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Form Foundations - Footwork
Form Foundations - Footwork Learn the essential footwork technique for disc golf with Foundation's Form Foundations series. Hunter, a renowned disc golfer, breaks down the backhand form, focusing on the crucial aspect of footwork and the x-step. To practice and reinforce your new skills, a baseball net is an excellent investment - just like the one used in this video. Hunter demonstrates the x-step technique using putters, mid-ranges, and drivers, explaining how it differs from other throwing styles. He shares his approach to building muscle memory with a consistent footwork pattern, which enables golfers of all levels to improve their game. By analyzing Hunter's footwork, viewers will gain a deeper understanding of the backhand form and be able to apply these skills to their own gameplay.
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hey guys Hunter here with Foundation disc golf and in today's video we're going to be starting a series on form workk and breaking down the backhand form so today we're going to be talking all about footwork and the xstep uh you might notice I have this net behind me when you're doing form work this is a great investment this is just a baseball net we picked it up at played Again Sports um you can typically find them from like I think 50 bucks to 100 somewhere in that range not crazy expensive but it's nice to be able to work on your form throw tons of shots and not have to walk far to get your discs so yeah without further Ado let's jump right into breaking down the xstep all right so we're going to break down the xep actually starting before the xstep um when I demonstrate this I'm going be using Putters mid-ranges and drivers um because I want you to see that your X step doesn't change your footwork stays the exact same only thing that will change slightly is what happens before the xstep so for instance with a putter here my xep getting into my X step I take two small steps and you'll notice probably 90% of the pros do as well I think Eagles just start sideways but the reason for this is because you want to have that muscle memory that builds in because you'll notice with drivers Pros are like full sprinting they're like one two into their xep with a putter you don't need all of that momentum buildup you just need a little one two to get your X step started so that's step one you don't really need to drill work on that cuz you're just walking step two is my target line is this way so I'm starting here with my little one two then the first step of my actual X step is going to be with my lead foot for me as a right-handed player that's my right foot and it's going to be perpendicular to my target line so essentially it's turning my hips from facing the target to facing sideways all right so that's important the whole point of the X step is to get your hips set up to throw so the first step is is getting...
