I seem to have lost my groove. The name of my game has never been power (I throw 300-330 consistently - football field length), but rather hitting my lines on the tight, wooded fairways of NC. But, in the last 6 or so months, I have been all over the place.

Does anyone have good suggestions on practice techniques that will help me get dialed back in?

a thread very similar to this was posted a few months back.

my advice is to try and diagnose things throwing slower plastic (putters/mids) as they will display more of what you are doing than drivers will. playing long catch (~150'+) with putters can help with this.

a lot of it could be timing based. if you start your pull early (before your pivot foot has come down), you will pull to the right. if the disc leaves early you are starting your pull too late.

i have a theory... but it's more than i have time to type up now... but if you wouldn't mind trying something and giving feedback... do you find yourself more/less accurate when you start your pull from lower (say waist high)? or more/less accurate when you pull from higher (pectorals or above)?

I am definitely more inconsistent when starting from a lower reachback.

I had already moved to midranges (big fan of the Roc). I decided to sacrifice distance for accuracy, so for the next 2 months I decided to only throw midranges.

I will take a look at where I start my pull relative to my footwork. That is one thing I had not considered yet. Thanks.

I do know that I have lost confidence and have not been turning my back to the target like I used to, but trying to fix that has not worked. I am still all over the place with my full power and 3/4 power throws.

two things to note:

1) it sounds like you are using more of a body axis rotation to power your throw. the turning motion causes increased variance in left/right than a pure pull from in front of the disc and staying over the disc with your body. most top pros use more of a shoulder fold/unfold motion that rotates on a tilted axis and gives greater acceleration while keeping the disc on a more accurate line and consistent release point.

2) changing the amount your upper body rotates will definitely change the timing of your throw as it will take more/less time for your upper body mechanics to come through.

come on Dave bring your game out to the Nest and i will help you get it back together again
MJ