How To Throw A Backhand | Brodie Smith

[GHOOSTHUN]

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[BatsonKyle]

can leaving your index finger out when you throw cause your throws not to go as far?

[akheron01]

Slightly off topic, but what is the music that you play at the start and end of the video? its really catchy and pretty cool.

Nice instructional stuff too! My university club is just starting to recruit people (start of the year for us) and this video was just in time :P

[okentkento]

More....please

[gamer458]

i love watching tutorial videos about stuff i know ill never do :)

[ConsoleGamerTV]

Ok, Brodie im only 12 but does that limit me from what older people can do, i do everything you tell me, but it always seems to tilt, anything you can advise?

[brodiesmith21]

@ConsoleGamerTV age is just a number! Try to flatten the disc out more and more wrist snap.

[jda4949]

Hey Brodie! I'm a huge fan, and I'm in the process of starting a team at my own school in NY.

I was wondering where you buy your discs, individually or in bulk. Thanks!

[Kazishairslikesoradd]

UFO frisbee is glowing

[GetSqueaky]

Dayyym. That weather is beautiful. I want to live in Florida now lololol

[TTGCarl]

do you use a disc golf disc or just a frisbee? just wondering

[droopy0093]

He's pretty much the Michael Phelps of frisbee!

[SqueakzMcGee]

 you changed the names of the bro tips videos???

[brodiesmith21]

@SqueakzMcGee Copyright issues.

[sLdHavoc]

any tips on throwing into the wind?

[austin3013]

I know this has nothing to do with this video but the Ron Paul ad that come on before it had little a splash sound that I am pretty sure got stole from minecraft. lol

[breadstickish]

IN THE SWAMP! :3 i live a couple miles away from Gainsville

[KiWiDingDong]

Hey Brodie, I'm trying to start a frisbee club thing at my country which not much people know about ultimate frisbee. Any idea what to do? I have got friends joined in, but we have no clue what to do, like training and all that.

[science9040]

you have to wash that fresbee its driry



[tehdarklight]

Brodie looks like a monkey. Maybe he's a bit slow in evolution O_o

[sinearteLFC]

i swear its Gareth bale

[mreepon]

him and tim tebow could team up and be an unstoppable team

[Sa3g3r]

Know who you remind me of? Jesus. Word.

[BleachedanusHD]

dose anyone else think he looks a bit like garth bale:L

[aryasarrow1]

Gators whoo!!!! My hometown - state

[afiq360skatevids]

you're a very good teacher. thanks for the video bro

[Marinenator]

it doesnt matter if i use left hand??

[Nekurebirth]

hey what's the music that plays in the beginning of the video? sounds cool :) also great videos! My friends and I started to play Utlimate :D it's fun :)

[Luigi3234131]

@Andan99 try flicking your wrist more

[ialspec]

the disc is glowing

[Crastics07]

2 question Brodie,

1- Any particular Frisbee should be bought?

2- How would you rate the cardio workout and workout of just throwing with your body?

[brodiesmith21]

@Crastics07 So the frisbee i use is a 175gram discraft disc.  Not sure what your asking.

[Crastics07]

@brodiesmith21 2nd question is straight forward, is there any benefits for physical health as you play this as game or just for fun?

[xDarkwish]

@brodiesmith21 Do you know where you can buy one of the Frisbee you use?

[n1c0l4s9723]

where did you learned to do this?

[scootertrooper98]

Hey brodie, do you know anyone called Mr. thakra, i dont know his first name hes my teacher, but he plays for the england frisbee team and he says he has met you

[thething01424]

@mangalone he gets paid for that and he travels the world he's doing a whole lot better than u thats y ur alone

[mangalone]

what a faggoty excuse for actually playing a sport.... LMAO

[alandmanurung]

Is it okay if i just playing frisbee with forehand?

[MrMexicanZombie]

had no idea it was this intense...i will never view it the same way again.

[IshYut]

thanks. :)

[snickerz38]

the song is instramental beats

[IshYut]

Hey Bro. I hope you reply to this. Whats the title of the music in the intro? thanks. :)

[MegaFingle]

Have you ever played frolf? (disc golf) Lots of fun... once you get the hang of it!

[Mishooo1111]

hey dude you need a partner to throw frisbee

[TommyGunner998]

how long you've practised throwing frisbees ?

[Andan99]

When I have my Finger on the rim the disc seems to be more stable than when i don't but you video says not to do that and the disc keeps turning over any tips?

[lvlupice]

Hey Brod is that 175 gram Disk?

[tmadegolfer14]

dude, how tall are you?

[LogannHD]

Hey brodie , can you give me some insight on how to throw backhands and forehands with more accuracy?

[wesandjoe15]

hey brodie i hope you reply to this but do you know a football player named neiron ball

[brodiesmith21]

@wesandjoe15 no clue

[FlakeyDesigns]

@brodiesmith21 Thanks alot man!

[MattBrice1]

u look like hutch from respawn

[TheLasergurkman]

@MattBrice1 Except that Hutch is REALLY skinny...



[GlennVDS5]

Nice to see high quality tutorials about this... Probably one the best (series of) tutorials I saw on youtube about any subject. Thanks!

[OhEmGeEiTzKeViN]

did anyone else tilt their heads to read what was under the disc?

[TheyCallMeTevo]

@OhEmGeEiTzKeViN yeah it said 'BRIGHT POTATO'

Fucked up man, fucked up...

[prodoub]

F**** wind

[sidorlaxkid]

How old where you when you stated playing ultimate?

[jbezmardeekbcoop]

i never new there was so much effort in throwing a Frisbee

[pok3monfreak]

1:47 wrist motion

[Fermonos1]

WHERE CAN I FIND THE SONG AT THE END!?!!?!

[cloud4u2]

u ever play disc golf? i dunno if the frisbee u use is same as discs as in disc golf but if similar do u use the same techniques?

[joealtair3000]

u guys actually use frisbee as a sport

awesome

[SuperJomboy]

Its the james and the giant peach kid grown up.

[TheBoooogieMan]

I don't want to cock it into my body!

[Dowdproductions]

@TheBoooogieMan Wait you don't want a cock in your body?

[TheBoooogieMan]

@Dowdproductions no

[StraightUpBadass]

I'd be way too embarrassed to be filming this in public.

[TheMatpakk]

@StraightUpBadass not if you where as good as he is ^^

[Th3redcomet]

I only recently discovered frisbee as a sport, it's awesome man.

[Thechiefmaster117]

BRODIE! you were my YMCA instructor a long time ago! :3

[iggy5377]

does it matter what kind of frisbie u use

[Th3redcomet]

@iggy5377 They weight varies in discs, but that shouldnt be too much of a problem.

[9410besi]

Thank you!!! I could do a pretty ok backhand before now that I know the details of it I aim much better!!! :D

[christosmw22]

dude help me 160 grams freestyle disc is good?

[xxxWolfensteinzxxx]

Wait till the African-Americans hear about this sport...XD

[uniquelykevin]

downloaded all your vids, you're amazing.

I went from nothing to mvp because of you!

[Jdlikefood]

GATORS GATORS GATORS!

[wendz505]

dude, you're like the best, you should be professional!

[cooliodom12]

@wendz505 he is professional, he plays for one of the big club teams in america called doublewide :) 

[Sciscope]

@cooliodom12 Are the Boston Ironsides a big club team? cuz my cousin starts for them and im just getting into frisbee cuz i saw him play. Thanks

[cooliodom12]

@Sciscope they are fucking brilliant. a top team in america.. i'd say one of the best.

[Sciscope]

@cooliodom12 oh ok thanks for clearing that up for me. Do you play?

[unkjoe]

anyway i could get me one of those florida national championship discs? :)

[brodiesmith21]

@unkjoe I can see...those discs are sold by the team and I'm not sure who is in charge anymore

[unkjoe]

@brodiesmith21 dude that would be awesome!

[jackc1002]

@brodiesmith21 where can I buy a 175g disc?

[thelatestscamontv]

@jackc1002 you can probably get one at an academy or online

[Mugetsu309]

@brodiesmith21 Has anyone told u that u would be awesome in Tron? lol

[12laew14]

At first I was like, it's not hard to throw a frisbee like wtf is this guy talking about, but after watching and playing ultimate frisbee, TO HARDCORE!! So sick

[mangmans]

I think I know what a dog feels like now, @ 5:30 I just wanna chase down that Frisbee.

[EsreverEmordnilap]

I've been playing tennis for about 6 years now and I've only just really started getting into ultimate. I find it's amazing how much of the bodily motion comes naturally and makes sense, but for some reason never had the mind to put it together with the grip.

[zjktmom]

You sound like Josh Huepel!

[poonmunch69]

A bunch of faggets who couldent make a real Profesional sport so they invented this bullshit..

[YouronlyTallFriend]

@poonmunch69

and you're an uneducated fat lard sitting at your computer because you can't play ANY sports professional or not. If you don't like ultimate get off this video.

[tdstudd1996]

@poonmunch69 you are one of those guys who WATCHES pro sports..

[aamidjaythreepointoh]

@poonmunch69

baseball, basketball and football all started out as unprofessional sports. Actually all sports started out as unprofessional sports. and you misspelled "faggots"

dummy.

[rsratledge]

ur vids r all so detailed.. nothing else like this anywhere!! so informative! every1.. evrywhere.. who loves Ultimate, thx u muchly!!!

[simanfie]

106 likes, 0 dislikes, that's the way it should be.

[mincraftowns]

i acttualy bought a frisbee becos of you :D

[Splahhhh]

Frisbee is gettin big dude

[brodiesmith21]

@Splahhhh love it!

[123MrThunderdude]

@brodiesmith21 im just getting into the sport, do u have a vid with all th rules?

[cardkid48]

@brodiesmith21 

[cardkid48]

Respond to this video... what type of discs are yours and where can i buy some.

[blacksteel420]

@Splahhhh Next big thing iz gunna be like Beer Pong! Hahaha

[landiskreeb]

your videos are the easiest to understand and very helpful, I've already improved. my form before was just some crap that I taught myself to do, no one ever showed me how to actually throw it right. thanks a lot man

[tchanxx619]

dude I love this video. Using that same grip I can throw much farther now! :)

[LilChaoster]

hey Brodie can you do a video on high release backhands and flicks?

[brodiesmith21]

@LilChaoster don't forget my fav...high release lefty backhands...got it added to the list!

[ryanmcom]

this is exactly like holding a drumstick in match haha!

[SepsVideos]

Forehand is the hardest do a tutorial on that please!

[jbrou3892]

Nice vid, I really could've used this 6 months ago lol. My backhand still isn't amazing and I feel like I'm not getting enough spin so I'm gonna try tweaking a few things tomorrow and see if it helps.

[aispina]

Great video very clear and complete. You might want to show a backhand throw at the start of the video just to prime your audience on what you're working towards. Besides that, you did a great job breaking the mechanics down into parts.

[timbochung]

Yup, checked out the huck vid as well. Good vid, nice technique. Again, was just wondering about the follow through and how that works with a mark.  Perhaps this could be the topic of another vid? How to deal with the agro mark...

[brodiesmith21]

@timbochung def...i actually love it when the mark is crazy...easy to break

[timbochung]

Thanks for the advice on the quick release. How about the follow through? Starting at around 4:46 - I'm seeing big follow throughs. During a game situation - do you usually have the room for this or do you modify your technique to make it more compact (more linear than arcing?)

[brodiesmith21]

@timbochung I def modify it sometimes. I try to stay with the arc because that movement really gets me that extra power. But sometimes I will have to change my follow thru so I don't knock someone out lol...have u checked my backhand huck video out yet?

[timbochung]

Great vid! Have you had any problems with the follow through hitting the mark? I get a bit paranoid about that and it really screws me up - especially if it is a tight mark.

[brodiesmith21]

@timbochung When you have a tight mark you want to practice on a quick release. The longer your windup and release the more likely the mark will mess with you and thus mess with your throw. Also you can work on pivoting to shift the mark to your right (breakside) which will give you more space to huck

[butor20077]

So when is the spiking video coming ?

[brodiesmith21]

@butor20077 If we can get more than 20 thumbs up I will show you my best spikes!

[brianthelion118]

you guys should do a lay out tutorial :)

[brodiesmith21]

@brianthelion118 DEF!!!

[vagons9]

Hi, great video tip on backhand throw, it really works!

And at the end of the video there is so many great moments and song too, maybe you can name that song??

[brodiesmith21]

@vagons9 Yea were working on a link for the song! Stay tuned

[TRCko83]

@vagons9

Fort Minor- Remember the name

watch?v=SeCft3Gr8ds

[MrDuifs]

Everybody has a different backhand grip so you can't say that like that finger needs to be there and that one here...

[brodiesmith21]

@MrDuifs Well I don't want anyone to think that this is the only way to play or throw or anything. I'm just trying to show what I do. And I have had some success with this grip.

[Apollys]

Hmmmmm interesting backhand grip, I'll have to play around with it...

[brodiesmith21]

@Apollys let me know how it goes for you

[butor20077]

Can you teach us how to spike the disc on ground ?

[brodiesmith21]

@butor20077 Florida Ultimate Already has that video out (Search Florida Ultimate Five Sponsorship). But if you are really curious how spike I can have a lot of fun filming that episode of Bro Tips.

[thebrend88]

You forgot the most important part of throwing a backhand: having a tall, fast person who can jump high there to catch it.

[brodiesmith21]

@thebrend88 Well that always helps!!!

[NeXxeR90]

What is the track in the end of the video?

[toddhelton]

more videos!!! give the people what they want!!

[brodiesmith21]

@toddhelton Were shooting 2 hours of video today!!! So let us know what you guys are wanting.

[ChanimalX10]

Gotta drop the highlight reel at the end. Good move.

[brodiesmith21]

@ChanimalX10 Just trying to show how the stuff we teach relates to in game play.

[timothyegilligan]

I think it might be helpful explaining why you hold the disc a certain way. Rather than just saying you should have the disc pressed against your hand for example, you can say something like, "you really wanna press the disc against your hand because you need to have a strong grip." just my 2¢

[brodiesmith21]

@timothyegilligan Thanks! This is a great suggestion. The only reason I don't go further in depth is because I'm trying to keep the videos from being to long. In the future we will be doing a lot more videos that are more in depth. So more specific things that we can really break down.

[timothyegilligan]

@brodiesmith21 Yeah I only say this because sometimes I think people learn better when they see why a certain technique doesn't work as well as what is the right way to do things. This is good work though. Keep it up

[exeterdisc]

would it be possible to make a video about getting a quicker release on your throws? my release is pretty slow and so i have trouble hitting a lot of break throws because i can't get my throw off before the mark can get across to stop the throw.

[brodiesmith21]

@exeterdisc are you talking about the backhand or forehand?

[exeterdisc]

@brodiesmith21 although both would be helpful, i think a quicker release on a flick is more important in games, because it opens up the IO lane (assuming a standard flick force).

[brodiesmith21]

@exeterdisc oh so your looking to throw an inside break?  Well having a quicker release all comes down to shortening the motion with out losing power. If you watch the teaser video for the forehand you can see that just by snapping your wrist with a limited arm motion the disc can still have a lot of power. I would say to work on just getting more snap in your wrist and reduce the size of your arm motion. If you could take video and post it back here I could take a look.

[WhyRobertRiegel]

travel

[clizzaster]

Good video, but I'm not a fan of your grip recommendation. The more pressure you can put on the inside rim of the disc, the more spin you can generate. Putting the middle finger towards the middle of the disc reduces spin and is not necessary for stability.

I'm not saying it's 100% wrong, but I would bet that most of the top throwers have their middle finger firmly against the inside rim of the disc.

[mrpalaviccini]

@clizzaster Not that I know which way is or isn't the best, but I'm pretty sure Brodie is one of "the top throwers".

[brodiesmith21]

@clizzaster Well like I said I'm just explaining everything on how I do things. If you don't agree you certainly don't have to do anything I say. However, I would say that this type of grip has served me well over the years and I have had a lot of success throwing backhands and generating a lot of spin. One thing to think about is that I am 6'4 and thus have decent size hands. So my fingers aren't going to match up perfectly with you. Thanks for the comment.

[clizzaster]

@brodiesmith21

You make a good point. Everyone has different hands, and what works for one person won't be optimal for another. I teach a lot of juniors to throw, sometimes they have to use some abnormal forehand grips just because their hands are so small.

[brodiesmith21]

@clizzaster Acutally for the forehand everyone should roughly have the same grip...the backhand can be a little different

[bslade86]

@clizzaster I hear you on this issue. Very small kids (e.g a 6 year old) may need to use a four fingered grip just to be able to support the frisbee. By the time they are in late elementary school, they should all be able to use a traditional grip. Aslong as they switch over to a two-finger grip when their hands get bigger, go with whatever works.

[bslade86]

@brodiesmith21 Were you taught that grip when you first started throwing or did it evolve over the years? (asking as someone who changed his BH grip several times before settling on a 'best' configuration)

[brodiesmith21]

@bslade86 I actually was taught to hold the disc tightly with all four fingers against the rim (this is how a lot of people teach the backhand grip). Over the years I evolved to the grip I have now. I really think its the best grip for power, spin, and keeping the disc accurate and having the control to throw inside out or outside in.

[colbrio1]

Thanks Brodie!!!! This video helped me A LOT. Even though I can already huck, it was the little things that really helped. Keep the videos coming!!!

[brodiesmith21]

@colbrio1 More videos to come. If you have anything you would like to see let us know.

[colbrio1]

@brodiesmith21 It would be nice to have a video about flick hucks.



[brodiesmith21]

@colbrio1 On the way. We are actually currently working on that. Nothing like throwing a 80 yard flick.

[steelerfan786]

do you have any tips on how to fix this problem that i have. i've been been playing ultimate for almost three years and recently have been working on my low release throws. my low release backhand IO's A LOT. is there a way i can fix that so i can throw flatter to in-cuts?

[brodiesmith21]

@steelerfan786 Hey.  It sounds like if your low release backhand is coming to IO that your grip might need to be tweaked just a little bit. We can make a video on low release passes that will certainly help fix your problem and you will be breaking the mark at will soon!!!!

[JOEMan9012]

If you would do a video for the most effective way to pull, I'm sure there are a lot of people who would greatly appreciate it. Please and thank you.

[brodiesmith21]

@JOEMan9012 Will def do that. Make sure you subscribe so you get all the videos when I post them.

[Vilageidiot13]

Florida Intramural Champions eh? Impressive.

[brodiesmith21]

@Vilageidiot13 obviously I know what I'm talking about lol.

[nikegolferxl]

This is easily the most helpful video on youtube. It should have way more views then some of the crappy hippy ones with 85,000. This is how to throw a backhand by a national champion and an athlete. Awesome video. So helpful. I've already taken the wobble out of my throw by practicing this.

@nikegolferxl you wouldnt mind helping an old friend out on how t