If you throw only backhand, you have been in situations where you don’t have a shot because of an obstacle in the way, or you can’t make the disc turn the way you need it to turn to get to the basket. Not knowing how to effectively throw forehand is costing you strokes because you are severely limiting your options.
Blue Ribbon Pines, Becker, Bryant Lake and Kaposia in the Twin Cities are some great examples of where you can get into trouble in the woods. When you get into the woods and on the edges of woods many times a forehand is the only shot you have other than tossing the disc out into the fairway.
The consensus of most of the stronger players is you need to have the pad of your finger on the inside rim of the disc. 2009 Disc Golf world champion Avery Jenkins uses a version where you put your middle finger pad on the rim and the index finger tip on the rim behind the middle finger to hold the disc against your hand. Other popular grips are with the pad of both finger on the rim, or the middle finger on top of index finger.
For most people it works best to keep your elbow in close to your body as you bring the disc forward, and snap your wrist as you release. As you release the disc it is very important that you follow through with the palm of your hand facing the sky. The tendency when learning is to roll your wrist over as you come through causing the disc to turn over and killing your flight.
Learn to throw the forehand standing still or with one step until you get the technique down. Once you have the confidence that you know how it works, you can start working with a run up.
The variations of how you can use the forehand are as numerous as the backhand. Because you are spinning the disc the opposite direction of a backhand throw, the forehand will fly the opposite of a backhand and fill in most of the needed shots that are missing when you throw backhand only.
Learning to throw forehand will effectively double the options that you have in every situation to make the best shot, and to get you out of trouble without wasting a stroke.
Good tips from pro's on forehand
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