How To Throw Flat Backhands Every Time

This 51 yr old, recovering from elbow injury, went out to throw tonight, the goal was to work on throwing nose down, not nose up. Next thing you know I was throwing mid ranges dead flat and they were going as far as fairways usually go. Then swapped discs and threw fairways as far as drivers. Thanks for the great tip!

It worked! I practiced by backhand slapping my friend, and he said my form definitely looked better! Judging from the marks on his face, I'd say the wrist swivel is gone! Thanks Scott! 😂

Scott this video cut 3 strokes off my record for my home course today! My drives straightened out and I also set a distance record. I can’t thank you enough.

Just caught the skins coverage, that truly was one of the best shots I've seen. Congratulations Scott and great instruction as always.

Wow. It's crazy how you can watch a million videos that never really click, then you see that one thing that gives you that "ah-ha!" moment. I love the way you break everything down in your training videos, your attitude toward life, and everything you do for the sport. You have helped me a ton, and not just in disc golf. Thank you.

I was swiveling my wrist just like you pointed out here, having all the related problems associated with that. In one video, you solved one of the biggest problems with my backhand. Two months later, I'm throwing consistently farther, flatter, and more on my line than ever. Low ceiling shots don't scare me any more. I'm getting distance with mids and fairways that I've never had before. Even better, now I understand how to throw that controlled nose up stall shot when needed. All my friends have noticed, and they are learning too. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this video! I am a 53 year old woman and not quite a beginner anymore but was really struggling with my drives, nose up and wasting all my energy throwing at the sky but not being able to translate any suggestions to something that made sense to me. I watched your video today and tried it out tonight and….it worked! It finally made sense to me and I was very encouraged to see my drives going where I wanted. Yay!!

Scott is a limitless fountain of knowledge. Love this!

Fun physiology terminology: the nose-up "swivel" he's talking about is called wrist pronation, the opposite of which is supination. You want your wrist to be neutral between the two (or maybe even a smidge supinated..?) - avoid pronating.

I watched this video. Tested it. And now I'm a 1000+ rated player who just won the World Champs 7 times in a row. GREAT CONTENT.

I forgot I'd watched this video and laughed out loud when Scott explained the drill makes you throw cut rollers hard as hell, because that's what I've been doing some of the time since discovering pretty consistent snap most of the time. The problem almost always comes down to a wavy or otherwise not level and smooth pull through at the height of the power pocket (noting that pull through is a whirling shoulder yanking the arm forward, not really a pull).

Throwing putters perfectly straight and flat with tons of spin way farther than without snap. I can finally appreciate why pros use putters as drivers so often.

And Scott: your forehand shot near the end of OTB Skins #59 made me cry it was so brilliant, like it left a trail the way a comet does. Love you, brother.

Scott: tells us his system is perfect and works every time like he’s on an infomercial
Also Scott: gives us the method for FREE

One of the hardest things to explain to people when giving lessons is that they are throwing nose up.
They don't want to believe they are throwing nose up, but thats the reason their shot sucks and goes nowhere. You can have amazing looking form, but throw nose up, it's not going anywhere.

I spent over a year trying to figure it out and lying to myself that I wasn't throwing nose up, because I was throwing passed the normal nose up stall distance. My form had gotten clean enough I was able to push discs passed the standard stall point for a majority of players, so I couldn't accept it.

Then I just accepted it and worked on it.

I came to the arm rotation conclusion like Scott is talking here.

Most people just rolling their arm in the hit area where the disc leaves the hand.

Had to stop by again and say thank you. Can't believe it's been two months since I saw this. I was throwing 165 max with Herculean effort at that time. Now I'm throwing 280, smooth, very little effort. 2 months from now, maybe I will think that is hilarious. Your video is gold, sir. I will review it again when I hit my next "plateau".

When trains first started rolling, way back at the beginning of the industrial revolution, people feared that going 30 miles an hour might make your brain explode. They were wrong. But after watching this video...my brain exploded !

If I hold my disc naturally in my hand, with the hinges parallel to the ground, the hand holds the disc nose-up. I have compensate for this by "pouring the tea pot".
I'm surprised Scott didn't touch on this.

I noticed I throw just barely nose up (enough to drop 50 feet off my drive, and screw up my expected flight) any time I don't mentally repeat "follow through, follow through". I now realize that when I'm focusing on the follow through I don't swivel. When I'm not thinking about it, I swivel ever so slightly, enough to expose the bottom of the flight plate a little. The flight looks okay, but it's never the amount of turn I'm expecting, and it ends with a stall, even when not high off the ground.

Just watched the skins match. Not gonna lie. I cried a little with you. And I got a cousin and my nephew that has severe autism. So thanks so much. My nephew will directly benefit from your donation at the school he goes to. It's so hard to keep teacher that can put up with how hard it is to care for them.

Alright man. Credit where credit is due. I’m a beginner with maybe 20-30 rounds under my belt. I’ve watched handfuls if YouTube videos and have had minimal to decent results. The advice in this video about slapping someone with a a back hand has completely changed my game. I’m throwing flatter and getting an extra 100 ft out of my discs. Out of all the advice I’ve gotten has paled in comparison to that one simple tip. Thank you for spelling that out. I saw your video last week and played tha last two days with info in my head and my game has improved tremendously in just one week with that back hand tip. Amazing work.

As a drummer, I have been conditioning my wrist to swivel and recoil so much that not doing it when throwing a disc is super hard... But this video helps