DiscDogger Weekly #5

Ron August 9, 2020

5th installment of DiscDogger Weekly is out. 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,... More, UpDog Criterion Freestyle Rounds from the Endless Summer Series, Throwing, and some Disc Quan Do Forms are on this week’s agenda. Hope you dig the show.

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This Week’s Lessons On the Blog

Master These 3 Forms to Control and Handle Your Disc Dog

A Dog’s Eye Perspective | The Flatwork Compass & Crossing Pass with Loot

A Dog’s Eye Perspective | Tying the Zig Zag to the Flatwork Compass

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DiscDogger Weekly #14 – Puppies, Premature Ejumpulation, Bite Club, and Turning the World UpSide Down

We’ve got some sweet rounds of TimeWarp from Bite Club, the Grasshopper puppy’s 2nd Disc Dog Jam, some Epic sequence stealing, a bunch collection and tracking work to cure Premature EjumpulationAlso known as Irrational Leaping, Premature Ejumpulation happens when a dog leaps before a disc is catchable. This phenomena is most often seen in long tosses and is almost always caused by running... More, and a few throwing lessons.

Ron October 19, 2020

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Master These 3 Forms to Control and Handle Your Disc Dog

Communication, spatial and situational awareness, and disc handling competence are three key areas for disc dog freestyle that seem to escape the training regiment of most young players. What have you done and are you doing to gain these skills and groom them in your game?

Ron August 6, 2020

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DiscDogger #18 | Disc Throwing & the Shape of Things

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 November 17, 2020

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A Dog’s Eye Perspective | The Flatwork Compass & Crossing Pass with Loot

The movements of the Flatwork CompassThe Flatwork Compass is a disc dog form that separates the Flank from the Pass, creates a reliable trigger, and exposes the team to all of the key elements of Team Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW7Czz-7ows&list=PL8zWXaJfi1-synGOkBJ7u4p-WkotsL3LR... More are both how humans move to throw and how humans move dogs. The stepping forward for the FlankOut to the side of the handler is the Flank. If the dog is out to the handler's right or left the dog is on Flank. If the dog is moving with the... More pushes the dog out and in the direction we’re stepping and the switching and opening up pulls the dog towards us for the PassA Pass or Passing is a linear Team Movement maneuver that has the dog running or moving past the handler in close proximity, crossing or breaking the plane of the handler's body..

Ron August 8, 2020

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DiscDogger Weekly #8 | DiscDog Games & Disc Quan Do Forms

DiscDogger Weekly #8 homes in on Team Movement & FlowFlow is a key component of the modern day disc dog game. Keeping your dog moving with seamless, ever moving and flowing sequences with little to no set up time is the goal... More. We’ve got some UpDog Games, Throw n Go, FunKey, 7 Up, and 4 Way PlayPlay is willing, self-induced engagement in, and the experience of, novel, consequent opportunity. More. We’ve also got an in depth look at the Figure 8 Cross and Squeaky Wheel Forms from the Disc Quan Do, Disc Dog Martial Art program.

Ron August 31, 2020

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Jam in a Flash – Move

This sequence should just be called Move, as that seems to be the essence of it. The handler will chase the dog throughout this sequence, making the throw and chase the dog. By following the throw the handler will demonstrate efficient and active handling and will cover a bunch of the field. This is a great way to increase your field presentation.

Ron October 20, 2013

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