So I'll go ahead and give a noob story, with me as the noob!
I went out to throw for the first time with my friend. I've meant to try it before hand, but just never got the oppurtunity.
So he hands me a disc (I don't remember which one), and I just launch it. Didn't really think about, just took an Ultimate Throw-Off and hucked it like 250-300 (thank god it was an open hole...didn't go all that straight where I aimed ^_^ ). Both guys just kinda looked at me and were like "Holy crap dude, how'd you do that?" Well, they both play alot, but haven't got the knowledge of the intricate subtlties to really help me, much. Threw mostly bogies with a decent number of pars. Didn't know enough myself to ask questions, all I could do was try to make discs follow lines i wanted by throwing hyzers or anhyzers (as I found out later). So I end up getting some discs, and the Buzzz and Magnet were a good choice, but the Avenger SS probably wasn't. I think what happened was that he was seeing me throw so fast, that he immedietly gave me a disc to match, instead of getting me to slow down and try to develop finer control first. The first few drivers I ended up with were the Avenger SS, Groove, and Nuke. Yeah. So I spent the first month or so throwing discs that were way too fast for me.
I've since come here, and down graded discs. However, I don't have much time to go to local doubles matches or anything like that, so I've had to work on things mostly on my own. Trying to glean insights from here hasn't really helped a whole lot, as I don't really know what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong. I've got slower discs, but I'm struggling with how to get distance and not turnover my XL.
I'll go to the course, and if no one is behind me, I'll throw several discs per shot, to try to figure out what I should be doing...and it...works to a degree.
I was supposed to go play with a pro today, but work's gonna go late, so that's a bust, so hopefully he'll be free sometime later this week....
Moral of the story, have faith, there ARE noobs out there who want to learn. Sometimes they're just hard to find. (Anyone who plays in the Triangle, hit me up! I need help!!!
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