Great video. Really love the explanations here.

Honestly, maybe the best breakdown video on the hips I've ever seen. Thanks!

Im a newbie disc golfer and I've seen my fair share of tutorials. Nobody nailed it half as good as you. I hope this goes viral because it can help a lot of people. Comment for the algorithm

This is probably the best explanation I have seen yet for the right way to get your hips engaged correctly. I'm headed outside to try this now.

Finally a video that I can completely understand. Great job explaining and showing how it's done! Can't wait to try it.

This one simple thought of pushing the right hip back helped me learn how to brace. Been trying to learn for three years… Huge thank you, Leon! Keep shredding it

This is one of the best brace tutorials I've seen. I'm not bringing my right hip back; I over-rotate and land on my left foot if I'm throwing hard, so I'm getting no power from my lower body because of the lack of a brace. I appreciate the video!

What a fresh presentation of subject matter. You have a great perspective of how you utilize this technique that works for you and might for others. I love the fact you discuss and show the improper and the proper method with insight of what to look for or avoid. You have good presentation skills and I can tell you will develop them even better. Praying and hoping this give to the community will result in great success in your career. Thank you !

The most important part of learning the backhand is understanding how each part of the form should "feel" when you do it right. You’re hitting all the right points in this video. 👏 I’m officially a fan.

I've been playing for about a year, but have never been able to figure out what to do with my hips. I don't really have a brace at this point. Thank you for this excellent video!! A lot of people can explain the different body parts that are not where they should be. But the person who can explain how it should feel from the player's perspective, is the one that's truly useful! Please make more videos, you've earned a subscriber!

Great video! No one's ever nailed down those aspects of the throw like you did here. It's really great to have someone of your rating caliber making instructional videos! I hope you can keep making form tip videos.

The BEST backhand video has just been posted. Thank you, Leon. Seriously!

You're sharing Simon's secrets. Amazing video. I wanna go work on this right now. But it's midnight.

Great advice! I think this is right on. I actually watched a Discraft/Brian Earhart video a while back where four top Discraft distance drivers each gave a distance tip and Aaron Gossage gave this very tip about pushing the right hip back. He didn't elaborate too much. This is only the second time I can recall hearing this talked about. I can't wait to give this a try. Thank you.

Great explained! You showed me the mistake I was making all the time! Can‘t wait to get to the field and work on that!

WOW ! this is the clearest explanation of the hip rotation. Thank you

Fantastic video. I like the straightforward approach without any fluff. Please make more videos. Was sent here by Spin Doctor. Liked and subscribed.

This is the best form video I have seen. 💯💯💯

Well explained! Good work!

Wow, I have never heard about pushing the right (or front as I’m a lefty) hip back and that is what makes you get a straight leg automatically. I have been working to try to get that straight leg without much success. Thank you for the great tips, I’m going to try this tomorrow!

Love it! ❤

I found this video extremely insightful especially as it relates to the cues for the left leg "following through" as a sign of improper rotation; and later in the video the cue to focus on the right hip to help trigger rotation after the brace. Thanks to DG Spin Doctor for pointing me here!

I hope you know you’re in a league of your own. I haven’t come across a single player with the skill set you have that also understands what is happening in the body from a biomechanical perspective. Major props 🙂

Here from DgDoctor, your form is so smooth I only dream of coming half as clean as yours

Love this ❤. Thank you

Hey man this is awesome! Really great way and havent heard this explenation before, ive been trying really hard to figure out how to get the hips engaged, ive made progress but this has been the best way to approach it imo as a learner

I really like your teaching style! I feel like I've heard a lot of this info before, but never put together so concisely. Instant sub from me, keep up the great content!

My dude! I’ve watched so much on bracing. For the first time it really clicked after watching you. I’ve never had discs come out this way before. Didn’t think 500 was possible until now, you’re the man

Thanks a lot! I've been struggling on this for a bit. This really helped to explain what I'm doing wrong. Got my sub! Looking forward for more videos!!

Hey Leon... Jaani pointed to your channel. I have seen tons of videos about the brace and hips. This might be spot on. I'll try this out later today. Btw I like the way you explain it, can't wait to see what else you have coming for us. Thanks man

This is such good information! Keep this series going

This is perfect and what I've been looking for!

awesome video, thanks for sharing these insights. You remind me with the horizontal step of horizontal fingerings I teach on my instrument. It's subtle and hard to grasp but substantially more efficient and effective!

Excellent explanation! Thank you so much...

7:00 this here is one of my mistakes, thank you Leon for making this video and also for pointing out the common mistakes! (I had problems with my Ischias Nerve after Discgolf a lot of times, probably because I sway the hip out and over extend my hip rotator cuff)

Great video. Some of the best instructions I've heard. I actually feel like these are things I can implement into my game. Thank you from a new subscriber!

Amazing stuff!

agree - video and explanation is massive! great thanks for this simplicity!

KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!!!!! PERFECT VIDEO

Very nice video , well explained, thank you.

great video, this will give me something to work on!! Thank you!

Best video I’ve seen on this! I didn’t understand till this ! Thank you!

Much appreciated form video Leon! Great explanation and break down of the brace, very helpful.

Great video all around!!! Looking forward to going out with this knowledge bc brace is a huge issue with me. THANK YOU!!!!

Wow, thanks dude! Great tip, and great explaination

This is so good. Thank you! Liked and subscribed 😁

Wow, very good video. You explain it in such a simple way. I finally know what i'm doing wrong. Keep getting discgolf content out because you are really good at it 🙌😎

Super-simple pre-shot thought. Very helpful.

Great video, it was easy to digest.

Showing the common mistakes, which I've been making, is eye opening. Thanks for the lesson!

Great video Leon, nice points!

Hello, and many thanks for your help. Never thought of the lead hip snapping back but it’s MAGIC!!!

This one thing you need to know about the hips.. thanks to this video I know it now!! Great job Leon, thanks a lot!

Great stuff

Great tips man.

This is the best disc golf footwork video on youtube

I never understood that i was supposed to push my right hip back....in 0 videos, maybe i completely misunderstood them....this makes it soooo much easier and feels so natural and smooth and actually feel power used, not wasted ❤😮thanks for that explanation, so simple and easy to notice now🎉

I've watched a ton of form youtubers, and you are one of the first to correctly talk about how the hips work. I have been using my hips like this for my standstills for a while, and have gotten them to 400ft+. Do you have any tips for transitioning from standstill to x-step? When I try this with the x-step I feel like I either don't brace enough and fall over, or I brace well, but my right hip jams up and doesn't fully clear behind

This was a simplified version. Very easy to follow and understand

Life changing video! I've recently started playing again after about a 4 year break. Overall I've been playing since the '90s with multiple extended breaks. At my best I was maybe 320' consistent with a few throws reaching around 350' or so. Since I started again I've been consistent at 270' and have only hit 300' a couple times, likely mostly thanks to wind. Regardless of how far I throw I have always struggled with heel turn and follow through and planting my foot. I'd always pivot on the ball of my foot and have zero follow through and never really stop but my momentum would carry me forward off the pad. Even when I'd try to force those things they wouldn't really work. Then KZfaq recommends me this video shortly after you uploaded it. Almost skipped it as I figured I don't need yet another video that isn't going to do me any good but have been trying to do more with my hips lately and had some time to kill so figured why not. Seemed interesting and definitely not advice I had ever heard but wasn't somewhere I could throw and it was night anyway so committed it to memory for the next day. Went out and played yesterday and my very first throw - wow! Heel turn! Follow through! My leg planted! It just FELT so right. No need to see video of myself, I could immediately tell it was much closer to the classic form you see from pros and other elite players than I've ever been. And while it was the same distance as I've been throwing it felt so much more effortless, like I was throwing an 80' approach. Played again today and it already feels pretty natural. I've been playing wooded courses and haven't had time for field work but I can't wait. It feels like I finally have the solid base I need to be able to build to a proper throw. One issue I've had with the new throw is I keep getting stuff way too high. See you just released another video about proper arm usage and nose angle, which seems like exactly what I need. Off to watch that now! Thank you!

the tip about pushing sideways. holy moly what a difference in feel

Best explanation I've ever seen! Great job. Now I finally feel like the baseball swing. Being a right handed batter, the left handed batting position was always awkward. When I tried my right handed batter swing, I noticed I pull my front hip back and not the back hip forward. Know I can do it left handed!!! Cant believe its taken 8 yrs to figure it out. Keep posting your videos. Now lets have FH then Putting please O please.

Bro for a young guy you have a really firm grasp of technique and quite the knack for explaining it.

Great explanation of the hip action.

Danke dir. So klar hat es noch kein KZfaq Coach erklärt. Mach bitte weiter.

One word: awesome. Thank you. Will practice tmrw. I’ve definitely been doing the wrong way.

Excellent analysis of the use of hips. Jaani said to come and take a look at the source of his newest video. He basicly agreed with most everything you explained. Liked and subscribed.

I've never understood the brace/hips. Appreciate the insight and original explanation!

This really helped show me what they all mean by stop strong arming and keeping your arm loose. The power difference is crazy and feels almost effortless in comparison to strong arming the disc.

Liked. Subscribed.

Really good video! Also note this concept applies to the forehand throw. Cheers

Wow, this is a game changer. I have 420ft of distance but have hit a barrier in my development and can’t seem to improve. I should be able to throw 500ft+ (I’m young and 6’2”), this might be what changes things for me. I definitely way over rotate and am not getting my left hip back (I’m lefty). Thank you so much for this video!

I am glad you focused on the hip rotation. I get more energy into my throw when my hips engage and then my arm is pulled forward from the rotation in my hips.

I'll speak for everyone here and say we would love more of this instructional content!

Very good video clip. You explain everything very clearly and in detail. WUAAAAAU.😮😮😮❤❤❤❤ I will wait for more of your videos. Maybe someday you will make a video about the for hand shot.?!

im crying, i thought this was a discus video for 3 MINUTES and then i realised its fancy frisby 😂

Nice job.

Please make a video on upper body/head/arm setup to make this optimal. Its really easy for my shoulder to collapse when i think about starting the movement with the front hip.

Best form video outthere

Liebs leon !!🤩

Good job with the video and your form looks great! I think of the right leg as stopping the forward momentum of the right hip, forcing all the energy into the left hip, rather than the right hip moving back. Another thing worth mentioning is the fast hip coil just before the the right foot steps down, which increases the pop/speed/rotation. I think it should be included here.

This is the sauce 🙌 I've been a left hip guy...not anymore

Great video! How do you modify your form when it is a bit slippery? I would also love to see how you would explain the upper body movement and how that feels for you. Keep up the great work! 😊

Thx for the video, it adresses a mistake i'm making frequently havin lots of trouble to stay of the teepad after the release. Btw. DG Spin Doctor brought me here. Gruß aus Stp

DG Spin Doctor sent me

Nice video! Keep up the good work and you'll get noticed!

Legende!

Leon, would you say that keeping the hips level is important? As in relation to the ground? In order that as the brace extends out to the plant one has to sink down on the back leg yeah or else we end up falling onto it? If I stay to upright with the back leg, for the plant leg to “find “ the ground I would have to tip over onto it, it would seem. Thanks to this great analysis, I think I know how the brace works and feels, I just want to be able to get to it in motion, right now it’s more only in the standstill. Thank you for breaking this down!

Trying to implement this for the past 3 months I've just now realized that it's way easier when my front hip is out in front of me. So when I'm doing my x-step/reaching back I almost stick out my front hip. Then when I throw it's way easier to get my front hip back. I was watching your throw and I noticed how you did this (4:30), and its helped me a lot. Thoughts?

This one really clicked for me.Thank you. Any tips on how to do this drill into a net

My back heel almost kicks me in the behind after I throw. 😂 starting to think that’s the wrong way. Well explained video, have my sub young man!

Thank you! This is the missing piece I’ve been looking for. None of the other “coaches” explain this hardly. And it never made sense to me because if you watch a pro in slow motion their brace hip is always “screwing” backwards like this

Love the video. Can you do something on the throwing arm or lead arm?

Thanks. About the standing up straight comment, what about hyzers? It’s okay to hinge the upper body over the knees more, right?

hes a beast

Great video and explanation. My problem is that when I start to focus on just turning my hips, I tend to round and shank the throw. At what point do you start to pull with the arm? I feel like I turn the hips and my arm lags behind and then the disc flys out to the left. ( I am a lefty) disc would fly out to the right for right hand.

Hello, if you have the opportunity, could you do a video on Stan still approaches please? I have an issue with aiming at the slower speeds. Thank you so much.

I'm struggling with my hip popping out, going to try using better posture. Thanks!

so similar to a baseball/softball swing when done more correctly. i explain it as the hips will actually feel like they are popping more than turning or rotating. your technique seems like a hybrid of throwing a ball, hitting a ball but back leg movement looks like a golf swing.

sweet video! any tips on how to throw nose down?