Anyone have any hints etc or links to help with switching from right hand to left hand? My footwork seems to be better lefty than righty but my throw is hideous!!! I am very un coordinated with my left hand. Are there any particular exercises or drills that may help with my left hand coordination? thanks in advance!!

Try cutting your steak left handed...der der-der! :p

Time and practice. I have a credible lefthanded throw. It took about a year of only throwing lefthanded. Don't overdo it at first. Your lefty throwing muscles are not as strong and your lefty tendons are not as stretched.

Thanks!! i hear you on the underdeveloped muscles etc. The first time I went out I only threw a few holes and was sore the next day.. I have decent snap just very inaccurate on the release and angle etc.

Try swinging a baseball bat righthanded. Focus on hitting a ball straight back at the pitcher. Pay attention to your left arm position through the middle of the swing (where it crosses your body).

That motion is similar to a DG throw. Use that as a starting point for aiming; it will help with your elbow position (and ingrain the motion into the muscles).

Other than that, it's just practice, refinement, etc.


Join the dark side, Efrain....muhahahaha.... :)

i'm one of those left handed people who plays discgolf with a righty backhand i think it has something to do with the fact that i'm right footed and playing baseball and ballgolf my stance and swing are the exact same as if i was throwing discs right handed. i cant righty flick very well at all and about 6 months ago i decided that i would learn too throw lefty backhand.
i am just the opposite in you in the runup regard. i don't feel comfortable at all in my runup but my left arm feels more natural then my right after 6 months of throwing left as compared to my first six months throwning right.

just hit the fields practice practice practice and not just distance but precision. dont be afraid to use the shot in a game once you start having success with it in a competitive round it will feel easier when you practice

do the motions in a swimming pool it builds up your strength and stretches your tendons and its freakn hot. pools are awesome for disc golf.

hole two at circle c is a pretty good precision lefty hole hole five form the short box is good for power and some control i dont even think about using my right hand on these holes anymore.

Try swinging a baseball bat righthanded. Focus on hitting a ball straight back at the pitcher. Pay attention to your left arm position through the middle of the swing (where it crosses your body).

That motion is similar to a DG throw. Use that as a starting point for aiming; it will help with your elbow position (and ingrain the motion into the muscles).

Other than that, it's just practice, refinement, etc.


Join the dark side, Efrain....muhahahaha.... :)



I will be working on it!! I get my MRI results back tomorrow , fingers crossed.The initial exam was not good however!! Lefty here i come!!! :p

so was this caused by too many thumber holes :p

so was this caused by too many thumber holes :p



nope!!

Concentrate on form. Don't worry about distance with a driver, just throw midrange and putters for a while.

I've been fooling around with leftie for a couple of years, started when I felt some tendonitis coming on in my right elbow. Given the option of throw leftie or quit for a while ( and prob put on a lot MORE weight!! :mad: I took the leftie option. I threw mids and putters for about a month, then played a funsie tournament--DFL, but broke 100. By now, I'm throwing about 200' pretty consistently with decent accuracy too---the occasional flub but fewer---and everytime I throw a round leftie, I feel better throwing rightie again because I'm very conscious of my technique.

hth

just practice, it's just like anything else

just practice, it's just like anything else



no doubt!!!

I am a martial arts instructor and spend hours and hours analyzing movement. I decided to try as an experiment, to analyze my throw, and copy the motion to my left hand. The results were incredible! After about a dozen and a half throws, I threw a 158 Orc over 400'! (I can throw that same disc over five hundred righty)

I attribute this to my martial arts training and discipline. But the next i was sore for sure...ouch. But I have kept working it and have improved my accuracy. Lefty forehand is possibly the funniest thing you'll ever see, but I want to master that as well.

I wonder if I could enter a tournament in the Intermediate Division only playing lefty (drives and putts). My drives are competitive, but my putting sucks. So it is a fair trade. Who knows, I may even be competitive with myself one day, hmmm.

Sorry, got side tracked by my own rambling thoughts. My point is this: analyze your throw righty, and take your time to develop it lefty. With enough practice you should have it down in no time. Remember, the game is already in your head, just on the wrong side of the brain.

I agree with how much it helps to have the other hand as a utility shot. I added a lefty wrist-flick (not a full forehand, just an s-curving wrist flick) for those situations where I really need to reach out superfar to get out of the schule... and it probably has saved me at least a stroke per tournament.

Being able to pop out a throw with your off hand is a skill much worth having! Absolutely priceless, almost as priceless as a good THUMBER. ;) Hahaha

I also started working with my left hand. The best thing I have found to improve your " off hand " throw, is to practice with your friends. When you can watch another individual make a mistake, you can improve your game. I also have to agree, the off hand flick is the funniest thing I have ever seen ( Brice ) .

Try swinging a baseball bat righthanded. Focus on hitting a ball straight back at the pitcher. Pay attention to your left arm position through the middle of the swing (where it crosses your body).

That motion is similar to a DG throw. Use that as a starting point for aiming; it will help with your elbow position (and ingrain the motion into the muscles).

Other than that, it's just practice, refinement, etc.


Join the dark side, Efrain....muhahahaha.... :)



I have to agree. I throw both. The left is easily where I have more power. The batting concept is right on. Especially if when you bat you let your left arm do all the work. Kinda like when you are screwing around batting one-handed.

I may not have the biggest distance on the course, but I #$*&$! of the long disc guys everytime I look at a shot and go, 'Mmmmm.... should I throw it left handed or right handed?' I wouldn't ever trade my ambidextrous style for distance. When you throw both, you look at over-stable discs in a new light.