We are backchaining this skill, starting one step away from the finish and then falling into the correct behavior. This position makes it highly likely that proper technique will be employed from the get go.

Many great throwers do this so naturally that it looks as if they must have magical Wristbands of Hercules or something. Now a huge portion of that Flick Myth is hiding right in plain sight.

We are going to backchain this skill. You’ll start with a very simple, rough approximation of the finish product – a blind backwards release – and then you will increase the challenge to get to that finish criteria.

The key to throwing the Airbounce is to have a perfectly clean release at the simplest expression of the throw. If you can’t perform the throw at it’s essence, how in the world are you going to master it and be able to master it when the power, speed and physics of a serious Airbounce multiply the difficulty?

Cavalettis have been used to adjust horses strides for a long time. The Bent Cavaletti drill is about forcing collection and creating an angle for an interception…

A special Fidget created by Matt Bilderback. It’s the only fidget that provides for a switching of grips from High to Low or Low to High.

Here are some basic Fidgets: the Bloom, The Fonzi & the Weightless and the tricks to the trick. Easy, Simple & fun!

This is a very simple drill that you can use to further hone your precision and accuracy. All you need is a wall that has a pole somewhere on it

Last night we shot some test footage of fidgets at 240 frames per second. Poor light and a few beers couldn’t slow us down, but the camera sure could. Learning to throw discs to your disc dog will never be the same:

New Lessons Mean More Tools in the Toolbox

New lessons for Disc Dog Foundation Class – – Fidgets, drive management, and throwing drills.

These new lessons will also be going into the first update of the DiscDogger’s Toolkit.

It’s good stuff, Maynard!

Drop a comment below I’m taking requests.

Playing catch with another human is probably the best and fastest way to improve our throwing skills. Develop a game of flowing catch. This is Learning Through Play.