Day 23: Use This Drill To Improve Forehand Releases | Gatekeeper Media's New Year's Resolutions
Gatekeeper Media's New Year's Resolutions: Day 23 focuses on improving forehand releases using a drill. With a few days of backhand clean release drills under their belt, players can now build on that knowledge and advance their skills among professional players. The video discusses three common forehand grips, each with its own unique characteristics, including the "both fingers stacked" grip and the "index finger to middle flight plate" grip commonly used by baseball players. Players like Nate Sexton, Dylan Horst, and Chris Dickerson are also featured for their expertise on specific techniques, such as consistent clean reach backs and avoiding overpowering the disc with a standstill or one-step delivery. With Gatekeeper Media's expert guidance, viewers can learn how to refine their forehand skills and take their game to the next level.
Take your disc golf forehand skills to the next level with this easy-to-follow drill from Gatekeeper Media's New Year's Resolutions series.
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welcome back to gatekeeper media's new year's resolutions it's january 23rd and today we're going to talk about clean releases with forehands a few days ago we focused on backhand clean releases and i think a lot of those same principles apply to forehands the difference is fewer players are using that as their primary throw so this is a great way to build your skill set and advance your knowledge among pro players i see three main forehand grips the most common is with both fingers stacked together in this one both the middle and index finger have the finger pad on the bottom of the flight plate with the side of the middle finger pressed up against the inside of the rim the thumb is rotated so that it's kind of in line with the index finger and giving a lot of pressure also common is the same setup except with the index finger to the middle of the flight plate i think that's good for people who come from a baseball background because it's more like a pitch grip additionally nate sexton dylan horst and several other very good forehand players put the finger pads of their index and middle finger on the rim so those are more rotated i find that this gives me trouble with nose angle but you need to try out and see what works for you and is comfortable the commonality between all of these grips is that the index finger and thumb webbing is providing a lot of contact and that keeps the disc in the same orientation throughout your reach back and throw and allows a consistent release there's three things that i'm going to focus on in a forehand session the first is getting a consistent clean reach back this is something chris dickerson does really well where he keeps his palm up and his forearm and wrist in the same orientation throughout his throw this allows the elbow to lead everything and lets the wrist come through at the end the second thing that i'm focusing on in field work with forehands is not overpowering the disc a standstill or a one step delivery is sufficient players who try to accelerate too much end up losing consistency so let's build to that point where we can throw it full speed the third thing is being very aware of...
