You ever think ?

Your just not getting all the open stone? as of late I've been creepin off the plateau I've been at for better part of a year just not real happy maybe it's due to form. Ok as best as this can be here goes:

When coming into the spin and landing with right foot (RH thrower) do some of you instantly spring off the right foot into the put or do you land and coil like a Braemar then go into the put ? is your body in a good straight line ie..head over shoulders, shoulders over waist that line or does your head lead and lower body follow? Do you coil the chin over the right shoulder instead of leaving it chin over chest, then uncoiling after blowing the left arm out during the put. Im intested in reading others input. Video if you got it.

Very cool Dave could you run down Open Stone ?


Edited by Deakion

I'll see if I can bug him about this today.

-Wayne

Wow someone looking to me for advise  

I am just learning the spin but have a great coach.  The best thing I can offer is the drills that Don gave me.  They help big time!

1- if you stand in the box as if you took your first step already (both feet parellel with the trig) and go into your throw from there.  Throw from this position over and over working mainly on opening the hip and finishing the throws. ( I hope Im explaining this right)

2- Stand on your left foot right foot raised like a crane kick from Karate kid. Push off your left, land in the power position and throw.  This will help with the push of that back leg. ( its hard as hell but it helps)

I hope these help.  If you send me an email I have video of don going threw the motions.

good luck and I hope I described eveything ok.

It looks to me like you are not staying back with the stone - by the time
you hit the front you are all the way open. You can see it on the 3rd toss
(side view) especially. You havent got your left foot on the ground yet,
but you are already all the way opened up.

What I try to do is find something which is directly behind the trig which
is up in the air a bit - a flag or a tree or something (not something on the
ground) When you come around after your first drive - find that item
with your eyes, and try to keep your eyes on it for as long as possible.

Only other thing I would try to do, is keep your back a bit straighter, you
are leaning over your feet, which makes you lead with your head and
body, rather than your feet and legs. The first thing to move when you
start your spin is your right leg/foot, your body should remain in the
torqued position.

Try not to push on the stone until you have both feet on the ground!

I will see if I can find some good video for you, but I know Ryan's site has
some good stuff on it. John Gallagher's overhead view video from 2002 is
particularily good.

http://www.scottishhardcoretraining.com/

Hapy,

I believe it is sinking in some, Dave as well, this is what Im going to work on for the next few head, back, feet aligned, not leading with head so much, (but I have a huge head so this might take a while).

but if this is right and you guys think I will help I will do this as well try and lead with the right foot and create torque with lower body (like the full spinning guys that start backwards) I guess like you said Dave stand on left foot and swing right foot/hip around to create whip, ground both feet untorge into throw.