Different Throws


Different Throws


 There are a variety of different throws in ultimate, but every new throw you can add to your tool belt is a step up in your game play. When I first started, I didn't even have one throw down. By the end of my first season, I only had two, which shows you how much skill it takes to throw a disc. Many people think it is easy, thinking it is just like throwing a frisbee on a beach. Ultimate Frisbee discs are a lot heavier and thicker and require more technique to get what you want it to do to happen. The first throw people learn is the backhand, because it is the easiest. This is your typical throw that you would use if you had no knowledge of the game and were just throwing with your friends. You hold the disc with your palm facing in and you bring the disc across your body to throw it. The next step after this is mastering your forehand throw. Personally, this is my go to throw because I can throw it a lot better than backhand. This is probably because I practiced this throw so much that my muscle memory probably just totally forgot about my backhand throw. Anyway, a forehand throw is when your palm faces outward and you flick the disc out to the side of your body. Forehand throws will typically drift to the right while backhand throws will drift towards the left. This can be fixed by adding an invert or outvert to your throw. This basically just means you adjust the way your hand releases the disc to change where the disc will drift to. Some other special throws include a hammer and a scoober. A hammer goes over the head and flies upside down, while a scoober is the same concept but is thrown to the side rather than directly over head. It took me a whole summer to master my hammer and even after 3 years of playing Ultimate, I still have not mastered my scoober. Ultimate throws take a lot of skill and practice, and my advice is repetition and youtube videos. Like I said earlier, in practices try to just use the throw you are working on because it will come to you eventually. Especially if your coach can point you in the right direction, you will be mastering that throw very soon. Additionally, youtube videos always help if you want to work on your throws outside of practice. It is a lengthy and technical process, but it is so satisfying when you can finally consistently throw that throw you've been working on for so long.

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