We need to learn to hit our dog in stride with the disc, making the big leap (or the safe leap in my case with Leilani) all but inevitable.
Getting a dog to leap everytime means putting the disc in the right spot, at the right distance at the right time. That is not a terribly hard thing to do once you've figured out where and when that spot is. The problem is that most people never learn where that spot is, let alone when, and many people don't even know there's a spot.
Another thing that needs to happen with our game is that our dog must be able to drop a disc when asked. Whether it's at our feet, out there 20 yards away, or while standing on my back.
Getting a drop on the run is extremely important in building routines.
Directional Feeding is a drill that we use here at Pawsitive Vybe to teach our dogs how to drop discs on the run, away from us, and to give the handler an opportunity to learn how to compute and execute a proper lead time for the big leaping grab. Disc placement by the handler and disc management by the dog can be worked or learned at the same time.