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    Congrats Alan.

    I've always been a single spinner, but in practice now I'm starting to work on a double. That first spin has to be "in a stove pipe" so you have room to move forward, then you need to 'attack the trig'. The pro's I've talked to all say if you aren't risking a foul on every throw you aren't moving forward aggressively enough.

    To be honest, that's the first time in my life I've ever been accused of not being aggressive ENOUGH.

    Alan, do you have any video of your throws?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yaish View Post
    Congrats Alan.

    I've always been a single spinner, but in practice now I'm starting to work on a double. That first spin has to be "in a stove pipe" so you have room to move forward, then you need to 'attack the trig'. The pro's I've talked to all say if you aren't risking a foul on every throw you aren't moving forward aggressively enough.

    To be honest, that's the first time in my life I've ever been accused of not being aggressive ENOUGH.

    Alan, do you have any video of your throws?
    The stove pipe analogy is spot on.

    I pranged up my lower back in the weight room two weeks ago and so I've been staying out and going really easy on throwing since then. One thing I have been doing is actually practicing doing the first turn with no weights. I just center my body, keep in mind that I want to basically move in place, and do the first turn with nothing in my hands. Somehow that has added up to finally conquering my year-long habit of moving forward much too much during the first spin. I now have nearly all the trig to work with for the second spin. Not having to choke off the second spin to avoid fouling out has made all the difference.

    I find that even if I do relatively easy throws, but just concentrate on feet placement, arm extension, starting the first turn with the weight up high, and balance, I still am banging them out there at around 40 feet, every time. I hope that with another two weeks (and 4 practice sessions) I will have ingrained the movement pattern into muscle memory so that I can start really accelerating during the second turn. we shall see.

    My goal from last year was to toss the 28'er 40 feet. I almost did it at Livermore and then things kind of went into the basement, and I registered no improvement from there. So it's really nice to finally make a quantum change in how this is going.

    I gotta get some video...yup.

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