Everybody wants more distance, and almost everybody tries to get it by throwing harder. That's backwards. Distance in disc golf comes from a clean sequence — grip, reachback, and follow-through — not from muscling the arm.
Grip first. A firm power grip with the disc pressed into the crook of your fingers is what lets you build snap at the release. Too loose and the disc slips out early, wobbling and fading; too tense and you kill the wrist. Squeeze hard, but keep the wrist loose enough to crack like a whip.
Reachback sets the runway. Get the disc back behind your body on a flat, level plane — not up by your shoulder, not scooped low. A long, straight reachback gives you the room to accelerate smoothly into the pull. Short-arming the reachback is the single most common distance killer we see.
Follow-through is where it all pays off. Let the throw pull you around so your weight shifts fully onto the front foot and your arm finishes across your body. If you're stopping the arm at release, you're braking the disc. Throw through the shot, not at it — and film yourself, because your reachback is always shorter than it feels.