Leveraging the Release | Transitions, Team Movement, and Disc Management With the Unbalanced Dog
Loot is an unbalanced dog. He has a strong preference for counter clock movement. His reliable counter clockwise release after any catch is of great b…
Month: June 2020
Epic Team Movement | How to Shape and Control Your Dog’s Movement After Catch
This piece is building off of the Stop Putting the Cart Before the Horse piece from a few days ago.
We call the dog's movement after a catch the Relea…
Routine Building | Stop Putting the Cart Before the Horse
In routine building handlers are often putting the cart before the horse. I've built more than a few routines in my time. I've drawn detailed diagrams…
Don’t Pick Up That Disc! Flatwork Navigation for Better Disc Management
Yesterday we covered Efficiency, Intelligence, and Intent in Disc Management in overview fashion. Today we're going to go a bit deeper and focus in on…
Don’t Pick Up That Disc! Efficiency, Intelligence, and Intent in Disc Management
Efficiency, Intelligence, and Intent in Disc Management has little to do with picking up discs.
Session Recap | Epic Flatwork & Flow Jam 06.12.2020 Part IV + Bonus
Part IV of this Epic Flatwork series was focused on tightening up the placement and flight stability of the Foot Brush and the Weightless throws.
Session Recap | Epic Flatwork & Flow Jam 06.10.2020 Part III
Today's session featured the same throws, a Footbrush and that Weightless throw, but the lines were set up with a Rear Cross. The Rear Cross set up pr…
Session Recap | Epic Flatwork & Flow Jam 06.09.2020 Part II
Front Crosses, Foot Brushes, and Weightless throws were the focus of this flatwork jam. Getting a handle on delivering these creative tosses to a dog …
Session Recap | Epic Flatwork Jam 06.08.2020
Front Crosses, Foot Brushes, and Weightless throws were the focus of this flatwork jam. Getting a handle on delivering these creative tosses to a dog …
Disc Dog Vaulting Class Coming Soon..
Alright! I've been working on a disc dog vaulting class. It is broken down into three modules: Tell > Trigger > Target. These three modules are the va…
On Vaulting | Timing: A Moving Target
The handler's job is not to hit a moving target. Hitting the moving target is the dog's job. The handler's job is to give the dog a clue, tell the dog…