Boss Man
Bogey Member
Since DG outing's have been sparce with the weather, I've been thinking a lot about my throws, discs and what all I keep in my bag over the winter. I've become increasingly conflicted about what method to use on throwing less distance (yea, I did say less). To start off, I typically throw a Teebird (speed 7) pretty much around 300' consistently. The problem I've noticed is several courses around me have holes that are significantly shorter and end up overthrowing. My dilemma is two parts (and is probably going to be self explanatory, but typing out helps all the same) but basically: for throws with less distance for shorter holes, is it better to simply pull back on my throwing power? or would it be more beneficial to consider a slower speed disc that is made for those mid-length holes.
Personally I see positives and negatives to both sides hence my indecision.
For throwing with less power: Makes sense, less power = less distance but when I try to throw with less power I feel like it messes with my throwing motion (which isn't anything spectacular and may be why) and leads to more inaccurate throws. Second, if I throw a disc that's meant for a higher speed throw at a speed less than it's design, its flight characteristics should change accordingly (less turn, quicker to start fading left [RHBH]) and could cause errant throws just the same.
For Lower speed discs it's almost the same scenario but in an opposite manner. Normal throwing speed/power (as if I was throwing a driver), doesn't mess up my motion. However, throwing a Gator (speed 5) or other mid-range speed disc with the same power as a Teebird makes me worry that the disc will again have altered flight characteristics (yes Gator's are stupid stable but if it's something more understable then....yikes). So there's my problem. Obvious answer is to learn to throw a slower speed disc without messing up my throwing motion (I did say this is probably a self-explanatory fix right?). So maybe a better question is how to throw slower/less power without messing up the throwing motion.
Sorry for the rant, wanted to get everything out there. 3 months is a long time to simply "think" about my game without putting it into practice.
Personally I see positives and negatives to both sides hence my indecision.
For throwing with less power: Makes sense, less power = less distance but when I try to throw with less power I feel like it messes with my throwing motion (which isn't anything spectacular and may be why) and leads to more inaccurate throws. Second, if I throw a disc that's meant for a higher speed throw at a speed less than it's design, its flight characteristics should change accordingly (less turn, quicker to start fading left [RHBH]) and could cause errant throws just the same.
For Lower speed discs it's almost the same scenario but in an opposite manner. Normal throwing speed/power (as if I was throwing a driver), doesn't mess up my motion. However, throwing a Gator (speed 5) or other mid-range speed disc with the same power as a Teebird makes me worry that the disc will again have altered flight characteristics (yes Gator's are stupid stable but if it's something more understable then....yikes). So there's my problem. Obvious answer is to learn to throw a slower speed disc without messing up my throwing motion (I did say this is probably a self-explanatory fix right?). So maybe a better question is how to throw slower/less power without messing up the throwing motion.
Sorry for the rant, wanted to get everything out there. 3 months is a long time to simply "think" about my game without putting it into practice.