pauldst
Double Eagle Member
If I were going to hang out with one top Pro in order to learn, it would probably be Sexton. If I could play on a card with top pros, it would be Sexton, MJ, and Cam Todd.
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I only carry 2 OS discs, rest are under...noodle armer just trying to get some D
If I were going to hang out with one top Pro in order to learn, it would probably be Sexton. If I could play on a card with top pros, it would be Sexton, MJ, and Cam Todd.
I still don't understand why anybody bags anything but a Cheetah and an Aviar.
Because some of use have the decency to use the xd and a stingray.
I cycle discs. Usually have an understable version of each of my discs in my bag. Sometimes really beat ones.
The one condition where I think you need understable discs is when you are playing in the rain. I struggled with rainy conditions, specifically losing my grip. Someone suggested throwing understable discs at about 60% power... Holy smokes! A lot less grip issues, and the understable discs act more neutral at that power level. Play conservatively and try to hit fairways and make putts.
I thought it was great advice, and really helped me get over my fear of playing in the rain.
I tend to disc up or throw a more understable disc then I'd normally use to make up for the lack grip and snap in the rain.
Examples:
Stable distance driver instead of an overstable fairway
Understable control driver instead of a stable fairway
Understable mid instead of a stable putter drive
Do you carry any understable discs in your bag? If so, how many and why?
I'm interested to see how you guys use them.
McBeth's latest ITB shows he carries 7 Destroyers in varying levels of stability, overstable to understable. Those are his only distance drivers, that surprised me. Also, this is probably the most well done ITB ever, the tracer technology added to the throws is very cool and shows why he carries discs with different flight characteristcs:
https://youtu.be/C43xptOfEvs
Tight wooded hole with dense trees on both sides of a narrow fairway, you end up 125' away on the right edge just off the fairway. Fairway dog legs right to the basket. It's impossible to forehand (assuming RH player) because of dense trees to the right. The only line you have is RHBH that must hold the line all the way to the basket -- if it fades early you're in dense woods to the left.
That's one example where an understable putter is a must (I bag a Discraft Soft APX for this type of shot). Add some length and I'd use an Opto Fuse -- they both hold the line with essentially no fade.
Take the same scenario only flip it around so the dogleg is left and you're on the left side just off the fairway. No backhand possibility, so FH the understable putter or mid, depending on the length.
Without understable discs that hold the line all the way, you just can't get close to the basket -- add a stroke or more.
I saw that video, and agree that it was well made. I knew he only carried Destroyers as high speed drivers; what surprised me was he carries only two mid molds: Roc3 and Mako3.