DiscDogger #18 | Disc Throwing & the Shape of Things

Ron November 17, 2020

Welcome to Episode 18 of DiscDogger Weekly, aka: Season 2 Episode 8. This week we’re focused on Shapes – how the dog, handler, disc, and team move and move together in space and time – and throwing.

Ron lays out some creative throwing and Team MovementTeam Movement is how dog and handler move, as a team, out there on the field. It is a judging category in some organizations and certainly is a focus of many judges, players,... lessons and Jack Fahle joins us for some games to enhance your distance throwing and competence in Toss & Fetch. We’ve got a couple rounds of freestyle dressed up to illustrate the intricacies of Team Movement & FlatworkFlatwork is the stuff that happens between the catches. How the team moves and transitions, often without the disc, is flatwork. Flatwork concepts in disc dog are taken from the agility and herding....

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This Week’s Lessons on the Blog

Disc Dog Throwing | From Form to Function

Toss N Fetch Catch | Practicing Under Pressure

Dialing in Distance Throwing | Catch with Curves

Better Creative Throwing With Athletic Humor

6 Ways to Create DiscDog Shapes and Improve Team Movement & Flow

On Flatwork & Shapes in Disc Dog Freestyle

Throwing to Create Disc Dog Shapes

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Categories: DiscDogger Weekly, DiscDogger Weekly Season 2

The Purpose and Value of Recognizing Shapes in Disc Dog Freestyle

Shapes are created by the position and movement of dog, handler, and disc. And shapes can be created by the dog, the handler, and the placement of the disc. Shapes are a fact of disc dog freestyle.

When the dog leaves the handler for a catch, that tends to create a line. When the dog is away from the handler and moves across the field to make a catch, as in a Zig ZagA Zig Zag is a series of catches in smooth succession that forces the dog to move back and forth across the field. Usually performed at a distance of 8-20 yards, the Zig... or Around the WorldAn Around the World is a disc dog flatwork pattern consisting of 4 catches in a circular pattern around the handler. This pattern is typically larger than 5 yards and often features creative..., that tends to create a Shape.

Ron May 22, 2020

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Patron’s Choice: Shaping a Leaping Catch | Leaping Concepts

Patron’s Choice Sneak Peek | Public Access Dec. 26
Key concepts of the canine leaping skill and behavior chain that shape and reinforce a leaping catch.

Ron December 19, 2019

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Patron’s Choice : Shaping a Leaping Catch | Leaping Functions

Sneak Peek for Patron’s only… Public access Dec 27th | Functions of canine leaping and how leaping catches function by Ron Watson

Ron December 21, 2019

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On Shapes in Disc Dog Freestyle

Shapes are more than just the trail left by the dog on the field, and the patterns created by the dog after the catch. Shapes differ from Flatwork, and higher level Shapes should not rely solely on how the dog releases after a catch. Shapes are how the dog moves to navigate the catch.

Ron April 28, 2020

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Behind the Scenes | Routine Building Notes

Sneak Peak Access for Patrons Only… Public Access Dec 7 | It looks as if Routine Building is going to be the topic of choice to get this jam rolling. I’ll let the poll play out, and this might change, but I got thinking about “Deep Work”, a topic that crossed my path to today, and the outline wrote itself in minutes.

Ron November 30, 2019

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Fixing the Problems of a Toss and Fetch Foundation

Toss and Fetch, Single Disc, Mini-Distance, Throw and Catch, whatever you want to call it, the timed distance game with 1 disc, while an interesting event, is no way to introduce players to the sport of canine disc.

Ron October 23, 2009

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