How long did it take you to throw far?

[bfowler]

I'm wondering what the timeline and gaining distance is for your average players. Use your best/longest drives.

100 ft - 1 week
200 ft - 2 week
250 - 1 month
300 - 6-7 months

Presently at 8 months - 350 max once in a blue moon. I average about 300-320 with my D4 or Z Avenger.

I work on my snap drills and field practice and am wondering is distance something that grows at a steady pace or is it something that you got right away. Or maybe it was something that clicked one day and boom you jumped from 300 to 400. For me it seems to be a steady increase with a lot of 2 steps forward, 1 step back.

 

[Dan Ensor]

100' 20 hours
250' another 12 hours
350' another 30 hours
400' another 100 hours

That's not including time playing rounds; I'm not sure how accurate those numbers are.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

still can't, and I live with it.

 

[Dan Ensor]

still can't

This.

 

[sloppydisc]

You guys can't throw 100'? Gee, I suck and can do that. :|

 

[KniceZ]

Wait a minute Dan, in one post you say your throwing over 400'. Yet two posts later you say you can't throw far? What do you consider far? I'd be ecstatic with 400' since I'm stuck at 300'.

 

[spongey600]

its taken me 3-4 months of playing and field practice to get to where i am at. my farthest throw at a park has been 430' with a tern 175g. i am sure i can get a little father but hell the local course i play i started throwing a mid/ putter on 90% of the holes.

 

[Dan Ensor]

Wait a minute Dan, in one post you say your throwing over 400'. Yet two posts later you say you can't throw far? What do you consider far? I'd be ecstatic with 400' since I'm stuck at 300'.

530'

edit: golf distance

 

[jenb]

7+ years and still working on it.

I'll let you know.

 

[jenb]

Some of us just aren't born to throw far. Unfortunately for us, disc golf doesn't have a "failtard" position.

 

[jongoff09]

100 ft - 1st round
200 ft - 2nd or 3rd round
250 - 2 months
300 - 4-5 months
350 - 7-8 months
400 - 1.25 years (give or take a couple months)
450 - 2.25 years
500 - 3 years (can only confirm that I have done that twice on flat ground)

I think those are accurate, I don't really remember exactly. 8 months ago is when I finally hit the plateau and haven't gained any distance. I haven't been consistent since last fall, and my average has dropped to around 420' with distance drivers. I did win a club distance contest last month with a 460' throw where there was a defined landing area (i.e. OB on both sides). I didn't risk a distance line so I just threw a low golf line that sailed passed everyone's distance lines.

 

[Dan Ensor]

Some of us just aren't born to throw far.

Everyone can throw far. Paige Pierce threw 480' in a distance comp; you think I don't think she throws far?

 

[Martin Dewgarita]

I grew up tossing lids back and forth as far as possible. I could hit 350 the first time I picked up a driver (dx valk), it took a few months to hit 400, maybe a year for 450, I hit 500 a couple times after 2.5 years.

 

[Dan Ensor]

If you're ever mentally strong and physically spent, I highly recommend throwing discs.

 

[jeverett]

First time picking up a disc golf disc: ~250ft. (I played many years of Ultimate previously, though).

After buying faster and fairly understable plastic (a week): ~280ft.

After learning how to reach back (a couple months): ~340ft.

After switching from a 3-finger grip to a 4-finger stacked grip: ~360ft.

After working on keeping weight centered over my feet, working on a cleaner lever-arm pull-through and release, working on wrist flexion and hammer pound drills, and doing lots of field work (3 years): 400ft.

 

[discgolfkyle]

1 round-100 feet
1 week-200 feet
1 month-250 feet
2 months-300 feet
6 months-330 feet

That should be pretty accurate for me. I hope I haven't peaked yet.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

WARNING: Distances on the internet are closer than they appear.

 

[dmbrun2]

I hope my distance gets better, I felt something click today, got one or two out pretty damn far

 

[spongey600]

are you talking just distance or distance with accuracy(hte last one is the one you want to work on. i could throw 500'+ in a field not caring where it lands, but like my other post says 430' at huntington beach DGC hole 16

 

[Stankyjahnke]

I throw 700 ft in 7 years on a torn ACL tomahawk

More like 350 400 everyonce in awhile injuries keep holding up my progression