The title is so true. Timing is everything. If I had shown up at my house just 5 minutes later the other day, my hamster would have died. It was choking on some dog treats I left in its cage, and I had to give him the Heimlich maneuver to save his life. Was a Very stressful situation.

This really works, and you really need to be coordinated to do it, lol. Helped me a lot to do it in slow motion over and over again but to each their own. I am 50 years old with 5 grown boys that are just as competitive as I am. They are so much stronger and more agile than me but good form keeps me in the game and they have to respect that I may beat them any given round. This guy explains the reason you need to implement these tips in an easy to understand way. I really appreciate you sharing all these videos.

This could be the most important video I've seen in the last 3 years. And I watch a LOT of videos.

It's the left arm. It starts after the foot hits the ground but before the arm moves forward. This creates another lever, by compressing your chest. This is the source of the extra power. Everyone knows how to throw with their throwing hand, and is set in their ways, knowing where their power is. What most don't know is how their movements lose momentum or otherwise create parasitic drag. Most throwers use their arm to make up for their lack of mechanics. There is more power that comes from the proper mechanics than from the strongest arm in the world. Even on the shorter shot clip, Paul moves his OFF HAND FIRST. This brings that arm's mass into the center of mass for the rotation, making the power bubble bigger. It's like a car, knowing where is is powerful enough to juice it. The effort of the thrower to "throw harder" is not the way. The effort to compress the motions into effortless mechanical smoothness, using all the tricks of physics to increase the equation by putting bigger numbers into it. The first instinct will be to increase effort across the board, but this is where we all fail, for that is not the way. The ways we try to add power also take power away from somewhere else, or cause loss of balance which leads to power wasted on compensation. My biggest failure is generating enough power to throw to the moon and then stomping it into the ground and bracing off almost all of it until I tweak my knee and my foot can't even rotate. So direction of the energy generated is easily diverted by things like loss of balance and overcompensation with the arm. When you zip across with the arm too fast you will beat the body's rotation and only be throwing with your arm. Most people cannot exceed 400 feet with just their arm, but take heart, you are getting a lot out of a little. There is no one part that can be juiced enough to make up for the power lost overall so there isn't anything leftover to share. Each part has a finite amount of time to exist, and the connection between them must be smooth. You might not feel if it is working or not, but you will notice results amidst effortlessness. Make sure all your efforts to "go big" are set aside as ego-driven mistakes. Instead, endeavor to make everything connected, and fastest at the end, so all the effort builds gradually towards one shot, not several parts, delivering energy to them individually and leaving them unconnected.

Had a local pro suggest I delay my reach back. Added distance immediately. Now I know why.

Your way of explaining these things is amazing. Natural coach talent. Thank you.

The order of events is so critical! Way to use a smaller distance to demonstrate correct timing. Season 2 has been amazing so far

2:32 that slow motion of Paul is crazy. The explosion after he gets set is just awesome.

The example at the end makes the idea of timing you're talking about so obvious, it's always surprising in retrospect how easy it is to see but hard to figure out

This channel is so underrated, Im somewhat plateauing in my distance at about 400', I can get it further, but I lose all accuracy at that point. This might be what I need to work on to keep my accuracy beyond 400' and also being able to disc down to mids quicker where I feel my game really shines. My mids go just shy of 350' with 95% power today, imagine if I could get my mids to 350' with even less power and also being able to stretch them out to 380-390' when needed.

Oh wow! An instructional disc golf video that I can tell is actually going to help me without even touching a disc. You pretty much nailed what I've been doing wrong for over 20 years. Yes, that's right 20 years. My PDGA # is 20015. THANK YOU! Now I can't wait to get out and throw!

Great! One more thing to think about in my jacked up form. 😎

Cool seeing Cola’s progression using your coaching techniques! 💯 Nice job coach T

So many things have been clicking recently I feel like this is a big piece of the puzzle ty coach

I’ll say it.. the best form coach on KZfaq.

I JUST came back from the field and was watching your videos as I went. should have stayed a while longer to watch this as timing is my biggest problem

Great video! I'm going back to the field, just so anyone else watching, I tried this 6 months Ago, and it feels very very weird, that might of been because I was doing full drives, start small work you way up.

Cool of you to feature Cola's progress. Kid can bomb! Great stuff as always.

Getting back into it after a 4 yr hiatus, and changing so many little things in my form with all the new info out there and this is def one of em. Can emulate the timing well on standstill shots, getting my weight moving forward off my back leg before full extension and creating that good lag. And boy do i feel the efficiency of it. Throwing standstill 200 ft upshots with a putter with hardly any effort. Gets wonky when i add my run up though, even when I'm doing it slow.

I think a huge part of timing (equally as important as extension and front leg) is how you curl your wrist so the disc gets the snap on release. That snap (disc pulling sensation at release) adds a noticeable amount of distance on release.

DUDE! I could have sworn to you that you start rotating after the right foot plant... here I am watching myself throw, frame by frame while thinking "I'm doing everything right, why is this not working!? (Hard time breaking past 420ft) but this is that one crucial thing that I did not understand. Thank you so much!

Aye!!!! My boy cola! He has gotten So good! Proud of him!

This honestly is what I was missing in my timing. Gotta work on implementing it now. Seeya in 6 months lol.

I like that matrix you got in your hand 😎

Holy shit. I've always heard the statment about "plant first and then come around" but I always extended too early. I understand the slingshot effect pretty well now instead of arms and hips coming around at the same time.

I tore my upper back flank muscle in high school baseball on a hip landing first slide. I remember my physician telling me there are tendons in the hip and leg that share connecting points to your back muscles. So this makes since of having a foot anchored first before extending

20 years I've been stuck at 330-ish... Always feeling like I'm breaking a door down with my elbow and shoulder. Will be interesting to see if I can switch it up after so many years of muscle memory.

Can’t wait to try this out I have a bad habit of a early extension and in most cases my upper body starts rotating before my front foot even comes down, stuck at 330ft and 360 as a max, can’t wait to work on this! Great video as always!!!

Timing is crucial, learned the hard way. And is it difficult to learn and get timing right, especially if you have been throwing improperly like forever. Well perhaps some day..

Once again, best - to the point instruction out there man. Great 👍

6:20 keeping this for myself!

Correct I really liked Ezra's don't move the disc technique it allows for the foot to plant and the arm to naturally go where it's supposed to go.

gosh, this is the exact video i needed at my current form journey. Thanks bud - such great content

How I wish I was close enough for a one on one session - I feel it is still inside me and I have to learn to let it out. #706 Thanks much for your videos.

I have bad timing I've been doing forearm cause my back hand is horrible but I'm gonna keep trying! I barely started 3 weeks ago lol

Thank you for this. I just looked at my latest vid and my timing is way off. Time to gain some distance I hope

Thanks coach!

Another great video coach T!

Im jonesing for it scotty

Great video!!

This could be huge! I have to try this

I’m 5’10, 150 pounds, been a soccer player all my life. Will my skinny frame affect my distance?

Yo, love the vids, my 380' from six months ago is now 420, and I feel plenty of room to grow. Anyways, have you looked at the youngster Cole Redalen's form at all? Curious if you have any thoughts on what he's doing

When getting my body trough and starting the rotation with my trail arm, I struggle with not giving myself enough space. The disc ends up hitting my left peck or shoulder when trying to move into the power pocket. Probably has something to do with my reach back and shoulder rotation, but I honestly don't know. *** I also have short fingers, so finding a consistent grip and getting the disc nose down feels very unnatural in my hand and with my wrist. My forearm ends up being too tense during the throw trying to keep the nose down. It's definitely one of my biggest frustrations. I'm constantly re-adjusting and thinking about my grip every shot. Nothing feels comfortable enough for me to just grab a disc and know I'm gripping it properly without forcing something.

I noticed in both Mcbeths last clip and in your last clip that your toe was forward facing on your plant foot. I've always been told that's a no no. So, what's up with that?

This is likely what is preventing me from passing 350'. I've hit 400' a few times, but I can't consistently replicate it.

Keep reinjuring my shoulder, this may be the #1 reason. Throwing it 400 feet without properly using momentum is taking a toll on my arm.

Great thanks !!!

It feels like Cola is launching his arm away, looks like it would hurt his fingers at that speed... crazy

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4:41 hes hitting 460 there and he is fully extended and planter foot hasnt hit the ground so when he does get planter down first i assume thats when he hits those 560ft throws?

Does a late coil or swingback apply to forehand aswell? Like swing your elbow back or up aslate as possible?

Do you have drills to help practice the timing? Or is it just film yourself and analyze over and over?

So in order to practice timing, use slower discs and don't throw to far

Good stuff! What’s your own max distance by now?

Man I had just barely finally GOT it. I had two days of the most ridiculous effortless slingshot SNAP. Distances and sounds Ive never heard the discs made. I thought I had my breakthrough, I overthought it all night on what I did right and the next day I was just completely lost. I lost it all and now I'm at rock bottom again hunting that fricken snap man. So disheartening I was so close but my body and mind just won't let me have it right now. When it "clicked" I was like, THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO DO? And now I can't even find a tiny snap again. I think I'm going to take a week off and start over again

how do i stop tilting the disc in the power pocket?

Where are you located ? I’d love to come out for a week and have a class !!

Lol I didn't know we were supposed to fully extend