{"id":193566,"date":"2026-06-03T12:33:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=193566"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:33:56","slug":"how-to-throw-a-frisbee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/skills\/how-to-throw-a-frisbee\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Throw a Frisbee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193755\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Throw-a-Frisbee-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Throw-a-Frisbee-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Throw-a-Frisbee-1-320x553.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Throw-a-Frisbee-1-640x1107.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The frisbee is one of the simplest pieces of recreational equipment ever invented. With just a plastic disc, a little open space, and someone to throw it with, you can inject a boring afternoon with an ample dose of fun. Successfully throwing a frisbee, however, isn\u2019t as obvious as it would seem. Most beginners try to muscle the disc through the air, only to watch it wobble, dive, or veer wildly off target.<\/p>\n<p>A good throw depends less on power and more on smooth mechanics. With the correct grip, arm motion, and wrist snap \u2014 as outlined above \u2014 anyone can make a frisbee fly fast and true. Once you learn the basics, getting it to your target, even just across the yard, becomes surprisingly satisfying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storytellersworkshop.com\"><em>Illustration by Ted Slampyak<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The frisbee is one of the simplest pieces of recreational equipment ever invented. With just a plastic disc, a little open space, and someone to throw it with, you can inject a boring afternoon with an ample dose of fun. Successfully throwing a frisbee, however, isn\u2019t as obvious as it would seem. Most beginners try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":193756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42259],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-193566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-skills"],"featured_image_urls":{"aom":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Throw-a-Frisbee-1-1-372x230.jpg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Throw-a-Frisbee-1-1-320x167.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193566"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=193566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}