Predict the next innovation!

[DanJon]

i want a tiny little chip or something that i can tape to my disc during the winter that makes a very high pitched noise so as to find it in the snow.

 

[ChrisKramer]

i want a tiny little chip or something that i can tape to my disc during the winter that makes a very high pitched noise so as to find it in the snow.

Take that idea a step further. The chirper is activated by pressing a button on a key fob. Could also hep locate discs in deep shule.

 

[mshelton]

A mini, pipe, coozie, bottle opener all in one.

 

[basketcase15]

Ty, maybe can get my memoirs published on this site......... A million little fibers

the real microfiber stories - confessions of an american towel

 

[Nimi]

i want a tiny little chip or something that i can tape to my disc during the winter that makes a very high pitched noise so as to find it in the snow.

Seriously, why is this not already available? The only reason why i don't play at winter/night-time(which starts at like 3pm at the worst time of year) is because i can't find my discs!

This kind of a thing would be awesome.

 

[basketcase15]

not waterproof tho

 

[jtreadwell]

This and smaller baskets. A 30 foot putt should not be a gimmie.

30ft. putts are gimmes now? Jeez I missed the memo but I'm feelin' like tomorrow's game is gonna be fantastic!

 

[jtreadwell]

Any of your predictions happening yet?

It's been 7 months since the last post on this thread so I'm reviving it to see if anyone was right. New predictions are welcome of course, as well as anything in the works that was discussed before.

 

[Hampstead]

A GPS chip in yr disc with an app for finding it.

 

[jenb]

Since airbubbles are allowed in rims, why not a circular passage for receiving a glow necklace ring thingy?

 

[Rol6566]

Since airbubbles are allowed in rims, why not a circular passage for receiving a glow necklace ring thingy?

The groove/monarch??

 

[Steve West]

This and smaller baskets. A 30 foot putt should not be a gimmie.

The baskets are the right size, the problem is those enabler chains that let anyone who can throw hard and straight get undeserved credit for being able to "putt" when all they are doing is target shooting.

Disc golf would be more fun and interesting as a 3-dimensional game (up/down, right/left plus speed control) with flying discs (that need to land gently) instead of ballistic discs.

I'll just sit back now and watch that great idea take hold with no objection whatsoever.

 

[Martin Dewgarita]

Portable tee pads. A relatively thin carbon fiber frame on a hinge with a handle, fold it in half, carry it to the next sketchy tee area, open it up, fold it out, it forms to the ground with it's heavy duty memory foam material, lays flat with a grippy textured surface facing up. Everybody uses it to tee off, fold it up, carry it to the next tee. Buy a set of 9/18, useful for temp courses and tournaments on courses with poor tees.

 

[jenb]

Smart discs with speech recognition, that respond when you yell "fade," "sit," or "skip."

 

[the_pwnerator]

On a side note...I cant believe some of you think that the baskets are too big or are to easy to make it in. I've had so many discs spit out even with perfect sweet spot throws....

 

[Huk Finn]

I think World Cup soccer nets are too big.

 

[Lewis]

My opinion is that 99% of spit-outs are caused by the disc hitting the chains too hard. See Steve West's post above.

As for World Cup soccer nets, my opinion is that the game is too dominated by defense at the professional level. The best way to improve the sport, outside of eliminating the "offsides" rule, would be to make the goals bigger.

 

[JeCroisQue]

My opinion is that 99% of spit-outs are caused by the disc hitting the chains too hard. See Steve West's post above.

As for World Cup soccer nets, my opinion is that the game is too dominated by defense at the professional level. The best way to improve the sport, outside of eliminating the "offsides" rule, would be to make the goals bigger.

I agree with the spit outs. It's not the targets, it's the putting style.

As for soccer, if you eliminate the offsides rule, it will destroy the flow of the game. Players will be standing by the net waiting for the ball. If there is no offsides, there will be far less break aways because defenders would just keep dropping back instead of trying to catch people offsides. You would have to institute something like Lacrosse where there is a set defense and offense and they can only have a certain amount of players go back and forth through the zones (sorry if this is wrong, I don't really know much about lacrosse). Which would ruin the beauty of the fluidity of the game. It has an ebb and flow, this would destroy that.

The excitement of soccer doesn't come from goals, it comes from watching great players do things you could only dream of. If you make the nets bigger, more will go in, but it won't make the quality of play any better, and ultimately won't make the quality of the product better. It might make it more interesting to an average person, but, Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and probably will be for a loooong long time coming. They don't need to alter the game for anybody. My 2 cents.


Edit: okay maybe they could add some official reviews on questionable plays. which is a whole other can of worms.

 

[Lewis]

I found an instructions sheet on the course today for a "helium filled disc" It had multiple warnings "do not play with hover disc outside or it might blow away"

I bet a hover disc has mad glide.

This is how Innova could get Blizzard plastic weights down under 100g. Betcha they'd be expensive, though.

 

[Lewis]

Edit: okay maybe they could add some official reviews on questionable plays. which is a whole other can of worms.

You'd have a lot more stoppage time at the end of matches, that's for sure.