How To Throw In Wind | Brodie Smith
Brodie Smith and Tim share their expertise on how to throw in windy conditions at a beachside location. The duo tackles the challenge of completing passes in gusty weather, where 30 mph winds are pushing them hard. By starting with the fundamentals of throwing a backend and flick, they demonstrate key techniques for navigating the wind. Brodie emphasizes the importance of wrist snap and releasing the disc with a lower angle to throw it downwind effectively. The pair also discuss how to adjust their throws to account for the wind's push on shorter passes. With clear explanations and demonstrations, viewers can learn essential tips from experienced players Brody Smith and Tim.
Master windy disc golf with Brodie Smith. Essential techniques for improvement: forehands, backhands & more.
Watch on YouTubeVideo Transcript
what's up guys it's Brody I'm here with Tim uh we're actually on the beach right now a lot of you guys have asked how do I throw in the wind well there's not a better place to go than the beach for a windy day um it's probably pushing right now actually 30 mph so that's a little more extreme but that way we can show exactly the fundamentals that you need to be able to actually complete passes in a windy day first start off by showing the back end if you haven't checked out the how to throw a back end video yet make sure to check that out first basically in a windy situation like it is today the biggest thing is to get a lot of wrist snap on the disc to throw the disc lower than normal and also make sure the disc is pointing down okay we don't we can't really afford to throw it flat needs to be Point down so I'm going show a couple examples of that so that was the back end and I'm throwing obviously upwind in this situation I'm going to now throw the flick same thing shorter passes you have to really make sure that you're snapping your wrist more than normal and you got to tilt the disc down okay if you throw flat like this it's going to get eaten up in the wind you got to tilt the disc down snap your wrist a lower release angle and that's going to help you the most okay all right so now we just showed you how to throw a normal backend a normal flick 15 or 20 yards up wind now we're going to show how to throw a shorter pass downwind it's just as important the big things the key in on here guys is the wind is going to push the disc down so we can no longer afford to throw low passes if you're going to throw a low pass you better throw it fast High passes with a lot of wrist snap is what we want here okay all right that's the back end now we're going to talk about the flick same thing a lot of wrist snap higher release than normal if you're going to throw that low relase flick down wind you got to throw with a...
