calling all disc golfers.....

[Fauxsho]

I started out with a used Star Orc and took it from there. It was my driver, my midrange, and my putter. By default I throw LHBH, but after a while I started getting comfortable with forearm and thumbers on certain holes.

I agree 100% with NordeastBrewer77 about working on different types of throws and playing as much as you possibly can. You will get better. It will take your game to the next level and it will make your experience out on the course that much more enjoyable.

 

[Fauxsho]

Got lucky on #9 at Idlewild with a putter throw.

 

[Fauxsho]

Nice lie!

 

[Fauxsho]

Banklick Woods Park, KY

 

[Fauxsho]

Nice Lie!

 

[moscoeb]

Went to the store and got two sets of discs. Leopard, Shark, Aviary.

Those are good starters, you will be happy about them. Learn the difference in under stable and over stable so you can decide what discs to add to you collection as time goes on. And your throw will improve making a more stable disc less stable as you get better.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Went to the store and got two sets of discs. Leopard, Shark, Aviary.

Good choices! I'm don't throw many Innova Discs, but I'm a big fan of the Avair. I also threw a Champion Leopard for years, and really liked it. I'm much more partial to Discraft, but there's some Innova discs out there that can't be beat, I really like their Millennium line of discs and use my Omega putter and Aurora MS middy quite a bit.
I was thinking about some good basics for a beginner to keep in mind and came up with a few. First off, work on control and accuracy. Discs will fly far if you throw them right, and IME a disc thrown softly but in a controlled manner will fly farther that one that's thrown extremely hard but without regard for stable flight. Keep your bodyweight balanced as you wind up and throw, and be sure to release the disc on a level plane and with a good amount of spin. This allows the disc to do the bulk of the work for you. Arm speed and strength is secondary, and will only be beneficial if you have good control of your throws.
Second, pay close attention to the natural 'fade' of your throws (the way the disc tails to the side at the end of flight). When you've developed consistent throwing mechanics, the fade will be consistent as well and you can choose your throws, or even your disc stability to take your fade into consideration. I.E., For me as a lefty forehand thrower, a '0' stable disc will fly straight and then fade hard to the left. If I throw a slightly over stable disc, say +.5 to +1.5, it's flight path will 'turn' the disc slightly to the right before it fades back left. The exact opposite happens if I throw backhand, so an under stable disc will 'turn' before fading back to center. When it comes to disc stability, 'turn' and 'fade', lefty forehand = righty backhand and vis versa. Last, as we always say in brewing, K.I.S.S.!!! Throw discs and courses that you're familiar with and throw them often. Make everything become's second nature. It's just like ball golf in that respect, you want the same result every time you make the same throw with the same disc. This will help a whole lot when you're choosing new discs and when playing new courses. :rockin:

 

[509inc]

Just got back from playing our first round. Was very windy out there. The girl and I had a great time together. The park is in the ghetto so we couldn't tell which basket was which due to graffiti and no maps but we made the best of it.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

So, I'm going to bump this thread with my latest disc golfing (sort of) story. I've spend the last fews weeks not golfing due to the strangest broken bone I've ever had. I'm predominantly a forehand thrower off the tee, and my follow through has me dragging my left toes as I release my disc. During one of these throws my foot caught on a hole on an asphalt pad, and my left big toe broke, bad (the throw was good, ~280' straight out to the middle of the fairway). The joys of getting older, eh! I actually didn't notice it until I'd finished the round (it happened on the 9th tee), but as soon as my shoes came off I could see how crooked my toe was. It was so swollen that I couldn't get it to pop back in place for a week, or when I could it'd pop right back out. but the other day I was taking my grandfather to a doctor's app't and when I was helping him get his power chair back into the van, it snapped back into place for good.... whatta f'n relief....
Anyhow, after testing it out in a game of hacky sack with my boys last night, I'm planning on getting back out to play sometime this week..... finally! :rocking:

Just thought I'd share in my discovery of how to actually break a bone huckin' discs. Anyone else had a flukey injury happen on the course?

 

[moscoeb]

So, I'm going to bump this thread with my latest disc golfing (sort of) story. I've spend the last fews weeks not golfing due to the strangest broken bone I've ever had. I'm predominantly a forehand thrower off the tee, and my follow through has me dragging my left toes as I release my disc. During one of these throws my foot caught on a hole on an asphalt pad, and my left big toe broke, bad (the throw was good, ~280' straight out to the middle of the fairway). The joys of getting older, eh! I actually didn't notice it until I'd finished the round (it happened on the 9th tee), but as soon as my shoes came off I could see how crooked my toe was. It was so swollen that I couldn't get it to pop back in place for a week, or when I could it'd pop right back out. but the other day I was taking my grandfather to a doctor's app't and when I was helping him get his power chair back into the van, it snapped back into place for good.... whatta f'n relief....
Anyhow, after testing it out in a game of hacky sack with my boys last night, I'm planning on getting back out to play sometime this week..... finally! :rocking:

Just thought I'd share in my discovery of how to actually break a bone huckin' discs. Anyone else had a flukey injury happen on the course?

Wow! I bet that sucked!!
I've seen some people throw and hit a tree with their hand hard enough I thought for sure it was broke, but never seen anything other than some sprained ankles.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Wow! I bet that sucked!!
I've seen some people throw and hit a tree with their hand hard enough I thought for sure it was broke, but never seen anything other than some sprained ankles.

Yeah, a buddy of mine broke his finger like that a few years ago, cracked it on the hole number sign on his follow through.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

So I've been back out and playing for the last ~month or so and have really been throwing well. I think the time off may have helped get my head out of the game and has helped my throwing mechanics a lot. I'm back to the nice, compact forehand I was throwing last year, maybe ~300 ft of the tee. I played Kaposia Park the other day and threw +1, which is amazing on that course, it's one of the longest I've ever played. I'll be playing Ham Lake DGC tomorrow, a course I usually hover around par on and am fairly familiar with. I'm exited to see if I can have a solid, under par round. I'd like to play in a few amateur tourneys this summer, but the way I started this year out, I didn't think my game was there. After playing Kap for the first time in a year on Thurs., my game my be coming around! :rockin:

 

[Zuljin]

Anyone playing in the heat? I'm determined to throw some this week.

 

[ytsejam]

Hi!
I suck at disc golf but it is fun!

There's an awesome new course in my town now!

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=5506&mode=ci


Anyone else do any disc dyeing?

Here's a few of my first attempts:

 

[ytsejam]

Oh, my distance and drives suck. Or, actually I have none.
I can hold a decent short game though.
I recently got turned onto MVP plastic.
I LOVE my anodes! ($ one above)

I am a big glow golf guy, used to work 2nd shift and practice around neighborhood late with my portable basket.
I have lots of glow champ plastic, yum!

 

[moscoeb]

Never seen home dyed discs, kinda cool

We used to take bobber lights and tape them to the center of the translucent discs and play night golf. It's a blast!

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Anyone playing in the heat? I'm determined to throw some this week.

Yeah, I've been making it out here and there. We've actually had a good amount of rain over the last week, so it's gotten insanely muggy, but ya still gotta get out.
Went out and played a round yesterday, +1 due to a horrible tee shot on a ~685 ft par 5; tee shot went right in the creek beside the fairway, recovered the disc, but not the hole, took me 7 to get in on that one. A birdie after nearly hitting chains off the tee a few holes later redeemed my score a bit.

We used to take bobber lights and tape them to the center of the translucent discs and play night golf. It's a blast!

That's what I do too. I have a glow midrange, but it doesn't stay glowing long enough for a whole round. Bobber lights or glow stick necklaces work really well.

I dig the home dyed discs, I've seen a few clubs that do that to their's, pretty cool.

 

[ytsejam]

I keep a UV blacklight LED flashlight in my bag.
Charging up the glow discs only takes a few seconds and they will glow long enough for me to get to it for next throw.
I have a few of MVP's eclipse glow discs where only the rim glows.
That stuff glows a lot brighter and longer than Innova glow champ.

 

[ytsejam]

I gave a few discs to a friend earlier.
I had a DX Kite 166g that always flipped on me and I also gave her a DX Cobra 150g (I have 2) and a 173 factory misprint MVP medium Ion.
She's a chick and hopefully her chick arm doesn't turn em over as much as my "man arm".
Just got a glow champ cobra.
Yep, that's right an Innova Cobra in GLOW Champion plastic! (~166g)
My DX cobras were pretty touchy from sweet hyzer flip to bad turnover.
Glow champ is more stable, I CAN hyzer flip it, but it only seems to turn over with wrist roll/bad form.

I have a hard time believing that far more experienced players than I aren't even familiar with custom dyed discs.
I have materials and contacts for some of the more precise work, and lots of glow champ plastic with the stamps rubbed off. :rockin:

I will be happy to show off my work.

(who can tell me what the logo is on my 1st pic, the purple marbled one? just for bonus points)

edit: anyone else throw MVP plastic?
I have 1 each of their 2 mids and several each of their 2 putters.
Haven't thrown the mids much yet but I love the Anode P & A. It is dead straight/mini S curve on a string on my forehand to I'd say 150'. I'm quickly becoming an MVP fanboy. Great discs with awesome glow and I can find unstamped discs for dyeing!

 

[Zuljin]

No MVP, yet.

Run up or standstill? I do a one step at most.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Run up or standstill? I do a one step at most.

Depends. On the tee, my forehand has a long, 3 stride walkup and my backhand is a little, almost backward 2 step shuffle. On the fairway, I tone it back to a gentle one step, maybe 2 with a long forehand. Up close I'm almost exclusively backhand, flat(ish) foot except for the occasional short, anny shot (forehand flatfoot).
I haven't tried the MVP plastic. I mostly throw Discraft, Z or ESP plastic, some FLX and X too. I have one Ching disc, one Latitude 64, two QuestAT and two Millennium (Innova). Discraft's have always served my game well.

 

[ytsejam]

No MVP, yet.

Run up or standstill? I do a one step at most.

I am usually still.
Sometimes I I do a step or step and a half on FH shots and something similar to what Nordeast said for BH, kind of a 2 step. right foot, left foot goes backwards a bit, then right comes back down to plant on weight shift. (RHBH)
My game is limitied by the fact that my FH is left handed so I get really simialr flight as backhand. Lately I have been more consistent with FH. Ratio of good to okay to bad to "!^^%^%@!!" throws is worse on my backhand.

 

[Zuljin]

I'm mainly RHBH. I'll do RHFH for up close, tight mandos since my RHBH goes right quite a bit, right from the release. Even if I aim my body more left to compensate, somehow the disc still arcs right more than intended.

LHBH has gotten me through those mandos a few times, but it's a 50/50 chance. I tend to snap my wrist way left and release too late throwing that way.

What helped me bring in my RHBH a good bit is "let it rip". Feel for when the disc is about to rip out of my hand and let it. Saves me from a lot of RHBH late releases that go near 90 degrees from intended.

 

[SenorPepe]

I like the X-step. Gets me moving in the right direction and I have gotten much better torque from my core since I started. I've also gotten better generally so I don't know...

 

[ytsejam]

X step is good but my form isn't solid enough in the rest of my throw to use it reliably yet.
This summer sucks, I have been throwing far less than I would like due to the heat.
I wouldn't mind so much but I work in the heat all day, I like to be cooler when I'm not at work. I have a fan at work but generally don't want wind on the course.
I worked 2nd shift last summer so I got lots of glow and throw in in the cool hours of 12-5am.

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

I am usually still.
Sometimes I I do a step or step and a half on FH shots and something similar to what Nordeast said for BH, kind of a 2 step. right foot, left foot goes backwards a bit, then right comes back down to plant on weight shift. (RHBH)
My game is limitied by the fact that my FH is left handed so I get really simialr flight as backhand. Lately I have been more consistent with FH. Ratio of good to okay to bad to "!^^%^%@!!" throws is worse on my backhand.

I'm mainly RHBH. I'll do RHFH for up close, tight mandos since my RHBH goes right quite a bit, right from the release. Even if I aim my body more left to compensate, somehow the disc still arcs right more than intended.

LHBH has gotten me through those mandos a few times, but it's a 50/50 chance. I tend to snap my wrist way left and release too late throwing that way.

What helped me bring in my RHBH a good bit is "let it rip". Feel for when the disc is about to rip out of my hand and let it. Saves me from a lot of RHBH late releases that go near 90 degrees from intended.

Awesome to see a couple other ambidextrous throwers. I'm mainly LHFH, then LHBH, but will use a RHBH shot fairly often in the right sitchyshun. A lot of times it's easier to throw a hard left mando right handed than it is to try to tone back my FH shot or throw a hard anny LHBH. I put righty a lot as well.

I like the X-step. Gets me moving in the right direction and I have gotten much better torque from my core since I started. I've also gotten better generally so I don't know...

I've played around with that cross step some. I'm still working on having a step up with a BH shot, it's something I started last fall, so sometimes it throws me off. I have noticed though, when I do get it right, that I get a lot more torque on my throws.

 

[davekippen]

Off the tee, the x step is the way to go. I've been Disc Golfing for nearly 20 years (competitivly the last 15 years) and the best power and control comes from a solid x step. It does take a while to learn and develop the right rythm, but I would encourage everyone to work at it!

May your discs fly straight and true

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

Off the tee, the x step is the way to go. I've been Disc Golfing for nearly 20 years (competitivly the last 15 years) and the best power and control comes from a solid x step. It does take a while to learn and develop the right rythm, but I would encourage everyone to work at it!

May your discs fly straight and true

Sweet. I gotta ask, since you have the experience, is it just a matter of repeating the 'x' step to get it down, or is there a way to do it that is fool proof? When I get it right, the 'x' step up definitely adds distance and speed to my BH, but when it's off, it's WAY off.

 

[davekippen]

LOL. There are a few fundamentals, but really it is just practice, practice, practice. I always try and tell people to practice the x step at about 75% power until you are consistent, then crank it up to 85% and so on... It does have a lot of "moving pieces" LOL

Check this out? Its a decent video...

 

[NordeastBrewer77]

LOL. There are a few fundamentals, but really it is just practice, practice, practice. I always try and tell people to practice the x step at about 75% power until you are consistent, then crank it up to 85% and so on... It does have a lot of "moving pieces" LOL

Check this out? Its a decent video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGSukGYXlk

Thanks!! I figured it was just a matter of repeating it over and over. It's definitely working for me when I'm on, 2 years ago I'd have never thrown BH off a tee because I had zero distance. Now, I'm throwing more and more BH throws at longer distances. I think now it's just a matter of working out the timing of the final step/plant with my wrist and getting that consistent. :rockin: