Pretty sure your air bounces come from your pull through. You absolutely do not want to have your front leg locked out the entire time. It is bent in an athletic position and then straightened using the opposing force of the ground going up into the throw. You’re asking for a knee injury practicing that. Your reach back is just a bit high to low. In a perfect world you either pull through straight or from a little low to high while keeping good nose angle.

I love the thinking-out-loud style practice rounds to help figure stuff out. I find myself doing it all the time during my solo practice rounds

Great content brother. Your channel was recommended by the YT algorithm. I’ve been watching a lot of your older videos and enjoy seeing the Russellville courses. I learned to play there back in 2009 when I was in college. Keep it up!

One of the best Disc Golf videos I have seen in awhile. Love when people try new things with form, disc, content, whatever it is, it is essential for growth! Good luck!!

I don't think your brace is entirely the problem. You should join the Disc Golf Nation server and get some coach input on your throws! Please keep up the practice rounds, it's relatable!

I agree that mold minimalism does bring peace of mind

It's Always a Passion

Real ones want the practice rounds! Love to see the journey.

Sometimes you may find it helpful to force your body to throw completely differently. Like, totally different. Not even how you want your form to look, but so different that you kind of "break through" your muscle memory. Being able to see any kind of change from your normal form can be really encouraging along the process. You've got this!

Straight Fairways: Infinite Exodus Infinite Centurion (might be a little flippier with your arm speed) I’ve been throwing a teebird.

Go watch Overthrow's video on brace, so you don't blow your knee out. For me it works automatically if I just think of it like I'm pressing the ball of my right foot (RHBH) into the ground. Also; extending your last step more can help!

For the bag problem; Get some stuffsacks from any outdoor company (should be like $10 for 5 or something). Put towels and whatnot in the stuffsack. Put the stuffsack in the main compartment of your discgolf bag. Problem solved. It'll take the space of anywhere from two to six discs, depending on how full you shove it.

These kind of videos are great! Keep them coming. Cant belive you ditch the instincts. I have a Lux vapor instinct that i got because of you. Love it.

Maybe try the MVP Servo for the FD replacement if the Crave is too flippy for the slot?

I’m a hard yes on the practice rounds! They’re amazing watching for someone else thinking out their form and disc changes. So I say record em all🤩

The athena has been my go-to straight fairway for a while now! Get it in a few different plastics and you'll have three different flights from the same mold.

Love the channel… I think an Athena or Vanguard could work for you straight fairway discs.

You have great work ethic, man! Way to go.

Birdie Strike is pretty great in the neutral fairway slot. Follows the line with minimal fade.

Training videos are more than fine to post! Keep em coming!

PSA to anyone struggling with Discmania’s C-Line plastic, I’m finding that the color matters. It’s different on some of the molds, such as the FD. I haven’t tried every color, but I found that green was the most stable and purple being the straightest

If you do decide that you need to straighten out your brace leg, try and think of ending up with your right hip higher than your left hip. This will make sure that your leg gets straightened out without locking your knee. About the in-line putt, Gannon throws his elbow from the side if his body more than what you're doing, which looks more like Calvin's putt.

I found the k1 hard stig to be the straightest Fairway? (6 speed) I've thrown

The natural partners to Rhythms are Craves, resistors and/ or servos

Putt looks so much smoother now my guy.

Sky walker fd1

Practice rounds are good posting! Doesn’t have to be a coaching round for someone to possibly take a “cue” that you find that might help them

This is a great style of video. Would definitely watch more.

So in answer to your questions .... A straight fairway... Depending on the distance Crave, STD, CD1 cline, rain stone, Saint pro, night stone.... As far as the air bounce goes if you noticed your better throws go high follow through or swing through lower minimally to keep the nose down. And then let the regular follow through happen at the end... Keep the knee bent where it is comfortable ... If you keep it straight you will injure it

Re: bag too big. I saw putting a Tupperware mid disc compartment. Keeps discs upright. Dry storage space if needed. I enjoyed your European trip. Your wife is cool.

350-400 fw driver; Explorer, Musket, Saint Pro, Crave, Lots. Or a beat up PD, like Niklas Anttila. I think you throw maybe just a tad shorter than he does, so maybe check out his in-the-bag and see what he's got.

You should try the pipeline for your 350-400ft straight shots or the Passion because it's ALWAYS a passion lol

I bag a Servo for my workhorse straight fairway. I also had a similar issue with Proxy v Envy, they're too similar, specially in Electron firm. Also, you're very upright in your throw.

Yooooo first. Love you dawg.

Try the stepper in C2 with the inline put. Helps get that straight distance without throwing up a prayer

You should give the Resistor a chance, the eclipse ones are surprisingy stable so they should match ur armspeed!

TD is very straight. Also, fix rounding with a lower reach back.

Try the FD1s instead of the FD - especially the Sky Walker and the Rage stone versions, are just sooo nice . They start like a C-line FD, but pretty quickly becomes straight but without the risc of becommung flippy :)

For the straight to a little OS fairway you could try the Sky Walker FD1 or Rage Stone (Lux vapor FD1), could probably also be the stock S-line FD1, i haven't tried those myself but it should be pretty close to the Sky walker AFAIK.

Tbh, you naturally have an air bounce throw. Your back swing goes up. Obviously it's not hurting you too bad because you are able to get the leading edge down enough. Just make sure you are not rolling your thumb through the disc, pulling the nose up.

You need 3rd tool FD2s. They made c-line and royal rage 1 glows. They will remove the instincts also. Also, you're gonna want swirly dd3s over the sline.

Love this!! i think you should do it!!

Think about a more activated strong knee, than a completely locked out one. Hope that makes sense.

My biggest issue lately is putting nose down and struggling to fix it. Never been a great putter though.

try out the passion!!

Have you tried using the Axiom Crave, Axiom Insanity, or the Discraft Passion for that straight fairway shot? The Crave is my go to. But, with your arm speed you can probably get the Insanity or Passion further.

Ya, definitely don’t want to throw 100% of your weight onto a straight leg. Think a long controlled slide with your front leg where when your release your weight off the back leg you push down in the back leg which forces your hips to rotate

Everybody is recommending good fairways cuz there's a lot great ones. Since you're a Prodigy boi try the Fx-3. It's PD lite for me but at your power it should be a piss missile.

Athena is a great straight fairway especially in big z for me at least

I am working on keeping from popping up and throwing nose up too. My leg is fine, but just have to remind myself to follow through downward. Try an eagle fairway.

Yo Nate you should try the Brave from latitude 64, that thing is awesome. Look at Icebergs review. On another note, great to see you're working on your form, it's hard to change. If you have any time look in to Jaani from DG Spin Doctor. He has a chill way to think DG :-) As always love your content

Got to get an I blend Roman from infinite. It is the Same PD mold so should feel comfortable but will beat in quickly to be straight.

I don't think you want to have your knee locked out like that from the get. That's a recipe for a pretty serious injury. You want to push the knee back as you brace. The reason you haven't done that is likely that your lead foot isn't getting out in front of you enough and so you're on top of the brace a little too much.

SkyWalker aka Horizon FD1 is one of the best fairway drivers. Really good torque resistance, good amount of glide and mild fade. Nothing like C-line FD1's. Also those EO2023 metal flake FD's are money. Best version of FD from the current line up. A bit flatter than S-line or C-line and flightwise between those two. Not too flippy and not too beefy.

Have you tried S-line FD1? My favorite Dics right now.

I use a swirly star TL for flip up to flat straight fairway shots.

Can I recommend an Orion LF for your straight to stable fairway?

What about that FD1 for the teebird slot

I think the issue might be your putting grip judging on the typical miss being right. Curious to know what your grip looks like

Have you thought about a practice net? Its way better to get reps in to fix your form

What course is this

Champ Valkyrie is a great straight disc. Easy 400

Try the cd-1 in c line

Your airbounce im pretty sure comes from your high reach back. you can see the same with Matty O. he does airbounce it but very good at it lol!

"Two words."

i love watching practice rounds but maybe im weird haha

Try a TL3 for that fairway slot.

Get a halo sidewinder

I counted 4 non airbounces

Try the undertaker or DGA Pipeline for that straight fairway

Its ok to have the bend in the knee. but im seeing you swoping with the arm when your pulling through try starting it on line with just above your peck muscle or just above the nipples on the pull threw thats where i see most pros have theres at

4:45 wayyyyy less bounce, if any. Niceeee

Glow vela JLS Cicada

Hang on, what happened to the A2?

Dead straight flat throw fairway - Infinite Halo Centurion. Its a beat up FD1 out the box.

you think too much some of the best athletes have their own form you gotta find what your comfortable with

Try the Brave for the fairway. That's like a fairway Grace that Lat 64 just came out with.

Your posture is too upright and not nose over toes. When you're nose over toes your weight feels like it's in front of knee. When you stand upright like you it's impossible to not bend the knee because the weight is behind it

That straight leg is giving me panic attacks. Remember to stay balanced and in athletic stances.

Straight Fairway with no finish, looking forward to what disc you land on. You know, OT does form reviews for $15... he coaches other pro's so I'd think he'd be able to give you 2-3 things. I'd give you $5 if you want it for a discount. Maybe he'd do a collab, I dunno. I'm a certified Calvin fanboy. I don't think I'm qualified to count air bounces. I like seeing you work on form, shows that you're committed to the mission. Lookin' good 👊 ngl, missing Becky a little.

Scale 1-10? 9

There is no way the fd should come out of the bag. It's bad enough you bag some prodigy, now you want to take out the best fairway of them all.😅

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try to time your reachback so it reaches peak when or after your foot plants. your arm is waiting for your plant, robbing you of speed, and the weight shift is contributing to your swooping motion. maybe you're pulling instead of pushing the disc? this is an extremely common misconception of backhand form. pushing may also help you feel the bracing of the plant. timing tho... plant first.