Comments on: How to Throw a Thumber

By: Ultimate Rob – Learn how to play & teach ultimate frisbee – How to throw a thumber/squanto (video)

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:38:38 +0000

[...] article discussing the finer points of the thumber is available here: Throwing a Thumber AKPC_IDS += "377,";Popularity: 3% Posted by ultimaterob @ 30 December 2009 [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:11:19 +0000

i actually grip mine differently. it's similar to the Main Thumber Grip except it comes off the pointer finger some and also rests on the middle finger. almost like how one would grip money.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:19 +0000

i actually grip mine differently. it's similar to the Main Thumber Grip except it comes off the pointer finger some and also rests on the middle finger. almost like how one would grip money.

By: ultimaterob

ultimaterob — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:46:02 +0000

I think I've seen maybe 2 people throw a thumber in a tournament game…and that was only because they caught it in the thumber grip. Great point Jesse.

However, it's good to train all throws, whether indoors or outdoors. It helps by understanding how the disc moves in all conditions and will help you as a receiver in reading the disc, but for 98% of throws, forehand and backhand will do just fine.

By: Jesse Meijers

Jesse Meijers — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:07:44 +0000

Thumbers are very useful if you ever play indoor. As you state, it can be a very fast release, which is really helpful when you play indoors, where a fast release is very helpful.

If you focus on outdoor, I wouldn't train the thumber at all. As Rob states, the grip is different and this means you won't have it ready most of the time. So for that 1 in a million chance you need it, just holster it and throw to someone else with a throw you do know.

If you want to impress your non-ultimate-playing friends or innocent bystanders, this throw is cool to have in your toolkit

By: Darren Clark

Darren Clark — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:43:38 +0000

I use the split finger grip. I find I gain a lot of control and sacrifice very little elsewhere. Since you usually don't huck a thumber anyways I find it works best. I use it when I'm being forced backhand and I'm at league. I rarely bust it out a tourneys (though I threw one for a point this past weekend).

By: ultimaterob

ultimaterob — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:40:18 +0000

I've found the most important thing to remember is to throw the disc with it being quite vertical…this will give it the most spin and the most power and will help you develop a good throw

By: Ultimate Rob

Ultimate Rob — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:34:00 +0000

Oh right…that's still a secret alternative I'm working on

By: melissawitmer

melissawitmer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:11 +0000

hey, the grip picutures are very helpful. I think I've only tried one of the three and my thumber is not good. I'll definitely experiment with the other grips and see how it flies. thanks!

By: Jd LeJeune

Jd LeJeune — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:00 +0000

You didn't mention airbouncing the thumber…