos are. I don't even know your name but you're a great coach. Do you have a FB page?
Thank you, I do have a Facebook but it’s not disc golf related. I post the videos I put on UA-cam on it but that’s about it. My name is Zach, I wanted to call my channel Zach the Disc Maniac but I kept is short.
@@DiscManiac28 there actually is a Zach the Discmaniac on UA-cam, he's affiliated with Discmania, and owns a disc golf shop I believe, but he's not as good a teacher as you
@@donniehardin8309 oh wow I didn’t know that, it’s a story on how I decided to name my channel and it had to do with disc mania being one of my favorite brands and my name being Zach. After I had my channel for a bit I heard Eagle McMahon say something about disc maniacs and I was like well crap….. I thought about changing my channel name and did so for a month or so but it would never pull up on you tube when I would look for it. So I changed it back and it’s stuck
Along with Tip #3 - ask your friends what they see. One of my biggest breakthroughs came from a friend mentioning that I was dipping on my pull through. I helped a friend have a breakthrough with him aim by noticing that he was rounding during his reachback. Neither of us thought that they had a problem, both made HUGE improvements after someone else noticed something.
That’s great, I like that approach…. I had a friend mention I was falling over my front leg and it got me thinking which lead me to filming myself to see what he seen. Made a big difference
@@jonathanstephens2897 Slow down and focus on keeping your elbow as far away from your body as you can. First, focus on just getting everything right at 1% power. As you add power, make sure you take slo-mo video to make sure your elbow doesn't drop. If it does, take power off until it looks good. The hardest part is taking it slow enough that your changes stick. It's not a one day thing. It takes weeks to months, depending on how quickly your body will reset its muscle memory.
BROOOOOOO!!! I just had an AH-HA moment. This makes total sense in explaining hip rotation! Only, I can't bat left handed and I'll need some work. I'm at 381' and trying to get to 400'. This will totally help me get 25' or more.
For sure, it help me so much once I seen that kid hit that ball and the way he did it, you can definitely get 25 mor feet for sure. Keep up the work and let me know when you do it, glad I could help :)
You have good basic tips. I am 77 and started playing around 2-3 yrs ago for fun. Just competing with myself and trying to increase my distance. I have doubled and tripled my first time distance, but I am still under 200 feet. After filming myself I have found I am making a number of mistakes. The problem is that if I think ( trying to correct my mistake ) my distance goes down, I do better if I am not thinking and moving in one motion. Still not sure how do you make snap. Also, there are some baseball power hitters who do one leg stand before the pitch. I am OK with disc pick and grip, but not generating the power and snap. At the beginning I had bleeding in my finger tips. Plus, because of my artificial right hip I am mostly standing.
Hard to say exactly without seeing your form. It took me some time to find it but in getting snap several things have to happen at the some time for it to work.
Good video. New subscriber for ya mate. I'm not necessarily stuck...ive made pretty good leaps in the 3 months I've played. I have learned to be putter and mid friendly. So I play with those, save the drivers for a field day. Practice...i dont enter comps as i want to make sure I'm more confident with myself first. One thing i found with a young disc golfer on youtube (he was examining another video), i cant remember his name, was to get my nose down better was to turn the disc (face) into the body and the wrist automatically adjusts as you finish up the swing...found it ridiculously good. Just need a partner to play with now....
Thanks for subscribing, much appreciated, yea I like Turing the disc in like you say helped me too, Having a partner to play with us super fun make it for fun for sure. Do you ever play in mini’s or flex starts?
Putting your hand in your pocket makes some sense, but I would think it would hinder your follow-through (very important part of the throw). Interesting video.
@@koroba01 yes it would prolly hinder the follow through but it could get you used to the feeling and understanding keeping it all tight, I wouldn’t recommend getting into a habit of not following through. Definitely important part of the throw like you mentioned
My friends say I have great form. 2 of them took a course from a former pro in NC. But I can’t hit over 330’. But like I said in another post, that the more I can throw during the week, the more I can get over 300’. I haven’t been able to play half as much this year and I have noticed that my best distance throw has only been about 280’.
I notice when I take some time off then go play I get sore and so maybe if you play mOre frequently you may break down those muscles and they rebuild making you slightly more strong in those specific muscles, not sure really. Maybe muscle memory type of thing who knows. Ive heard of some people loosing distance when they stop for a while but I’m not 100% on it
@DiscManiac28 You are probably right. Like I said when I played or at least practiced almost every day I was throwing better. Guess it just happens when you get old. Lol. Anyways thanks for your response and please keep trying to put out helpful videos. You're doing and awesome job of helping those of us who need it. Just like Robbie C. He really helps out a lot as well. God bless and keep dicing the winds (throwing those discs, you can use it if you want to. Lol ).
Dude. Drill 1 changed my technique, if you want to call it that, the most. My biggest issue, being a former “puller” was trying to figure out the weight shift. Using this drill has been great in teaching me weight shift but still remaining balanced. I was always leaning over due to pulling. And this drill has been a great as reset when I feel off. I don’t have to sift through my entire form trying to find the error or errors. I can go back to this and reset. Can you make a video if you have not already on just how relaxed your throwing arm is?
One other big thing to remember is have fun! I know most of us aren’t getting paid to do this. It’s recreation. You are outside enjoying nature. Keep it fun
I am 56 years old. Tip #1 - Absolutely correct. I have fiddled and farted with some many discs over the years, I picked up a Innova Leopard that had been lying around, unused. 300 feet the first time out with it. What! Your point is simply: If you have correct form but not enough energy transferred into the disc, higher speed discs will not add distance. It is the combination of the power that each individual can create in their rotation with the properly selected disc.
Correct 👍, if you have correct form but you can’t get more speed or spin on disc then a faster disc won’t help. Unless you have a specific shot that needs to dump at end or hit specific lines
The Discraft Flight Chart has 3 categories: All Players, Experienced, and Advanced. Most of us watching these videos are not advanced. Dump those discs. At my age and at my power level: I am super comfortable with Buzz, Stalker (1.6 rim; 6-speed not 7), Mantis, Undertaker, AvengerSS for BH. Notice that these are all in that neutral gap between Beginner and Experienced. I use the Athena and Vulture for FH only. It is finding those discs that compliment my form (good bad or ugly) that generates my power.
Dunno i started last year my arm speed can't be good at 52 but my best and farthest 2 or 3 discs are my nuke "first forearm ace with it" a photon and a wraith both easy distance the wraith i almost got my first black ace which isn't a great thing but was almost 500 feet easily my farthest shot .... something i could never do with a 7 speed
I was making a general statement, 500 ft is a bomb, your arm speed can’t be to slow, anyone I’ve played with that has slower arm speeds do better with slower discs, and disc that are less stable. That’s super cool that at your age you able to do those thangs, very cool.
A "foot". It's a dumbass measurement used in USA, Libya and Myanmar. Its official definition is 0.3048 meters. The original definition was "16 digits", but later it became "12 inches" (why the inch won out over the digit I don't know, but dumbasses be dumbasses and here we are). Generally, 33 feet is rounded to about 10m.
@@chucksherron lol haha, i usually take the stickers off as soon as I get them but in this case I for some reason never did, lol I may leave them on lol jk
im 55 and just started playing love it
@@elliotJones-s4l it’s so fun
I’ve got addicted lol 😂
Like the gentleman below I am in my 70s and am stuck at 200 ft. Am heartened by your response that even at this age we can get closer to 300 ft. I'll see if my son can film me and work on your tips as well. Thanks a bunch.
Very welcome :) good efficient form goes a long way
Hope I can throw 200 when i'm in my 70s, that sounds great to me. I'm 50 and can't seem to pass 250
Brother I began playing in 1998. It's 2023. I was crushing in my 20s. Then UA-cam came around and I began watching practice and tips videos and it RUINED MY GAME. For real. Keeping it simple is the best advice you give in this video. Keep up the good work. Keep it simple.
Appreciate the comment, thanks 😊
I’ll try to keep it simple I’m a simple guy lol 😆
@@DiscManiac28 good videos. I guess we are just simple around here in Georgia. Ha
Your content is so helpful. Thank you. I've been playing rec for the last two years or so, and this video is so great and helpful. I very much appreciate it. I have been sharing your videos with my disc golf discord group. You rock!
That’s amazing man, much appreciated on this end, I’m glad to hear the videos are helpful. Thanks for commenting and sharing with the group, keep up the work
I’m 54 years old, been playing for 3 years. I can hit 300 ft but not consistently. That is my goal. I feel these drills will work great. Thanks
@@jeffperry6969 thanks, it really is about form, it don’t take much to get it out to 300 once everything comes together, regardless it’s still a football field throw so no easy task
I'm 70 years old and been playing for 2 years and am maxed out at 225 feet, so I took my drone out and filmed myself from front, side and overhead views and it made a world of difference. I felt like I should be reaching 350 feet, but after looking at the video, I realized that I didn't have the arm speed (probably due to my age) and my reach back and rotation wasn't enough.
You age isn’t working for you but I bet you could get out to 350, I haven’t seen your form so I couldn’t say for sure.
@@DiscManiac28 @rickfunk1355
I agree you can do it stay at it. I’m your age and started playing five years ago. I throw 300-330 consistently. Stick with lightweight high glide discs. 139-159 grams. Wraith - Krait - Stratas - Diamond - Renegade - Thrasher - Jade. All great discs for slower arms like ours. Keep watching Disc Maniac his tips are bang on. 300 is enough distance to shoot under par on most courses I rarely shoot over par. Cheers!
@@Cad1900much appreciated, yea most courses throwing 300 would be fine. Love the comments :)
I’m 52 been playing off and on for the last 30 years ( more off than on ), but I love this game and I have noticed the more I throw the distance I will gain. But if I let off for a week or more it almost feels like I have to start over
Muscle memory is real, repetition builds response!
Best tips on the internet, I follow you til death now
Dude that’s so encouraging, and one of the best things to hear. Much appreciated. Seriously super cool, keep up the work out there
This tutorial helped me immediately . Thank you so much. 👍
Very welcome :) glad it helped
I look forward to trying these out tomorrow! See if I can instantly get more distance on my backhand. Thank you.
Hope it works out, very welcome
@@DiscManiac28 I was ripping 200' consistently today while practicing these drills with my putters only.👍
@@Big_C_Here that’s great, sweet to hear :)
@@Big_C_Here thanks for feedback 😊
Just stumbled upon your channel the other day, I'm blown away how useful your videos are. I don't even know your name but you're a great coach. Do you have a FB page?
Thank you, I do have a Facebook but it’s not disc golf related. I post the videos I put on UA-cam on it but that’s about it. My name is Zach, I wanted to call my channel Zach the Disc Maniac but I kept is short.
@@DiscManiac28 there actually is a Zach the Discmaniac on UA-cam, he's affiliated with Discmania, and owns a disc golf shop I believe, but he's not as good a teacher as you
@@donniehardin8309 oh wow I didn’t know that, it’s a story on how I decided to name my channel and it had to do with disc mania being one of my favorite brands and my name being Zach. After I had my channel for a bit I heard Eagle McMahon say something about disc maniacs and I was like well crap….. I thought about changing my channel name and did so for a month or so but it would never pull up on you tube when I would look for it. So I changed it back and it’s stuck
@@donniehardin8309 thanks for saying I’m a good teacher
Good content.
Thanks man
Along with Tip #3 - ask your friends what they see. One of my biggest breakthroughs came from a friend mentioning that I was dipping on my pull through. I helped a friend have a breakthrough with him aim by noticing that he was rounding during his reachback. Neither of us thought that they had a problem, both made HUGE improvements after someone else noticed something.
That’s great, I like that approach…. I had a friend mention I was falling over my front leg and it got me thinking which lead me to filming myself to see what he seen. Made a big difference
If you don't mind me asking, how did you fix the dip? I do it all the time
@@jonathanstephens2897 Slow down and focus on keeping your elbow as far away from your body as you can. First, focus on just getting everything right at 1% power. As you add power, make sure you take slo-mo video to make sure your elbow doesn't drop. If it does, take power off until it looks good. The hardest part is taking it slow enough that your changes stick. It's not a one day thing. It takes weeks to months, depending on how quickly your body will reset its muscle memory.
Excluding the run up was the biggest help for me to get the throwing motion into muscle memory
It was the same for me it helped me keep my weight back.
Great video.
I'm your fan.
Thank you:)
great stuff!
Thanks 😊
BROOOOOOO!!! I just had an AH-HA moment. This makes total sense in explaining hip rotation! Only, I can't bat left handed and I'll need some work. I'm at 381' and trying to get to 400'. This will totally help me get 25' or more.
For sure, it help me so much once I seen that kid hit that ball and the way he did it, you can definitely get 25 mor feet for sure. Keep up the work and let me know when you do it, glad I could help :)
You have good basic tips. I am 77 and started playing around 2-3 yrs ago for fun. Just competing with myself and trying to increase my distance. I have doubled and tripled my first time distance, but I am still under 200 feet. After filming myself I have found I am making a number of mistakes. The problem is that if I think ( trying to correct my mistake )
my distance goes down, I do better if I am not thinking and moving in one motion. Still not sure how do you make snap. Also, there are some baseball power hitters who do one leg stand before the pitch. I am OK with disc pick and grip, but not generating the power and snap. At the beginning I had bleeding in my finger tips. Plus, because of my artificial right hip I am mostly standing.
Hard to say exactly without seeing your form. It took me some time to find it but in getting snap several things have to happen at the some time for it to work.
Good video. New subscriber for ya mate. I'm not necessarily stuck...ive made pretty good leaps in the 3 months I've played. I have learned to be putter and mid friendly. So I play with those, save the drivers for a field day. Practice...i dont enter comps as i want to make sure I'm more confident with myself first.
One thing i found with a young disc golfer on youtube (he was examining another video), i cant remember his name, was to get my nose down better was to turn the disc (face) into the body and the wrist automatically adjusts as you finish up the swing...found it ridiculously good. Just need a partner to play with now....
Thanks for subscribing, much appreciated, yea I like Turing the disc in like you say helped me too, Having a partner to play with us super fun make it for fun for sure. Do you ever play in mini’s or flex starts?
@@DiscManiac28sorry I didn't reply, I don't know what minis or flex starts are. Came back to this video.
Putting your hand in your pocket makes some sense, but I would think it would hinder your follow-through (very important part of the throw). Interesting video.
@@koroba01 yes it would prolly hinder the follow through but it could get you used to the feeling and understanding keeping it all tight, I wouldn’t recommend getting into a habit of not following through. Definitely important part of the throw like you mentioned
My friends say I have great form. 2 of them took a course from a former pro in NC. But I can’t hit over 330’. But like I said in another post, that the more I can throw during the week, the more I can get over 300’. I haven’t been able to play half as much this year and I have noticed that my best distance throw has only been about 280’.
I notice when I take some time off then go play I get sore and so maybe if you play mOre frequently you may break down those muscles and they rebuild making you slightly more strong in those specific muscles, not sure really. Maybe muscle memory type of thing who knows. Ive heard of some people loosing distance when they stop for a while but I’m not 100% on it
@DiscManiac28 You are probably right. Like I said when I played or at least practiced almost every day I was throwing better. Guess it just happens when you get old. Lol. Anyways thanks for your response and please keep trying to put out helpful videos. You're doing and awesome job of helping those of us who need it. Just like Robbie C. He really helps out a lot as well. God bless and keep dicing the winds (throwing those discs, you can use it if you want to. Lol ).
@@allenhuffman3380 much appreciated love the reply. I’ll keep posting videos as I figure things out and hopefully it will help people along the way
@DiscManiac28 Grow for it fella, the more you grow, the more we can grow with your help.
Dude. Drill 1 changed my technique, if you want to call it that, the most. My biggest issue, being a former “puller” was trying to figure out the weight shift. Using this drill has been great in teaching me weight shift but still remaining balanced. I was always leaning over due to pulling. And this drill has been a great as reset when I feel off. I don’t have to sift through my entire form trying to find the error or errors. I can go back to this and reset.
Can you make a video if you have not already on just how relaxed your throwing arm is?
Yea I may be able to get one made this weekend :)
Thanks for feedback and glad it’s helping
@@DiscManiac28 THANK YOU!!!
@@chrissampson6826 very welcome
One other big thing to remember is have fun! I know most of us aren’t getting paid to do this. It’s recreation. You are outside enjoying nature. Keep it fun
Definitely
I am 56 years old. Tip #1 - Absolutely correct. I have fiddled and farted with some many discs over the years, I picked up a Innova Leopard that had been lying around, unused. 300 feet the first time out with it. What! Your point is simply: If you have correct form but not enough energy transferred into the disc, higher speed discs will not add distance. It is the combination of the power that each individual can create in their rotation with the properly selected disc.
Correct 👍, if you have correct form but you can’t get more speed or spin on disc then a faster disc won’t help. Unless you have a specific shot that needs to dump at end or hit specific lines
The Discraft Flight Chart has 3 categories: All Players, Experienced, and Advanced. Most of us watching these videos are not advanced. Dump those discs. At my age and at my power level: I am super comfortable with Buzz, Stalker (1.6 rim; 6-speed not 7), Mantis, Undertaker, AvengerSS for BH. Notice that these are all in that neutral gap between Beginner and Experienced. I use the Athena and Vulture for FH only. It is finding those discs that compliment my form (good bad or ugly) that generates my power.
If you have smol hands. Do a 3 finger power grip pinky off. Get that nose down.
I just learned this ! It changed my game
7 years ive been playing and i still struggle to hit 300ft most times
Dunno i started last year my arm speed can't be good at 52 but my best and farthest 2 or 3 discs are my nuke "first forearm ace with it" a photon and a wraith both easy distance the wraith i almost got my first black ace which isn't a great thing but was almost 500 feet easily my farthest shot .... something i could never do with a 7 speed
I was making a general statement, 500 ft is a bomb, your arm speed can’t be to slow, anyone I’ve played with that has slower arm speeds do better with slower discs, and disc that are less stable. That’s super cool that at your age you able to do those thangs, very cool.
Your arm speed is well above average; congrats.
@@DiscManiac28 guess generally you are correct with the majority of new or slow arms they should stay at leopard speed
the second your arm is fully extended is the second your plant foot should hit
4 "Pinger"
what's a Ft though?
A Foot lol you playing around?
@@DiscManiac28 he probably uses the metric system
A "foot". It's a dumbass measurement used in USA, Libya and Myanmar. Its official definition is 0.3048 meters. The original definition was "16 digits", but later it became "12 inches" (why the inch won out over the digit I don't know, but dumbasses be dumbasses and here we are).
Generally, 33 feet is rounded to about 10m.
From now on I only want to walk backwards and throw. Like moonwalking
Lol 😂 yes 👍
Haha
you're*
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@@DiscManiac28 it's "if you're stuck", not "if your stuck"
Your is the possessive form, meaning the person owns the stuck, you're means you are
@@MrKevlarkent oh my gosh I didn’t even realize, lol 🤦♂️ thanks
@@MrKevlarkent got it fixed
Can't take you seriously if you leave the stickers on your discs homie.
Lol ok, I’ll remember that and remove stickers in future videos. Haha 😂
seriously??
Hey they aren't pdga legal with the stickers still on :)@@gothard5
@@DiscManiac28ignore him. He isn't contributing anything to the community. You don't owe any of us anything.
@@chucksherron lol haha, i usually take the stickers off as soon as I get them but in this case I for some reason never did, lol I may leave them on lol jk