Looks like you're holding a ton of tension in the wrist (versus Big Jerm's or Gannon's looser looking windup), but cannot argue with the results. Your speed and spin appear to be on par with the pros. I do think there's an analog to backhand where you start out wrist straight, and then curl the wrist in as you're pulling into the pocket, which then leads to more wrist snap out and more spin. For forehand, the idea being you start wrist straight, and then let the disc snap back (lag behind) building up more tension in the wrist as you power forward. Would have to film from above (or below) to see if that's really what's happening. I've gone every which way with it, and sometimes I'll even exaggerate the rearward motion so that when I starts pulling forward it loads up the wrist even more. Can feel it if you just wave the disc forward and back repeatedly on plane. This seems a bit like what Jerm is doing, but he seems to pump fake about 3 times in his runup, so it's a little hard to tell.
Yeah, I like to grip firmly either way, but I could test a looser initial grip. My spin difference wasn’t as much as it initially was when I made this change but I think this change just helped my wrist work better and so when I went back to pre extension some of that improvement was still there. My feeling is that starting with the wrist neutral and letting the forces pull it back rather than manually extending it early helps give you a deeper and more springy wrist extension to flexion action.
Looks like you're holding a ton of tension in the wrist (versus Big Jerm's or Gannon's looser looking windup), but cannot argue with the results. Your speed and spin appear to be on par with the pros. I do think there's an analog to backhand where you start out wrist straight, and then curl the wrist in as you're pulling into the pocket, which then leads to more wrist snap out and more spin. For forehand, the idea being you start wrist straight, and then let the disc snap back (lag behind) building up more tension in the wrist as you power forward. Would have to film from above (or below) to see if that's really what's happening. I've gone every which way with it, and sometimes I'll even exaggerate the rearward motion so that when I starts pulling forward it loads up the wrist even more. Can feel it if you just wave the disc forward and back repeatedly on plane. This seems a bit like what Jerm is doing, but he seems to pump fake about 3 times in his runup, so it's a little hard to tell.
Yeah, I like to grip firmly either way, but I could test a looser initial grip.
My spin difference wasn’t as much as it initially was when I made this change but I think this change just helped my wrist work better and so when I went back to pre extension some of that improvement was still there.
My feeling is that starting with the wrist neutral and letting the forces pull it back rather than manually extending it early helps give you a deeper and more springy wrist extension to flexion action.
Obligatory chalk bag.