When you release the disk or at your point of contact your top hand palm should be facing the sky. Don’t role your top hand over to early as this will create groundballs. Throwing the disk up indicates the same swing that creates fly balls. By sliding the imaginary pizza – you’re performing a fundamental “palm up” hitting drill. If you’ve maintained your form through the toss, your Hitting Disk will fly straight like a line drive. For beginners, try throwing the disk about 10 yards, and advanced your goal to about 30 yards.

When you come through to finish, make sure you finish high with your hands – keeping your eyes on the ball at contact. Remember, you want to keep a palm up, palm down position well through the ball. Hitting Tip: The longer you stay in form through the ball at contact, the stronger hitter you will be. All good hitters hit “through” the ball and not “at” the ball. Try imagining that you are hitting two balls spaced about a foot apart at one time. The first ball is the one you are hitting and the other ball is coming in right behind it. Go through the first ball, hit the imaginary second ball – then you can start to roll your hands. Remember, one of the most common mistakes for both young and advanced hitters is the tendency to roll the hands too early!

Make sure that when you have finished throwing the disk your stance is still balanced. Notice the proper line from the top of the hat, all the way down the body and straight out the knee into the ground (photo). You don’t want to have a bent front leg or be titling up. When you throw the disk the correct way, with the wind, it will go out like a line drive and land easily.