Throwing a Frisbee, or any flying disc, is more fun when you can get height and distance with each attempt. Few things are as frustrating as being unable to get the disc to your partner when she is any appreciable distance away from you. Getting the basics right helps you throw far and with accuracy.
Instructions
1. Check your stance. Just as in throwing a football, a baseball, or a basketball, you need to be relatively secure in your footing, at least while learning the basic techniques. When you get more proficient and handling and throwing the Frisbee, then you can get height and distance from a variety of off-balance stances.
2. Grip the Frisbee for a basic throw, thumb on top, index finger along the ridge, with the other fingers curled under the ridge. Think of using your index finger as a true pointer: as you move your arm in the necessary arc to throw, let the Frisbee go when your index finger is pointing at the person to whom you are throwing.
3. Let the Frisbee go with a solid "snap," at about chest height, at an angle parallel to the ground. In low wind, this basic throw guarantees you maximum distance, as long as you have a good release at a flat angle.
4. Throw it from an underhand position to get more height and, possibly, more distance. Grip the Frisbee as described above, but start with it at your side, vertical to the ground on the same side as your throwing hand. Bring it up in an arc toward the center line of your body and let it go when you get it almost horizontal.
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