Dbuntu said:
New to the board and the sport. Been playing Ultimate for near a decade. Some friends took me out for DG a few weeks back and it's a really nice game.
I'm here in hopes of finding the right discs for me. I can put a 175 Ultrastar anywhere I want up to 300ish ft. LHBH or LHFH, but these golf discs don't fly the way I expect them to. I've tried stables,overs, and unders and they all fly about the same for me; that's to say hooking to the right in the end no matter how much left cut I put on the throw. Are there any drivers/mid-range that don't do this?
Then the exact opposite question: I sometimes find myself wanting to throw what we Ultimate folks call an inside-out where the release point has the disc angled towards the ground and flies in a consistent and smooth bank (if I'm throwing LHBH it banks out right). Every time I've tried throwing a golf disc this way it goes about 20 yards and nosedives to the ground. Are there any discs designed to be thrown with that kind of release?
I'd be grateful for any input into what type of discs I might want to try. Thanks.
Welcome to Disc golf.
Im a competitive Ultimate player and think I can help you out. You have to realize something when throwing golf discs, you arent throwing an ultrastar! These discs just dont throw the same, they want to cut inside out every time. In order to get an ultimate disc far you need to maximize spin on the disc; with a golf disc, you need to put more arm power behind the disc along with spin.
If your going to throw an inside out (the flightpath is called a hyzer in DG), you need to put the disc a lot higher, and put less of a downward angle on it.
To get distance you must learn to throw these with a lot of "outside in." Imagine you're being trapped on the right sideline on your own goal line in an ultimate game, you have a deep cut going from the stack towards the opposite endzone and you're on stall 8; the only way you can get him the disc is to reach out of bounds and throw a big outside in that will come back inbounds about 10 ft before the receiver catches it. You need to try to throw a disc golf driver this same way.
Another good way to learn how to shape your throws is to grab a midrange and play catch with a buddy 100-200 ft. apart. Try all of your different ultimate tosses and you'll learn how a golf disc wants to fly.
I really havent found a disc that flies that similarly to an ultrastar, to advance in DG you really just need to make these discs fly the way you want. Its tough to learn, but once you understand how they fly, its a ton of fun to figure out the different things you can do with golf discs. Also, you already have a huge advantage over a lot of DG'rs because of all the different types of throws you know how to toss from ultimate (scoobers work great for approach shots! They slide right upto the basket!)
See if your friends have an old super beat up driver they can lone you, something not super overstable, a beast, wraith, Valkyrie, orc, surge, or something of that sort. A beat up disc wont turn nearly as hard for you. If you're looking to buy a new disc I would recommend trying a light (165ish gram) stable-understable driver, something like a TD rush, valkyrie, river, or flow.
If none of this works, just start throwing thumbers on every hole... until your arm falls off.
I hope this incredibly long winded post helped you out, If you have any questions feel free to ask!
