Five club cascade tips.

The Void - 2026-07-14 19:44:32 UTC #

Five club cascade tips.

I thought I'd start a thread, because I was asked in another one. Feel free to add your own tips. There may well be other older threads, and there's probably good stuff in the Internet Archive's backup of the IJDb compendium, but here we go...

Before each run, make sure your feet are parallel, and your shoulders and hips are all in the same parallel. (No twists in your body.) Stand up straight. If your shoulders are raised or tense, lower them.
Breathe out as you release your first throw. Breathe in again after 10 catches. Start again at catch 20, repeat.

Have at least 3 practise sessions a week. Preferably more. Stop if you're getting tired. Finish each session with a clean run. (Even if you have to drop back to just a flash.)
(I often used to start a practise session with a single short run of 522 with 3 clubs, with the twos in motion as though I was throwing them. (Fakes.) It looks silly, but it gets you used to throwing doubles in the right place, with the right arm motion timing .)
Make sure your first five throws are in an even rhythm.

For each catch, make sure your first movement of your hand is DOWNwards. This will help to increase dwell time - the time spent holding the club between each throw. This means you are more in control of the next throw, as you are in control of the path of the club for longer.
Remember to breathe.

Try to keep your elbows tucked in to your sides.
Observe where your throws are going (...wrong?). Is your left hand throwing too far forwards? Wide? Low? (Try to) correct that in your next run.

Are the clubs going up in the right path? (For me, my pattern was best when the clubs went up directly in front of the opposite eye. YMMV.) Are both sides the same?
Think about your hands' position/angle when throwing. (e.g. I tried to have my palms facing upwards on each release.) Are they both the same? They should be.

There are lots of minor points to remember, and it's *really* hard to remember all of them all of the time. The more you practise, the more some of them will start to become muscle-memories. If you feel like you've had a few bad runs, or a bad session, stop and breathe, and run through all the things on your check-list. Has one of them dropped out of your mind? Pick it up.

Good luck, and remember to breathe.

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