A simple shuffle, where you get in the power position and then advance quickly, a short hop toward the toeboard....that's where I'm at, personally.

I'm pretty convinced that developing a good spin needs a good coach, and frequent contact with that coach. I think that I will do nothing but screw myself up if I try it on my own. If I had Ryan down the road and could see him for an hour every other week, I might go for it, but I don't. I'm pretty much on my own here, and I have to make the most of the few coaching contacts I get. ONE afternoon with Mike Macellari, and religiously practicing the toeboard workouts in that video has taken me from a 27 foot stone thrower to inches from 30 feet, in 6 weeks. I have to make every single coaching contact I get *count*

Ditto for the help I got from Josh Grace on hammer and LWFD. By incorporating what I learned from Josh in ONE afternoon, plus internalizing the implications of ONE comment from Dennis Morrison (one of the 50+ guys I throw against) I've gone from a 38-39 foot LWFD thrower to a PR of 44' 8", and regularly going over 45, nearly 46 in practice.

Since I don't have constant coaching, I have to PAY ATTENTION at every coaching contact point I get, and maximize what I get out of it. BTW, I'm liking Ryan's "360 drills" for LWFD and I think I'm going to do those. The first-turn release drill...already do that. I can't do the line drills, my right knee won't stand for it. I've tried.

I try to find something simple and do it well, before getting fancy and screwing it up. KISS. That's my philosophy.

Besides, you have to do a standing throw for the Braemar, so it carries over. But if you have access to Ryan, say every other week, then go for it.