For those who have never tried it, the release motion of the forehand is less like throwing a ball and more like snapping a towel. The idea behind the snap is to give the disc enough forward rotation that it establishes and maintains a high degree of stability in flight. In order for the disc to fly in smooth, controlled fashion, the force of the thrower's release has to be balanced with a corresponding amount of spin.To begin with, the thrower should concentrate on releasing the disc flat, so that the disc's path to the receiver is straight. With practice, the thrower can begin to make adjustments to the angle of release, so that the flight path of the disc angles in an arc away from and back to the receiver.

Additionally, as a thrower practices the point of release and the forward rotation of the spin, he or she should also remember to keep their arm away from their body as they release. The thrower's motion of release should not appear to be "from the hip," but rather the arm should be extended away from the torso in the way that a tennis player extends their arm to hit a forehand. The purpose of developing this habit is to train the thrower to throw while being marked by a defender.

As a thrower develops more advanced skills with the disc, they should concentrate also on developing "touch," so that the velocity of their throws is under their control. Consider that when a receiver is sprinting at the thrower at full speed, a throw traveling at top speed from the thrower's hand is harder to catch than one that has some touch on it.