Technical Discussion: Teaching Forehands to Beginners by Annie Glasspool

Teaching forehands to beginners is one of the first stumbling blocks for a new coach. Annie Glasspool discusses the feedback loop and isolating key characteristics of the throwing motion to steer a new thrower towards consistent & reliable throwing mechanics

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thinkulti says:

22nd February 2021 at 09:06

Do you have any footage from the other side on view (with the disc visible the whole time)? Does the wrist snap come as the end motion of the whole arm moving? What do you think of this article: https://ultiworld.com/2017/05/16/tuesday-tips-throwing-without-effort-presented-spin-ultimate/ ?

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- Brummie says:
  
  28th February 2021 at 17:39
  
  Annie didn’t capture footage from the disc side, but we have a video here which will help: https://www.flikulti.com/video/forehand-throw/
  
  There’s a lot to discuss in that article; drop me a line and we can go into detail: hello[at]flikulti[dot]com
  
  Thanks!
  
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