Comments on: Tips for Improving Your Huck

By: Denearo

Denearo — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:48:00 +0000

So one point that this post hints at is the amount of power that comes from the rest of your body in hucks. I’m not a huge guy (5′ 8″ , 155lbs) so I don’t have as much arm strength as some of the bigger players. Therefore, I really need my body to generate a large portion of the force required for a huck. Mentally, I think of hucking power coming from my legs, hips, and body torquing – leaving my arm to whip and snap the amount of increased spin necessary on a hucked disc to maintain stability.

A mental shortcut I used when I first started practicing hucking was thinking of leading the throw with my shoulder (rt shoulder 4 a rt backhand, lft shoulder for flick). This would force me to wind up my body prior to the torqued power release. Dunno if the bigger players need to do the same thing, but for the smaller players, if your huck isn’t coming along that well, you can give this technique a shot and see if it helps.

By: Stre7ch

Stre7ch — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:39:12 +0000

Keep the focus on throwing the flattest huck you can. Many throwers get it in their heads that a big outside-in throw is the best for their receivers, but the flatter the throw, the more hang time you’ll have. You’ll be able to eventually set it out there on a platter for your receiver to run down.

The best way I’ve found to settle my hucks down is to really experiment with the angle of release I use. In a slight breeze, your huck won’t go 50 yards and flat if you release it flat. Think about dropping the edge of the disc so you’re throwing a slight inside-out and the disc with settle down parallel to the ground before it gets to your receiver.

So yeah, that’s my advice… Throw flat hucks before you bend them, check your release angle with the weather, and just keep experimenting until you find the throwing technique that’s comfortable for you.

By: beebs

beebs — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:45:09 +0000

@Bear Killer – That’s awesome! Great work and keep it up!

@kdz – Warming up is definitely a good idea for just the reason you mention to help with avoiding injuries. Thanks for your comment.

By: kdz

kdz — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:32:12 +0000

Before practicing, be sure to warm up your arm with shorter throws, and take frequent breaks. I practiced hucks for too long one day without taking breaks, and was out for 5 months with tendon problems in my inner elbow.

By: Bear Killer

Bear Killer — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:22:41 +0000

Practice practice practice! is right! All of this hucking discussion really spurred me to critique and perfect my technique, and I’ve been making the best hucks of my life in the last couple of weeks. I managed to break a forehand force with a full-field on-target backhand huck just the other day, and while maybe I could have pulled the throw off before (it wasn’t the hardest mark, really), never have I had the sort of confidence with that huck that I do now. And that comes with practice, and seeing results.