Disc golfBack hand drive for distance

Object is to throw disc into a metal basket in the least amount of shots

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Reasons why disc golf is a great hobby It’s for all ages Environment Can be played almost anywhere Most courses are free Easy to play (hard to master) Cheap (about 10 euros per disc)

Discs

Driver (long throws) Mid range (approach) Putter (putting)

Backhand disc golf drive for distance Throw that utilizes the entire body in a

rapid of movements that must be controlled and coordinated to produce the desired result, maximum distance

Starts out smoothly and accelerates to a point of an audible snap ( disc rips out from the thrower’s hand, because of the rotation forces)

Grips ( power grip is for for distance throws)

Backhand disc golf drive for distance Eight phases(four lower body phases and four

upper body phases) Approach Preload Transition Load Cross over Pull Plant release

approach Starts when the left food makes contact

with the ground and ends when the left foot loses contact with the ground

preload First upper body phase Upper body starts counterclockwise

rotation Movement of the shoulders to prepare

for the actual load phase

Transition Second lowerbody phase (counter

clockwise rotation) Starts when right foot makes contact

with the ground It ends the preload phase and begins

the load phase

load Usually starts when thrower has lost

contact with the ground (during cross over)

Majority of the counterclockwise rotation takes place upperbody rotates counterclockwise

Can be compared to a loading of a bow Ends during the cross over phase Head moves with the body

Beginning and end of the load phase

Cross over X-step Left leg passing behind the right leg crossing the legs of the thrower briefly Ends when the plant phase begins

Beginning and end of the cross over phase

pull Clockwise rotation

1. lowerbody1.1 heel or toe1.2 knee1.3 pelvis2. Upper body

Disc gains speed ( generate enough force to throw disc excess of 180 metres)

Hands comes as close to the body as possible (spin)

plant Starts when right food takes contact

with the ground and is ended with the rotation in a clockwise manner on that foot (begins in the middle of the pull phase)

Stopping of the forward momentum and transferring all the rotation and forward forces to the disc

release Disc has lost contact with the thrower

(audible snap) It is not letting go of the disc; rather the

disc is accelerated to a point that the weight and speed of the disc combine to overcome the pressure of the grip

Follow through Helps disc to keep the energy (no slowing movement) Helps not to get injuries

Release and follow through

sources Greenway, Travis 2007. A biomechanical

analysis of the backhand disc golf drive dor distance.

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