Pulling drives to the right

[Pat]

I have a field right by my back yard. There is a tree about 300 feet away that I aim for. On a good day, my putters will land about 30-40 feet short. (all I throw is wizards in my yard to minimize any potential damage from bad shots).

Now on a bad day, like I have been having, the drives will go about the same distance, except just track right. Im not monkeypawing (or so it seems) and I am not coming over top of them. They are going on a nice straight line except for the fact that I am missing my line and discs are going 60-70 right of where they normally land. If I were shooting down a tunnel, I would probably hit the 4th or 5th available on the right side. I am not aiming incorrectly and I can feel that something is wrong with my swing.

Can someone help me out or list some reasons this nonsense is happening?

[Apothecary]

you eating much OATmeal these days?

[Pat]

you eating much OATmeal these days?

thats what I thought, but I am throwing the exact same distance, just a lot right of my target.
I would think OAT would cause either longer drives or far shorter.

[Blake_T]

be willing to bet $5 that you're starting your active pull before your right foot hits the ground.

[Pat]

be willing to bet $5 that you're starting your active pull before your right foot hits the ground.

thanks, ill give it a shot tomorrow.

[JR]

Is your reach back to the left of the tee orientation and the release to the right of it? It doesn't help much if the body is moving toward the target if the arm is missing right. I've done this too often although not that much lately. Are you pulling the disc far off the chest with the Blake implied acceleration issues and grip locking? Early acceleration may cause that.

[Blake_T]

there are other factors that can lead to a right pull, but the majority of those also lead to distance loss.

an early pull is the only one that gives a significant right pull without power loss. in these cases discs fly "well" but are launched like 30-50 degrees to the right of the line you were aiming for.

[Pat]

there are other factors that can lead to a right pull, but the majority of those also lead to distance loss.

an early pull is the only one that gives a significant right pull without power loss. in these cases discs fly "well" but are launched like 30-50 degrees to the right of the line you were aiming for.

Blake was right, I guess I was stepping a smidge late with my right foot.
thanks again

[fanter]

I'm very glad I saw this thread. The same thing has been happening to me the past couple days (except pulling to the left). I love this forum.

[aDave]

I think I'm suffering from early pull too.
Could it be masked somewhat by hyzer release? Or for that matter, amplified by annies?
I can nail lines with understable plastic flipped to flat, but challenge me to line drive that same tunnel with a putter and I'm hitting a tree every. single. time.
Not OAT I swear! It won't turn and burn, it will just go straight where I throw it which is 15°-20° to the right.
Currently I'm solidly at the 350' plateau FWIW.

[Blake_T]

Not OAT I swear! It won't turn and burn, it will just go straight where I throw it which is 15°-20° to the right.

it could be an early pull but i have a feeling it's most likely 1 of 2 things:
1 - a wide pull
2 - not getting your weight forward

[Blake_T]

Blake was right, I guess I was stepping a smidge late with my right foot.
thanks again

i'm glad it was an easy fix.

[mshelton]

there are other factors that can lead to a right pull, but the majority of those also lead to distance loss.

an early pull is the only one that gives a significant right pull without power loss. in these cases discs fly "well" but are launched like 30-50 degrees to the right of the line you were aiming for.

Blake was right, I guess I was stepping a smidge late with my right foot.
thanks again

Wanted to say thanks as well, this was one of my problems also.

[Wordgie]

there are other factors that can lead to a right pull, but the majority of those also lead to distance loss.

an early pull is the only one that gives a significant right pull without power loss. in these cases discs fly "well" but are launched like 30-50 degrees to the right of the line you were aiming for.

Blake was right, I guess I was stepping a smidge late with my right foot.
thanks again

Wanted to say thanks as well, this was one of my problems also.

Yep, me as well.

[CJ1998]

I was working on this very problem today. I didn't even mess with drivers, I was just throwing a stack of mids around a field. I was trying to envision a baseball player when he's taking his swing. Many professional baseball players will find that they will start their swing before the foot hits the ground. Some manage to correct it and start driving up the gaps for doubles and triples.

I was also trying to hone in on the plant and then the weight transfer. I found that exaggerating it too much leads to early releases and leftward flight lines. There's two things I look for in the flight when trying to address this issue (it will destroy rounds on tighter courses). One is "did I hit the line I inteded to hit?" and secondly "What did the disc do in flight?"

I felt pretty good about my progess, but once I reached for the drivers, all the bad habits came right back.