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Best cold weather sports gloves for disc golfing in the cold months?
- Thread starter Ermac010
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double down on this, and this included the -17 air temp and -31 windchill day last January
I do the same, but probably with a different team's logo.
I still keep gloves in the bag, but usually don't use them.
Yeah, last winter was as brutally cold as I can remember, but we still played every Sunday morning and I never wore gloves.
1Roy
Eagle Member
I rock a down vest that has big pockets. No gloves needed.
I would not recommend throwing with gloves on, although I have seen a couple of folks that can do this. I disc golfed in Minnesota and Iowa for 10 years playing in super cold and super snowy conditions. I also had circulation problems. Get big mittens with room inside also known as "Choppers" and put warmers in there. Once there is snow, bring along a small towel to dry your hand off before you put it back in the mitten. I think the quarterback sleeve could be better since you won't have to worry about dropping the mitten the ground or losing it. You could keep a towel in there as well.
Avoid playing with warm discs in the snow as warm discs will melt the snow and get wet. It is nearly impossible to remove that last bit of snow from the rim. Cold discs are less likely to pick up snow. Keep your discs in the trunk of your car (no heat) and set the bag outside as soon as you get to the park, so they can chill down.
More advice: while waiting for your turn to throw or putt, put your hand warmer on the cold disc right where your hand will be. This warms up that spot and sort of dries it off.
Better yet, I have found the cure for my cold hands: moving to Southern California. Works wonders and you never have to wear gloves, boots or shovel tee pads.
Avoid playing with warm discs in the snow as warm discs will melt the snow and get wet. It is nearly impossible to remove that last bit of snow from the rim. Cold discs are less likely to pick up snow. Keep your discs in the trunk of your car (no heat) and set the bag outside as soon as you get to the park, so they can chill down.
More advice: while waiting for your turn to throw or putt, put your hand warmer on the cold disc right where your hand will be. This warms up that spot and sort of dries it off.
Better yet, I have found the cure for my cold hands: moving to Southern California. Works wonders and you never have to wear gloves, boots or shovel tee pads.
knettles
Double Eagle Member
I would not recommend throwing with gloves on, although I have seen a couple of folks that can do this. I disc golfed in Minnesota and Iowa for 10 years playing in super cold and super snowy conditions. I also had circulation problems. Get big mittens with room inside also known as "Choppers" and put warmers in there. Once there is snow, bring along a small towel to dry your hand off before you put it back in the mitten. I think the quarterback sleeve could be better since you won't have to worry about dropping the mitten the ground or losing it. You could keep a towel in there as well.
Avoid playing with warm discs in the snow as warm discs will melt the snow and get wet. It is nearly impossible to remove that last bit of snow from the rim. Cold discs are less likely to pick up snow. Keep your discs in the trunk of your car (no heat) and set the bag outside as soon as you get to the park, so they can chill down.
More advice: while waiting for your turn to throw or putt, put your hand warmer on the cold disc right where your hand will be. This warms up that spot and sort of dries it off.
Better yet, I have found the cure for my cold hands: moving to Southern California. Works wonders and you never have to wear gloves, boots or shovel tee pads.
I hate you so much right now.
My aunt and uncle used to live in southern CA, and it was pretty amazing. Their house was 3 or 4 blocks from the beach, and I don't think they had heating or air conditioning. Simply because they didn't need it. The temps never got too cold, and the sea breeze kept their place cool enough during the summer.
DatRedDude
Eagle Member
:hfive:
Mine has a pocket in it just for hand warmers, i get made fun of a lot, but the same people who make fun ask me where i got it. It is awesome in extremely cold weather.
DatRedDude
Eagle Member
I have also found that once the numbness sets in, the pain of being so cold kind of goes away.
rickles
Eagle Member
Choppers and handwarmers work great, i've also found that if i do some light jogging it gets the blood flowing and warms me up. If i've got my head on straight I do it before the round, otherwise i'm at least 5 holes in before the brisk walking warms me up...including my hands, i've had it where i don't need gloves/handwarmer and just use pockets in between throws because of the warm up and proper warm layers. Might bust out the ski goggles this year so i can see on windy/snowy days. :\
jrawk
* Ace Member *
All weather shooting gloves work well. Still need a handwarmer in your pocket. http://www.amazon.com/Hatch-Special...id=1415128611&sr=8-1&keywords=shooting+gloves
Hampstead
* Ace Member *
I carry a mitten to wear when I'm not throwing, but have no intention of throwing with gloves on. That just seems kind of weird to me.
DatRedDude
Eagle Member
I have seen 2 guys that threw with gloves on. One was all the time, some batting gloves, never understood it he played rec. He plays Int now and doesn't have gloves. The other i have no idea why and didn't bother to ask but he struggled. It wasn't the gloves.
agibson
Eagle Member
What was the argument? The grips were making your fingers a little longer? Seems pretty weak.
agibson
Eagle Member
I first saw gloves in use by a Rec player in Peru, IN - wonder if it was he same guy. He said he started wearing the batting gloves in the winter, but liked them and kept it up.
I played a couple of winters in northern Indiana with no glove on while throwing, but often with ski gloves on between throws. I found it a bit painful to take it on and off, and still wasn't universally enough to keep my hand fully functioning. Keeping the core warm (e.g. more clothes or moving faster) definitely helps, but I don't particularly want to be sweating in my winter clothes, so it's difficult to get the balance right.
In colder weather I've often found that when my hands start to get numb my grip just gets weird. Not that the disc slips out exactly, but that the disc feels strange in my hand, and my hand position ends up evolving in strange, often negative, ways because of it.
Last year a few times I did throw with a batting glove on my disc hand. On some days it was enough to keep my hand warm, and maybe helped a bit with a snow-wet disc, as well. I only tried it for a few rounds, not enough data to draw a firm conclusion perhaps. But, it seemed to have some positive aspects. On really cold days the batting glove itself wasn't enough, and it was again awkward how to handle the situation. Trying to cram it into a ski glove _with_ the batting glove was awkward at best. Taking the batting glove off after every throw seems way too cumbersome. Maybe I could buy an oversize glove or something.
I cringe at adding disposables (e.g. hand warmers of some sort) to my game. But, I don't have a perfect solution for the cold.
Interesting to hear that Ultimate players are wearing gloves now.
Whoever asked you to remove them was on a power trip and dead wrong.
The rule specifically exempts gloves from being an illegal artificial device. In specifying that gloves are legal, it doesn't say that only certain types of gloves are allowable. It simply says gloves. That means all types of gloves are allowable, doesn't matter if they have grippies or not.
Feel free to wear them this winter and if anyone tells you otherwise, tell them to get lost.
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I guess it wasn't a specfic request to remove my gloves, it was a competitor comment that grippy gloves are illegal when he saw the grip of my gloves. I had never read the rules at that point so i figured i should remove them.
now when i read the rules it says (gloves) are exempt if they are to control abrasion to the skin. if the gloves are to keep your hands warm, i don't believe they are exempt. Therefore if they are grippy then they may qualify as an artificial device that may directly assist in making a throw.
