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Rec’d on YT | the Secret of Stylish Throws: an Unexpected Twist! 🌀🤸‍♂️ | DiscDog Dojo Excerpt #151 🐾🐶🥏🥋

🎯 Game-Changer Alert! 🎯 Antonis and I delved into the nitty-gritty of "4 Hands Form" and discovered a mind-blowing secret to more stylish throws…

DojoBot November 2, 2023

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Class Excerpt | The Basics of Throwing a Skip & Rolling Discs

The ability to skip and roll a disc is the essence of control over the wing angle of a disc. A thrown disc has both a skip and roll side. The skip sid…

Ron March 10, 2021

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A Quick Primer on Throwing Rollers for UpDog Games

Ron lays out some basic tips for using Rollers in UpDog games and ties this into basic throwing techniques in this quick video primer.

Ron March 10, 2021

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Throwing Rollers | Speed & Angles

Ron explains how disc speed and release angle work in throwing Rollers with discs using the Backhand and SideArm releases. These throwing principles h…

Ron March 10, 2021

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Throwing Rollers | SideArm & Backhand

Ron lays out some throwing tips for the SideArm & Backhand Roller throws.

Ron March 10, 2021

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Disc Quan Do Class Excerpt | On Flexing Discs

This is an excerpt from Tuesday Afternoon Disc Quan Do class. This segment was based upon a need for disc placement and trajectory issues stemming fro…

Ron January 22, 2021

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Beto Drill and Throwing Discs for Distance Class

One of the greatest problems I see in dog frisbee and dog training is that handlers don't apply the tools and methods of positive training on themsel…

Ron January 22, 2021

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Functional Movement Requires Knowledge and Intent

A Disc Quan Do excerpt with Ron & Oleg. A snippet of Tuesday Afternoon Disc Quan Do class focused on handler movement, speed, and position.

Ron December 10, 2020

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Apryl Lea & Jolene | A Shapes Comparison

A few weeks ago Apryl & Jolene were featured in DiscDogger Weekly in a piece on Shapes & Flatwork. Their performance was notable because of the distin…

Ron December 3, 2020

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Throwing Discs to Dogs | Runners vs Floaters

A disc can be thrown in many ways. Two of the many ways of throwing a disc are Runners and Floaters. Runners fly long, straight, and far and have very…

Ron December 3, 2020

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Disc Throwing Tips for Behind the Back & Under the Leg

Ron Watson lays out some key tips to throwing the behind the back and under the leg backhand throw with discs. Using the body as flick and positioni…

Ron November 23, 2020

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Throwing to Create Disc Dog Shapes

How and where we throw the disc has great bearing on how and where our dog moves. This sounds elementary, but the application of this knowledge is not…

Ron November 17, 2020

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Better Creative Throwing With Athletic Humor

Flying discs are magical missile objects. They seem to move in an impossible manner. It is this impossible movement that attracts people to the flight…

Ron November 17, 2020

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Dialing in Distance Throwing | Catch with Curves

For many throwers, old and new alike, Hyzer and Anhyzer are like some kind of paranormal activity, like ghosts they are completely visible but ephemer…

Ron November 17, 2020

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Toss N Fetch Catch | Practicing Under Pressure

Throw as many 42 yard throws as you want and you can still be surprised and affected by your rampaging frizbeast bolting up field and pressuring your …

Ron November 17, 2020

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Disc Dog Throwing | From Form to Function

This session is focused on practically applying the 8 and 12 Hands Forms towards a Zig Zag. You can look at this as training, learning, or a proofing …

Ron November 12, 2020

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X Hands Forms for Disc Throwing Intangibles

The X Hands Forms are throwing forms from Disc Quan Do. The X is just a place-holding variable. Each belt level of Disc quan Do has a throwing form fe…

Ron November 9, 2020

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Disc Throwing Problems? Grip is NOT Your Problem

Grip is an important aspect of disc throwing but it is not the only aspect of throwing to keep in mind when it comes to smooth-flying success or flutt…

Ron November 9, 2020

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Are You Throwing Blind to Your Disc Dog?

A blind toss is a throw where either the dog cannot see the release or the handler cannot see the dog at the time of release. Blind tosses can be of b…

Ron November 9, 2020

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Better Disc Throwing Intangibles with the 4 Hands Form

Intangibles... The things you need to know that you don't know you need to know. There are many intangibles in disc dog freestyle and disc dog games, …

Ron November 9, 2020

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