A common mistake made by junior players is to try to throw entirely from the wrist. Facing your target reduces the need to do this by enabling a thrower to engage their lower body and core as well as their arms.
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The most common scenario for this is when moving the disc off the sideline; a thrower will begin face downfield, towards cutters. When they want to engage a reset, they will turn to face the player positioned laterally, as shown in Fig. 1; see . The same principle applies when throwing most other throws too. Take the typical crossfield huck thrown by Buzz Bullets; by facing diagonally across the field, this throw becomes little different from any other deep throw […]
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