Day 29: Learn To Throw Backhand Rollers | Gatekeeper Media's New Year's Resolutions
Learn to throw a backhand roller with Gatekeeper Media's expert guidance. In this video, Tyler joins forces with Discraft to explore the art of throwing rollers and shares his expertise on angles, stability, and landing directions. With a focus on distance potential and control, Tyler discusses how to choose the right disc for the job - from the Crank and Thrasher models. He also breaks down his technique, using a standard power grip and emphasizing the importance of proper arm slot and wrist angle. By adjusting your grip and release point, you can achieve more consistent results with rollers. Whether you're looking to add some distance or shape to your game, this video is a must-watch for anyone serious about mastering the backhand roller shot.
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happy January 29th welcome back to gatekeeper media's New Year's resolutions today we're going to hit the field and talk about backhand rollers rollers can be a really great way to get distance potential shape some weird Fairways and if you trust your disc properly they can finish a particular direction pretty reliably I'm going to be using the crank and The Thrasher both from Discraft to work in the field and think about angles and finishing knowing your disc stability is critical here the more stable a disc is the more it's going to have a tendency to hold kind of a Cy angle it'll flip over slower and that means it has a lot more distance potential but it also carries some risk in case for a backhand roller at least it just kind of tracks left where you have less control over it conversely a flippy disc you're going to have to be more specific with your Landing angle because it is definitely going to end up tracking right at the end you can reverse those directions if you're left-handed or throwing a flick roller I find that when throwing a backhand roller with a distance driver it's best to use a standard power grip and I'm going to do that by putting all four fingers with their pads inside the rim I want the disc kind of at the inside of my first knuckle and then following all the way down my palm so that I'm getting a lot of contact there the disc is deep into my hand and then my thumb the pad is has a lot of contact on the disc and it's pretty much over top of my index fingers first joint I find that one critical error that a lot of people make is that they end up trying to round and that makes it difficult to keep the proper nose angle and release point so instead let's think about changing our arm slot and wrist angle so that the disc can be pulled through just like any other shot instead of being flat and pulling through a power pocket we're going to change the angle and pull through like this you can lean back a little bit that can help especially with overstable discs and I think it's important to know about your footwork too rather than a distant shot...
