grotto
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Not that anyone really cares, but I had a really good day playing and just felt like posting what it is I throw.
Thoughts or ideas welcome!
Vitals:
Years playing-5, but this is my third year serious. First two years I pretty much only played a pitch and putt with a DX Shark and a DX Wraith.
Throwing Style: RHBH, RHFH
Golf Distance (avg)
Putter - 250
Mids - 250-290 (Disc Dependent)
Fairway - 300-330
Distance - 350
Have hit 400ft a couple of times with a Tern, but the loss of accuracy and inconsistency has cost me more than the few extra feet, so to stop tempting myself, I sold it.
Optional:
Age: 54
Sex: M
6'2" - 200lbs and relatively fit and healthy.
Injuries/handicaps; Old right rotator-cuff injury, slight right knee problems.
This years improvements; Since last fall I took a few steps back and followed Garublador's "How to build a bag" thread with great results! I now know how to throw discs on many lines instead of relying on one disc for one line. I also spent a lot of time learned to throw forehand. I now can forehand every disc in my bag and I'm only 20-30 ft shorter than I am back-hand now, so there has been a lot of improvement this year.
I carry 14 discs in a Fade Crunch bag
Putters;
Putting - Yeti 176gr
Driving - Judge Fuzion 176gr
Mids;
Suspect - BioFuzion 175gr. Main BH/FH approach disc, flex woods mid. If I could only carry one mid, this would be it.
Truth - Lucid 177gr. My go-to mid, can be a little too long, but very predictable.
Mako - Star 180gr. Straight shots / powered down touch and annie shots.
Bard - VIP 175gr. Over-stable mid, not used much
Fairways
Gazelle - DX 175gr nicely seasoned. Love this disc, does everything a Leopard does, just better. Ready to break out a new one to cycle.
Teebird - Echo Star 171gr. Main fairway, very predictable.
Eagle "X" - Star 175gr. Main line shaping, FH and flex shot fairway.
Banshee - Star 175gr. My utility disc.
Drivers
Escape - Fuzion 175gr. Main Driver. Very consistent unless it's windy, but really not much further than my Teebird.
C-CD-2 - 175gr. My favorite FH driver. Maybe some overlap with the Escape, but it's a bit more stable and not as nose angle sensitive.
Roadrunner - Star 171gr. Big turnovers, hyzer-flips and I'm practicing rollers.
Orc - Star 175gr. My main control driver in the wind and another disc I forehand well.
That's pretty much what I carry day in and day out. If the wind is really up, I replace the Banshee with a FLX Predator, I can flex the snot out of this disc in the wind!
Other discs I do field work with and swap out at times depending on the course;
TL3 - G-star 171gr. Too warm out now for me to bag, as soon as it goes below 70 degrees though, it's my main fairway.
Viper - DX 177gr. I really like this disc, but it's not as stable as the numbers say.
Roc - DX -177gr.
Roc - KC pro - 177gr
Roc3 - Champion 174gr. No more stable than my Truth, but I have a harder time forehanding it.
Panther - Champion 175gr. Mako is taking it's place for now. We'll see. Love to Hyzer-flip it.
Comet - Big-Z and "X", both 177gr. Love throwing these but I can't power them down well without having early release problems so I don't bag them, but I'm working on it.
Leopard - Star and Pro, both 175gr. Like throwing them, but when I bag them, I never use them.
Teebird - Champion 175gr.
Teebird - G-Star 175gr.
FD - S-line 175gr. Like it, but don't trust the distance it gets at times.
Starfire "L" - Pro 171gr. First disc I really learned to drive forehand.
Inertia - Neutron 171gr. Love to hyzer-flip this disc, but it's blood red and for some reason I just can't find it in the fairway. Plan on using it in the winter though.
Wraith - Pro 170gr. Fun disc to throw, but I don't throw it any further than my Escape, so I know speed 9 is pretty much it for me as of now.
Love the game! Wish I would have discovered it years ago.
Played a round with a newbee today, gave a few pointers and gave him my old DX Teebird and a Prime Judge.
It was a good day.
Thoughts or ideas welcome!
Vitals:
Years playing-5, but this is my third year serious. First two years I pretty much only played a pitch and putt with a DX Shark and a DX Wraith.
Throwing Style: RHBH, RHFH
Golf Distance (avg)
Putter - 250
Mids - 250-290 (Disc Dependent)
Fairway - 300-330
Distance - 350
Have hit 400ft a couple of times with a Tern, but the loss of accuracy and inconsistency has cost me more than the few extra feet, so to stop tempting myself, I sold it.
Optional:
Age: 54
Sex: M
6'2" - 200lbs and relatively fit and healthy.
Injuries/handicaps; Old right rotator-cuff injury, slight right knee problems.
This years improvements; Since last fall I took a few steps back and followed Garublador's "How to build a bag" thread with great results! I now know how to throw discs on many lines instead of relying on one disc for one line. I also spent a lot of time learned to throw forehand. I now can forehand every disc in my bag and I'm only 20-30 ft shorter than I am back-hand now, so there has been a lot of improvement this year.
I carry 14 discs in a Fade Crunch bag
Putters;
Putting - Yeti 176gr
Driving - Judge Fuzion 176gr
Mids;
Suspect - BioFuzion 175gr. Main BH/FH approach disc, flex woods mid. If I could only carry one mid, this would be it.
Truth - Lucid 177gr. My go-to mid, can be a little too long, but very predictable.
Mako - Star 180gr. Straight shots / powered down touch and annie shots.
Bard - VIP 175gr. Over-stable mid, not used much
Fairways
Gazelle - DX 175gr nicely seasoned. Love this disc, does everything a Leopard does, just better. Ready to break out a new one to cycle.
Teebird - Echo Star 171gr. Main fairway, very predictable.
Eagle "X" - Star 175gr. Main line shaping, FH and flex shot fairway.
Banshee - Star 175gr. My utility disc.
Drivers
Escape - Fuzion 175gr. Main Driver. Very consistent unless it's windy, but really not much further than my Teebird.
C-CD-2 - 175gr. My favorite FH driver. Maybe some overlap with the Escape, but it's a bit more stable and not as nose angle sensitive.
Roadrunner - Star 171gr. Big turnovers, hyzer-flips and I'm practicing rollers.
Orc - Star 175gr. My main control driver in the wind and another disc I forehand well.
That's pretty much what I carry day in and day out. If the wind is really up, I replace the Banshee with a FLX Predator, I can flex the snot out of this disc in the wind!
Other discs I do field work with and swap out at times depending on the course;
TL3 - G-star 171gr. Too warm out now for me to bag, as soon as it goes below 70 degrees though, it's my main fairway.
Viper - DX 177gr. I really like this disc, but it's not as stable as the numbers say.
Roc - DX -177gr.
Roc - KC pro - 177gr
Roc3 - Champion 174gr. No more stable than my Truth, but I have a harder time forehanding it.
Panther - Champion 175gr. Mako is taking it's place for now. We'll see. Love to Hyzer-flip it.
Comet - Big-Z and "X", both 177gr. Love throwing these but I can't power them down well without having early release problems so I don't bag them, but I'm working on it.
Leopard - Star and Pro, both 175gr. Like throwing them, but when I bag them, I never use them.
Teebird - Champion 175gr.
Teebird - G-Star 175gr.
FD - S-line 175gr. Like it, but don't trust the distance it gets at times.
Starfire "L" - Pro 171gr. First disc I really learned to drive forehand.
Inertia - Neutron 171gr. Love to hyzer-flip this disc, but it's blood red and for some reason I just can't find it in the fairway. Plan on using it in the winter though.
Wraith - Pro 170gr. Fun disc to throw, but I don't throw it any further than my Escape, so I know speed 9 is pretty much it for me as of now.
Love the game! Wish I would have discovered it years ago.
Played a round with a newbee today, gave a few pointers and gave him my old DX Teebird and a Prime Judge.
It was a good day.
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