Thanks for this video. Because of you, I can now snap a towel 450 feet!

Throwing downhill, tailwinds, hyperbole, and playing against children are some of my strategies...

Hey Danny, nice to see you making content again.

I promise I had this exact breakthrough a few months ago! Went from 400 to 450 consistently! I find that rotating with the hips first (to get into a solid power pocket, with the disc lined up to the *edge* of the left side of my chest rather than the center), followed by pushing the elbow straight toward the target and then letting the elbow hinge open has been a game changer. To make it repeatable Injust think “hips; elbow; swing” before I throw. Great explanation!

Great video brother!

Welcome Back Danny, I've watched all of your videos so far. Been playing now for 5 years, but am still learning from your "beginner" tips. Thank you for doing these, you are a great teacher.

This is very important content Danny. About time some of the big names started talking about some of these obvious mechanics the pros clearly understand but haven’t been able to articulate.

Thanks Danny for helping me two years ago to throw further. It was because of your videos (and a few others) that I was able to break bad habits early on and blow past my goal of throwing 400'!

as a disc golfer and also game developer, the kinematic chain demonstration really resonates. well said.

Dude, you've been gone so long! You also can always rehash old videos and explain them in a new or better way. Glad to see you back. Hope you stay.

Snapping the disc after the towel was hilarious.

Danny, you are my favorite. So happy to have your videos going again. The most informational but really easy to understand as well. DD is lucky to have you. Thank you for your work!

“The release point is where it releases.” Brilliant

HE'S BACK!

So glad you’re back in full effect, Danny. You’re content delivery is on point and super informative. Keep up the good work and much continued success!

Yay, more Danny videos!

Good stuff! Reciprocating Dingle Arm!

I love how smooth you are explaining stuff, thanks for the video!

Please keep making content Danny as I’ve ran out after watching all of your others lol.

Welcome back Danny. Glad you making new content, love your videos.

thanks for all the great advice over the years Dan! this video was particularly very helpful

Danny and the DD team you guys are making some great videos. Funny, informative and enjoyable. Keep it up.

I prefer Seabass22 and the "reciprocating dingle arm" Glad to have you back Danny!

I love your style and humor

Thanks for a great video! The slow motion clips from above were really good at illustrating the flow of the disc from reach back to release and gave me some ideas for improvements that I need to try next time I'm playing.

glad to see you posting videos again!

Glad to see you back!

One of the best form vids I’ve seen. Thanks for the effort man 🤙🏼

Liked it 6 seconds in. Danny always is good content! I'm glad you're back.

Killer video man! Way to take something so simple, but relate it with something so technical and make it very understandable! Just added a follower here! Keep up the great videos!

Hey Danny. I just want to say this video gave me a better understanding of the intended motion. I threw the farthest I’ve ever thrown and I be been playing for a year now. I know what to work on now. Thanks so much brother!

Might be the best video I've seen on this so far.

Was just thinking it had been a while since you dropped a video and here you are!

Love you Danny, thanks for the great content!!!

Good to see you back Danny!

Great video! I wanna bring up something i think a lot of beginners don't learn from ANY form videos right now on YT. No form video talks about the importance of hip placement. Pushing back the butt is always skipped when talking about bent knees and leaning forward. But it's THE MOST important part of that entire setup. It creates concistancy and power. I had to figure this out myself as most disc throwers are self taught and don't really think about their form unless they work with teaching others. It's the entire power pocket for your lower body.

Great video as always Danny.

Love to see some disc golf content

Excellent video. Thanks!

This is a great visual .. nice job Danny!!

Thank you Danny for a great explanation. And nice to see you making some content again! Greetings from a one year old rookie Finnish disc golfer. :D

Best DiscGolf related content!

2:46 omg I'm dying laughing 😂🤣🤣 Welcome back brother! You were missed!

It's about time big flick. Iv missed ur tutorials. Now we need a side arm video on your form

Yay! Welcome back

Missed ya Danny! Great video! I was thinking of that wood thing awhile back..but never followed up! Awesome representation of our arms when we throw correctly!

Great video Danny!! Heading out to the field soon to put it into practice!👍

Watching this video literally just unlocked my backhand 🙏🏻 too long I wasn’t bending all my hinges. Thank you for the great demonstration 🤙🏻

Damn, the good old trusty Danny. I wanted to try out a guide made by a Finnish disc golfer for 40€. It's all quality and high end teaching which I understood more than 10 important tips for my understanding, but from this I instantly understood how to throw with power. All props to that Finnish counterpart, I think its pretty worth it BUT this stuff right here is FREE! Unbelievable stuff here for the growth of the sport man. Keep it up!

Thank you for making this great video

Yayy danny is back

Nice job articulating the motion. This will help a lot of us if we just absorb/apply it.

Great work! :) thank you!

It's more important to slow down and be smooth, this demo really hammered home that concept for me. Can't way to try that out, thank you!

Danny back killing it

Great Danny. I think you can get even more out of this teaching gadget. It did help me understand a little better.

Danny is BACK!!!

The kinematic chain demonstration is superb. With such little energy that end piece is really whipping.

Nice vid. Great tips.

Danny, great video explaining this concept and technique...I realized something like this a few years ago except I visualized it more of the throw and arm being like a "trebuchet"...a trebuchet is the OTHER kind of catapult. Instead of work wooden sticks bolted together I put three softballs in a cloth like shopping bag, had my beginner friend hold the loops of the bag with three fingers, the weight of the 3 softballs of course hanging down below and then slowly rocking the weighed bag back and forth like a pendulum, then integrating starting to "snap" the weight as it reached the bottom, popping it back up the other side, then as the weight came back downwards, snapping it again very gently, back up the other way....your mind and body could really begin to "locate" where the weight was in the movement of the arc...then...close your eyes and like Luke Skywalker, using the force and and that darkened visor, just envisioning it and doing it with his eyes closed....now we KNOW where the weight is without seeing it..much closet to a real "rhbh" or even "Lhbh" throw.... 2nd Part...now do the SAME thing with a disc driver, except just use 1 or 2 fingers under the edge of the rim to let it hang, and again letting it kind of rock back and forth..can't really "snap" it at the bottom as we did the bag BUT..Luke feeling the weight of the bag with the softballs we discussed how their is a REAL WEIGHT at the BOTTOM of the disc and if you close your eyes again and do the exercise your mind begins to locate and feel it and you can gently/slowly do this without the disc fallingnof your finger(s),. We are under the "delusion" that the disc is "evenly weighted"!! But ironically it is NOT..when your "throwing" the disc, where ever you are holding the disc the weight or heavy part is directly OPPOSITE from where you are holding it!!! THIS is how you POP the weight around getting your wooden stick/kinematic chain/loose arm/trebuchet effect!!!! BOOM!!

Good job, and thank you.

When I started playing disc golf, the only advice me and my friends could get about throwing better was: "It's like starting a lawnmower!" Your videos are so great, and I pick up tips from them all the time, even as somebody who has been hurling plastic for 20 years.

Stunning information for a novice like myself!!!

Your videos are always a big help! Do you give personal lessons?

Great video. Locking nuts

The top down slow mo shot was perfect for me. I was wondering how much to tuck into my chest. The Snap makes more sense now

I love Dannys authentcy can't get enough

Missed you, Danny!

Yeah Danny. Anything you teach is good content to watch. What about breaking down slow motion replays of all the pro players??

Danny, grateful for all your video explanations/tutorials. Learned a ton from them. I've improved on most of my mechanics but one thing I still can't manage for the life of me is the "power pocket". My arm just doesn't want to pull the disc that close to my chest. I think it's causing rounding. Any tips on how to train myself to pull the disc closer?

Love hearing about the biodynamics!!

I used to skate board. It took me a whole year to be able to learn how to do an ollie. Once it clicked, it clicked. I havent skateboarded for 10 years but can still ollie. Im guessing this is similar to that. Once it clicks, you’ll never forget.

Damn good video. Subscribed.

Thanks Danny. That is by far the best explanation I've seen. I've for sure been muscling my throws for the past two years since I've gotten back into disc golf. I've been able to throw upwards of 370', but I know I'm capable of more if I get the mechanics down. I don't have the greatest arm speed. I'm for sure suffer from "slow-twitch" muscles, which is why I was a distant runner and not s sprinter in high school, but am still hopeful. At this point I'm trying to retool my throw, which is ultra-frustrating because in the meantime I am adding a lot of strokes to my rounds as I figure it all out. It's hard to swallow my pride and take those high scores against my buddies in pursuit of long-term gains, but I'm trying. What I'm actually struggling with the most is translating to my short game. It's my understanding that I'm to use the same mechanic for shorter drives and upshots, but just with less power. Is that a hard and fast rule or is there an argument for just "arming" my upshots as long as it doesn't creep its way back into my longer throw mechanics?

One of the worst things I've seen in our sport is the self-taught pros teaching people how to throw their way which they have been lucky enough to not have a catastrophic injury yet. As a formally trained thrower and coach, I love seeing your content. You're spot on in your mechanics breakdowns. I've shown your content to my former mentor and USA Olympic track and field throwing coach and he too agrees that your lessons and technique are the most effective and safest way to throw! Kudos!

“Far is smooth. Smooth is far. “ - Simon Lizotte

Thanks, gonna have to work on straightening my arm on the reachback.

I've never analyzed this like D is doing. Man I can't wait to get to the field. Everybody in the office thinks I have a tick or something....

Great video Danny! In the towel metaphor, does the hand propelling the towel correspond to the hips? If so, are we to understand that the throwing motion should be powered by the hips which bring along the kinematic chain of the arm?

The bolt tightening leading to more friction just makes sense. It fits anatomically too, the muscles tensing would stiff off the joints!

Thx, danny

So good

Just had hernia repair and can’t get out there for several weeks. All I have are these videos and my mind to practice throwing. Hoping the mind practice will help my game.

Dude… I really like this video.

I like it!!!!

god this helped me so much

The kid's back!

This is great content and well explained. I currently average 325’ft - 360’ft but feel I now better understand the throwing mechanics because of this great descriptive video. I’m now going to go practice this and see if I get more distance.

I always visualized throwing backhand as a catapult throwing a huge boulder. Main weight is my body, the pole between the pole and rope that holds the boulder is my elbow, the rope is my wrist and the boulder is my disc

Nice video. When you get a chance, would you be willing to demystify the rest of disc golf? Keep up the good work.

Missed u big D!

Never ever ever seen this kid play anywhere but on a commercial. Next

Ive been playing DG for about 6 months now. I was muscling through standstill forehand throwing about 300 feet on average...after some form tweaks i can run up forehand about 350ish. My xstep backhand has gone from about 100ft to about 150 175. Mechannically speaking i know i can get another 100 feet at least. This video helped massively

God I love Danny so much

Great video, use a nylock or hex jam nut on your wood contraption to keep them from loosening.

Liked for use of power tools in a disc golf video 😎

Danny, your super bright overhead lighting has shattered my confidence in your videos. It is time for you to take another break, watch multiple KZfaq videos on proper outdoor lighting techniques, and then make some videos to show us what you’ve learned. Just kidding. It’s great to see you doing videos again. I guess the incident at the factory didn’t cause any permanent damage(deciding on discs is tough). Keep up the good work, and keep having fun. One more thing: when you towel snapped your throw, your disc was a little nose down. A little bit more level, and you could probably add four or five inches on that toss.

Loving the tips Danny, just wanted to ask if it's normal to get pins and needles in the throwing hand? I have noticed that when I'm trying to get max distance I get the tingle feeling and sometimes pain with it in my throwing hand.

Hey Danny, How does the second point (not bending your arm enough) apply to swedish technique which doesn't rely as much on the arms bending. Thanks!

Well that’s sounds violent…let’s just go with it😂 I actually think this is a great video to clear up the analogy.