Jun 06 2005, 01:46 PM
My question will eventually lead to grip strength, but I'll give some background first. Near the end of last season I was throwing in the 350'-360' range (that number is a guess, but I really think it's fairly accurate) with my wide rimmed drivers. However, most of my midranges and putters all fluttered and dove off to the right (RHBH) so I put a lot of work into getting rid of the flutter and throwing with a smooth motion. After several steps backwards I'm now back to my old distance and can actually control my midranges and am quite a bit more consistent at all distances. I'm still a little shaky when throwing my putters for distance with a power grip, though.
Yesterday I was out playing and decided to throw all the discs in my bag one last time in the field between the last pin and the parking lot. I grabbed my Medium S Wizard and popped it out farther than I've ever thrown a putter on a line similar to what I throw with a midrange (Element or Element-X, but I do the same with Rocs and MRVs). When I went to retrieve my discs I noticed that the Wizard had gone just as far, if not farther than my midranges and even a couple of my drives that I thought were pretty good. I'm a bad judge of distance, but I don't doubt that this "wonder throw" broke the 300' mark. The other three Wizards I threw were closer to 250' and the good throw landed near a Sabre, which I have consistently been throwing 300'-310' based on tee to pin and long to short tee pad distances given at:
http://www.playdg.com
Now I'm stuck trying to figure out what went right. Did I just manage to find the sweet spot and get the perfect nose angle, height and grip strength? If that's right, does that mean that I could possibly optimize my distance with other discs if I'm able to find the right grip strength and get a better speed/spin ratio? Does it sound like my grip strength may be holding me back with regards to higher speed drivers? Do those ideas sound right to the experts or am I way off and it's something else? I've suspected that my grip is getting to be the weak point in my throw recently and I do occasionally get some flutter so I suppose it may be an off-axis torque issue but that could lead back to my grip as well. I tried to only compare good throws for this question.
Thanks
Yesterday I was out playing and decided to throw all the discs in my bag one last time in the field between the last pin and the parking lot. I grabbed my Medium S Wizard and popped it out farther than I've ever thrown a putter on a line similar to what I throw with a midrange (Element or Element-X, but I do the same with Rocs and MRVs). When I went to retrieve my discs I noticed that the Wizard had gone just as far, if not farther than my midranges and even a couple of my drives that I thought were pretty good. I'm a bad judge of distance, but I don't doubt that this "wonder throw" broke the 300' mark. The other three Wizards I threw were closer to 250' and the good throw landed near a Sabre, which I have consistently been throwing 300'-310' based on tee to pin and long to short tee pad distances given at:
http://www.playdg.com
Now I'm stuck trying to figure out what went right. Did I just manage to find the sweet spot and get the perfect nose angle, height and grip strength? If that's right, does that mean that I could possibly optimize my distance with other discs if I'm able to find the right grip strength and get a better speed/spin ratio? Does it sound like my grip strength may be holding me back with regards to higher speed drivers? Do those ideas sound right to the experts or am I way off and it's something else? I've suspected that my grip is getting to be the weak point in my throw recently and I do occasionally get some flutter so I suppose it may be an off-axis torque issue but that could lead back to my grip as well. I tried to only compare good throws for this question.
Thanks