Here are a few slow motion drives I was able to record at this years Las Vegas Challenge, enjoy!
0:00 Andrew Presnell
0:20 Joel Freeman
0:45 Ben Callaway
1:15 James Conrad
1:46 Garret Gurthie
2:09 Paul McBeth
2:37 Drew Gibson
3:03 Kevin Jones
3:27 Anthony Barela
3:52 Eagle McMahon
4:20 Calvin Heimburg
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just for some people who are trying to study form to look out for in this. You need to slow down the video to .25 to notice but the amount players hips rotate past the shoulders the more power they have. It’s like trying to lag your shoulders behind your hips. Creates more tensions to force your shoulders through. This takes an extremely long amount of time and eagles is the most obvious. You don’t throw far from the biggest run up or fastest, it’s trying to make the biggest gap between your hips and your shoulders
Some seem to stay behind the brace completely while others throw through the brace more. Look at Gibson for example of staying behind the brace. I noticed in the 2023 Distance competition where Tamm threw 700+, that he stayed behind his brace more completely than the other competitors. Is that a big factor in getting the maximum distance possible? If so, what is the key to doing so?
Great video. Thanks. subd.
Drew Gibson: almost from a standstill. James Conrad: almost from a different zip code.
The biggest difference is that the big distance guys put all their momentum into the arm and therefore the disc. Which is why they stop. The less distance throws continue moving forward after throwing cos they haven't managed to put ALL the momentum where it's supposed to go meaning their form is not right
Seems like Gurthie, Gibson, McMahon all have the most proper use of mechanics in their form. Effective at stopping their forward momentum with their right foot. They stay on the tee pad and we know they are the biggest distance throwers in that video. Oh and Barela.
I noticed how AB has almost an exagerated pull in compared to Paul McBeth (almost like a curl), I also remember Overthrow DG mentioning something similar might have to try implementing that to my own form
nothing more annoying than having to step up to a teepad like that in the run up – make them longer or fix the ground around it.
It’s interesting to see how much higher Calvin’s reach back is compared to others. At it’s apex, it almost looks like he is going to spike the disc right into the ground.
I would like to see a similar video but of how they are throwing in the world distance competition. Of course I could just watch those videos in .25 playback speed. But this was a supremely good video showing the many different forms but showcasing all of the similarities in what they are doing to get the disc to go 500'+
The way they are able to collapse the shoulders on the follow through is something nobody talks about. Having that hypermobility is incredible for your distance.
Presnells form is 🤮