Right on! Nice work there!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Really cool to see you in here, thank you for the support!

I’d love to see a systematic biomechanics breakdown of the backhand from start to finish. You’ve basically done that with this brace video with the vectors and such. A more detailed and complete version of that would be incredible. I feel like it really gets at the principles of throwing and could help someone break down their own form

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

That would be a lot of fun! Super involved as well, so I'm not sure how soon I could get it made with my time commitment to coaching right now 👍 I may get into other components of the throw as well to keep building the library on everything.

These videos are great. Also listening to this I suddently got a mental image of someone rowing a boat and it just clicked in a whole new way to me. You can row a boat without using your legs, but you get way more momentum and force if you push your feet into the floor right before the arms engages. Now I think I know what feeling I'm supposed to aim for.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

Ай бұрын

That's a great analogy, in both sports you get that initial push from the legs and then the arm(s) simply finish the job at the end!

I like this guy. His first vid on brace had a baseball counterweight constructed device which demonstrated the concept spot on, I could see it right in front of me and comprehend immediately !

@NickKrush.DGandFit

7 күн бұрын

@@rageoid thank you for the support!

Thanks as always! So much good info in here!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome and I appreciate the continued support man!

Love the detail on the biomechanics.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

🫡

I've always loved watching and understanding form and your videos are so good at explaining both the scientific and simple things taking place. Love it keep it up!!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, and will do!

what a great series. Glad we get to see this with a biomechanical lens

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

great stuff!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

2 ай бұрын

thank you!

Awesome video! I've seen so many videos on form and the brace leg, but this is the first one that really made it click and make sense. That one little example of the muscle groups used when jumping backwards was enlightening!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Really glad to hear the example helped things make more sense! Thanks for stopping by

FIRST. Great video! Loved the part about your body stopping the power when it hits it's max. Jamming yourself into positions your body doesn't like doesn't make you throw farther, and it usually doesn't end very well either!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

LETS GOO

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

And glad you liked that part, I'm hoping we can keep bringing awareness to a healthy approach to throwing mechanics

thats a nice point.. the faster your run up the wider your brace needs to be to counter the forward energy!

Well done! Should note that Clint is actually using rear External Hip Rotation(and Foot Eversion) to rotate the pelvis, not Internal Rotation(Foot Inversion). He is pushing the pelvis away from the rear femur and foot. While Clint is a good example of power, I think his efficiency could be better. Wiggins also uses ER in his 360 and already has a lot rotational momentum going into the plant.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And good point, for some reason I didn't do a great job of going into the details of his rear action on his standstill, where he's using more linear muscle pushing as you mention here. I will say though, I do have a huge appreciation for power (and accuracy) that comes from muscular strength like what Clint does, because it seems that it could possibly be lower impact on the body in some ways (not as deep of hip and trunk rotation, more use of knee and hip extensors). Will be fun to keep the dialogue going on the topic, in some ways it reminds me of that classic golf swing vs modern golf swing, albeit in the case of disc golf requires a very solid strength and muscle base like what Clint has.

@timothy42b

3 ай бұрын

I might be seeing this wrong but it looks like Clint's coil, both hips and shoulder, happen on the movement backwards. As opposed to the Schusterich coil, where he moves laterally back and coils completely on the move forward.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

@@timothy42b 👍 agreed! that's what I am seeing with Clint's coil timing, and have noticed I do something very similar. I haven't seen anyone else throwing standstills in the mid 500's like Clint and I do, so I'm suspicious it buys us more time to develop a deeper coil and bigger butt shift into the plant. I originally thought it could have an accuracy cost as well, although Clint has been lights out off the tee in his recent course vlogs so that calmed my fears there.

I can't wait to see part 3. Holy crap man this has been sooooo enlightening. Idk if it will improve my game but it all seems so simple I've just been intimidated to try to break this all down myself from the physics side. So it's good to see that my options for better plants are bigger quads or going lower while wide to get more glute activation, to spread the load on muscles. Now I just have to figure out the ground reaction side of things such that my foot doesn't slide out on me.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it man! I think if you drop your center of mass a little bit into your plant (like how Albert Tamm or myself do) it will increase the ground reaction force and friction force to help keep your foot from sliding out before you really brace up hard.

I love me some free body diagrams. May not be helpful for everybody, but this is super awesome.

sorry for all the comments but this was one of the best videos ive ever seen!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

No worries, I love the enthusiasm and glad you liked the vid!

My body is beat up from martial arts and I have the fun prospect of having external bias in my right leg and internal in my left. This is exactly the kind of thorough analysis that I need and appreciate. Thank you!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I have noticed that strict positions in the backhand throw are overprescribed without any context of people's anatomy and injury history in general, so I'm glad to hear the plant leg discussion was useful for you.

Rotating through on the balls of my foot messed up my right foot metatarsals as a beginner last year. Would not recommend! Thanks to videos like these I can improve my throwing (while healing) by correctly keeping my weight on the heel after disc release :)

@NickKrush.DGandFit

2 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about the injury! Sounds like you are doing the right stuff to get that pivot fixed and should be safe moving forward. Best of luck with it all.

Seems like simons leg stiffens a lot earlier than schustericks. Is it ideal to get that front leg straight earlier to promote pelvic rotation a little earlier or don’t worry about the leg straightening as much as just getting the foot down before you start the pull through? Love your stuff man

@NickKrush.DGandFit

Ай бұрын

Great question, they both throw 550-600 from their x step so it really highlights the individual differences from person to person. The speed of leg and hip extension will be a product of physical abilities and how rapid someone’s acceleration patterns are.

Pretty please, bring up anterior pelvic tilt and how it's impossible to brace and/or rotate with any power for those who have it. The curvature it produces in the lumbar spine causes the whole powerchain to turn into a (relatively brittle) shock absorber.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

2 ай бұрын

Agreed! Luckily, BlitzDG (Clint) already has an awesome video on that topic, I'm glad he made it to help spread awareness on the pelvic tilt issue.

9:10 this was the key that got me to 550ft+ if you look how much back he shows to his target.. it allows for a straight line pull through so he can pull through cleanly and body doesnt get in his way at all!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Getting that butt moving to the target going into the pelvic rotation phase is huge for power.

Excellent information Nick. TY. Conceptually would it benefit to show the relationship of the Trebuchet components with the human body? Thanks for considering.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome :) and that's a cool video idea, walking through the similarities in how a trebuchet and disc golf throw happen. Could be a good collab idea to do with TrebDG as well.

slow linear energy stored in the body transferred to kinetic energy into the disc.. i like how you said that. how does a 3mph part transfer 60mph into another part.. interesting!

be cool to see you tackle sidearms!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

I've been developing mine pretty recently so once I've reached good competence with it, I'd like to start coaching for it as well.

Okay guys I need some help simplifying my bag. My distance drivers, current bagged discs the flight numbers are what I think they actually fly like, (s)stands for seasoned (vs) very seasoned, DX beast (10/5/-4/1)(160g)(s), neutron wave (11/5/-2.75/1) (165g)(vs), star mystere (11/6/-2/1.5)(s), champion mystere 11/6/-1 / 2, Proton(plastic) Photon 11/5/-.5/ 3, Z thrasher 12/4.5/-3/1 (VS),Z crank 13/5/-2/2 (VS), Z nuke 13/5/ -.75 / 3, Star Shryke 13/6/-2/2, I blend Pharoah 13/6/-2.75/2(s), D3 air 13/6/-3.5/2 (157g)(S), blizzard boss 13/5/-1.25/2.75 (138g)(s). My max distance is pretty inconsistent. My worst days should still be about 400’ but 435’ is a number I should hit most days when I have a proper tee pad and an open fairway. My Nuke will normally only go about 385’ but I have gotten it out to 440’ on flat ground. Today I got to borrow a 168g G-star Corvette and down a huge hill and a perfect wind I pushed it out to 640ft. (honestly I was already looking at the corvette and now I have no idea what to throw). I do play at elevation. according to my card mates, who have traveled and played. they think a fresh Z nuke would be the disc I would like as a shapeable distance driver. If anyone has any ideas and thoughts I'd love to hear them.

idk if you thought about it but you are smart enough to understand the CHATGPT when asking it scientifically about most ideal throwing forms.. i tried to talk with it about form years ago but was very hard to understand i would ask ? like is a flat nose better then nose down and how to achieve such things etc.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

I'll have to try that, I haven't messed with chatgpt too much yet.

when pulling through the power pocket one thing i see that bugs me is how Simons elbow is down literally pointing towards the ground vs others pointing more away from you so outward is the word i guess.. i wonder which is better for sling shot speaking in a functionality of the joints perspective?

i thought i was doing something wrong in the sense sometimes my brace foot doesnt rotate until waaaay after i throw and my leg looks twisted BUT if Wiggins is doing that then i cant be doing it wrong their.. i see what you mean by the rotation is to relieve stress from the throw vs actively doing it!

@seabas22

3 ай бұрын

This will vary with how flared/angled the foot is, more closed = pivots earlier. Also depends on your anatomy, I have very loose ankle ligaments/almost non-existent so my foot pivots later, meanwhile if I wear my ankle brace my foot pivots much earlier.

WIll and Simon their braces are like kick stands on a motorcycle vs me and many others are pretty much on TOP of the brace or even worse falling over the brace.. i wonder if one could create a brace drill for stand still where you are starting off in that kickstand brace position since i cant find it in my natural throw..?

@seabas22

3 ай бұрын

See my One Leg Drill, Whip Step Drill, Elephant Walk Drill.

Great video! How does sb22 buttwipe drill affect to COM/brace?

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

That's a great drill for feeling the sensation of the pelvis shifting and rotating onto the brace leg. In a full throw, things will move similarly just with more power and speed.

@pisteville7797

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the insight!

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

@@pisteville7797 👍you're welcome!

how do i keep my center of mass behind my front leg? i always tend to lean forward during the throw instead of being more centered

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Something that can help is to make sure you keep your head centered between your feet during your reachback, then when your foot lands, think about snapping your hips onto the front leg while keeping the upper body relaxed, that way your upper body stays behind the plant leg as your hips drive the throw.

15:13 Looking at the recommened video, are you also into storm chasing / weather?

@NickKrush.DGandFit

Ай бұрын

Yep :p been really into weather my whole life, just have to live vicariously through the storm chasers on KZread since Florida isn't the best for trying to chase tornadoes haha!

@SixSided

Ай бұрын

Love it! Very active year so far

@NickKrush.DGandFit

Ай бұрын

@@SixSided it's been crazy for sure! and not slowing down anytime soon

Is it normal for the knees to become stiff while practicings these techniques? A few days after I started training the techniques shown in these three videos. My knees are sometimes harder to bend while trying to sit down. I have seen increased distance since I started practicing these drills in my backyard and on the course. My distance increase is not huge. I went from somewhere over 100 feet to somewhere over 110. I only have rough measurements based on the distance between the block and holes I throw on. I am more consistently throwing near the top of my throwing distance which is more significant to me. The amount of upkeep to keep that is throwing my favorite disk in my yard for twenty minutes or more daily. If I do not do these drills daily I feel my form slipping and it shows when I am on the course.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

5 күн бұрын

Some soreness can be normal, but if you are having worsening discomfort that could be a sign of inflammation in the knee joint from overuse and/or the early stages of injury. I would first make sure you rest up until your knees feel 100%, and then only do drills in a way that feels comfortable and does not cause stiffness. You can also check out "Kneesovertoesguy" on KZread for some fitness training that can make your knee joints more robust.

I'm hitting my standstills at 68 mph more often now that I have a radar and can see the numbers. Hitting 65 is easy, but when I try to add power I hit 60 more often than 68. Crazy! Tensing up somehow. I can also easily hit around 58 without even doing a reach back at all... Meaning basically no reach back and just exploding on the spot. Could you explain your cues in the standstill and maybe I can use some of them... Or not. Clint's standstill is not transferable to an X step. And yours is more similar to what I do, or we all do, which is explode at the right time, so maybe you could help me speed up my progress. Before reaching the moment the body wants to explode the throw, how do you get the power in the extra reach back? Do you merely let the body bounce back after the coil or do you power in before. All this is very personal I know. But in your maximum coil. What is your workings/thoughts in that moment? Any poetic word pooping could be helpful. I came this far on my own after all.

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

I think in general as we maximize power in our standstill, it will deviate from how the x-step looks because the lateral hip shift that occurs after peak coil on the standstill is trying to make up for the lack of momentum carried through an x-step. That being said, there's nothing wrong the standstill looking and feeling different than the x-step, it's a completely different way of throwing in general but has lots of transferrable patterns. When I try to increase power on my standstill, I widen my stance and use a bigger lateral hip shift. When I reach max coilback, I think about pushing my hips onto my front legs followed by a very fast rotation/snap of the hips, and let everything up top follow smoothly and relaxed.

@AxisDiscPowers

3 ай бұрын

@@NickKrush.DGandFit Thanks Nick. Yeah, maybe I should stop experimenting now and just put in the hours. I don't think I do anything differently at this point in the standstill sequence wise than anyone else creeping up on 70 and beyond. I mean, what you say at the end is exactly how I feel I am doing. I probably just start getting timing issues passing 65. Clean up the timing Explode harder Clean up timing Explode harder. Work work work Then I will probably hit 70. Time to dust off George st Pierre's Rushfit fitness videos😉

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

@@AxisDiscPowers you're welcome and that sounds like a great plan you have there. Nearing 70mph is already pretty elite for standstills so any gains you make from here on out will be icing on the cake!

How much of a role do you think the glutes play in a standstill drive?

@NickKrush.DGandFit

3 ай бұрын

Quite a bit, especially if we push off the rear leg to shift the hips forward very aggressively into the front leg.

@BlitzDG

3 ай бұрын

@@NickKrush.DGandFit To chime in, my left ass cheek is probably the most used muscle in my throw. It's the first thing to get sore if I don't rest enough.