DiscDog.Live #7 | Throwing Thursday – Posing, Posture, and Pressure
Talking about some intangibles of throwing discs and throwing discs *to dogs*.
0:00 – Memeroll
2:06 – G-Mac Brush Inspired by Feral Apparel
5:06 – Memeroll
6:45 – Epic DarkSide Training
7:30 – Intro
9:10 – PosingPosing is a communication tool for throwing discs to dogs (or people). A pose is a frozen moment of a throw; a key moment of the backswing perhaps, or a flashy presentation of... More
10:30 – SuperAero ShoutOut
11:00 – Basic Standing PositionStanding in front of the dog with the disc held vertically in the throwing hand is Basic Standing Position (BSP), a foundational position in the Yachi Method. More (BSP) Clock & Counter
12:57 – Basic Flatwork PositionBasic Flatwork Position (BFP) is a standard position of the handler in the Working Flank; hand reaching out towards the dog (usually with a disc) with the dog on the same plane as... More (BFP) Clock & Counter
13:50 – Purpose of Posing
15:06 – Throwing Poses
16:00 – Horizontal Trigger
16:30 – Pose = Show Circle | Trigger = Line
16:44 – Counter Clock Throwing Poses
17:53 – The Pose Lives In Your Backswing
19:08 – What Are We Doing Here?
20:49 – Telegraphing the Line and the Throw
22:52 – You Don’t Want to Fool Your Dog
24:00 – GiveThe Give is a retrieve to the hand. A cued Give is a foundational skill that is not super useful in the actual performance of disc dog freestyle, and has huge applications for... More a Wink and a Nod…
25:10 – Posing Recap
28:28 – Blind Throws
34:12 – If You Show Them They Will Look
35:00 – Question: I Don’t Think About the Posing…
37:40 – If the Dog Goes, Don’t Throw
41:00 – Posing is a Promise
41:30 – Pose as CookieA Cookie is traditionally thought of as a food treat given as positive reinforcement. In that definition, a cookie is a discrete piece of food reinforcement. In many dog training discussions, the idea... More
47:10 – Question: Do You Make the Dog Stop After Going AroundAn Around, or a Go Around is the traditional disc dog set up move. The dog goes around the handler’s body in a clockwise or counter clockwise fashion allowing dog and handler to... More?
50:07 – Can You Have a Pose if Nobody Sees It?
52:15 – Training Goal: Reduce My Hypocrisy to Zero
54:00 – Question: The Purpose of the Pose is…?
56:33 – Making the Handler the Focus
58:12 – Positional Poses LeadThe Lead is the leg of the dog that is in front while in any given gate. If it is the right paw that stretches out first and furthest, then the dog is on... More to Action
1:00:55 – Be Careful About Treating This as “Work”…
1:02:30 – Intercepting the ReleaseRelease has many meanings in disc. Throws and throw variations can be referred to as releases. Sometimes you talk about the dog releasing something, the toy, or the environment, as in to stop... More with Loot
Oops… Killed the Stream…
1:05:03 – Intercepting the Release with Eppie
1:10:30 – PressurePressure comes in many forms in dog training. Positional Pressure, Performance Pressure, Environmental Pressure, the Plane of the handler’s body. Pressure is a fact. How you wield it or leverage it is up... More and Posing Misconceptions
1:10:49 – !@#$ Coffee Everywhere!
1:16:05 – More Than Showing Where We’re Gonna Go
1:19:36 – Blocking with Pressure and Pose
1:24:30 – Performance Pressure vs Positional Pressure
1:24:48 – Focus on Trajectory Towards Goal Rather Than Goal Itself
1:27:00 – Regression to the Mean
1:28:49 – Dog | Handler | Team
1:31:30 – Question: Jackson Distraction 10 Months
1:34:30 – Dog Shapes Handler?
1:35:40 – Shape the Dog – He’s a Gamer
1:36:40 – Shape and Capture Engagement Precursors
1:38:40 – Cheerleading (Inconsequent) vs Crowd (Consequent)
1:41:30 – Not My Job…
1:44:55 – Bagging on Bill
1:46:30 – Center of the Game vs the Edge of the Game
1:48:30 – Pose Changes Game PlayPlay is willing, self-induced engagement in, and the experience of, novel, consequent opportunity. More
1:49:15 – Posture
1:53:55 – Big Movements
1:55:30 – Question: Crouching Behavior as Unintentional Drop Cue
1:57:24 – Posture Recap
1:59:10 – Close & Internet Grift
2:02:00 – BadAss Memeroll #4
May 6, 2022 at 12:13AM
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