Recent content by Serious-OLD

My friend who taught me to play used to bag a white Orbital that we called the paper plate. I never bothered bagging one because I'd just ask to borrow the paper plate on extremely rare occasions when I needed it. When I started playing more rounds on my own I bought one and its never left the...

Cannot confirm the fast break-in. I have first run Claymores and Truths that were my workhorse drivers off the tee in PNW woods doing work from 250-400 and they show less wear than premium I've had in my bag for 6 months. I collected up all the frost, elasto and fluid I could back in the day...

Was it a Moonshine Fluid Truth by any chance? I expected those to be nice and stable since Moonshine had a reputation for being more stable/overstable than other plastics, and that had been my experience with Fluid. But for w/e reason Fluid Moonshine was very understable for every mold I...

Fluid Truth is the closest Ive thrown to an Elasto Warship. Elasto is a flexible premium plastic. Very durable. Great for mids IMO. Old fluid / elasto / frost tended to be a bit more stable than VIP / Opto. New stuff seems to be more like K1 Soft. Stability does not seem reliably more...

Hmm.. one of the OLFs I thought was a 1.7 is embossed 1.6, so my sample size of 1.7s is 1. Maybe take my info with a grain of salt. Sorry for any disinfo. I'll take OLFs to field practice next time, but I thought the 1.6 and 1.7 I have were about the same as my 1.5s.

That actually makes sense. I'm not sure how Sheep got so hung up on disc speed instead of stability. Now we've got europeans trying to disc down into headwinds like thats a thing.

Thanks - that all makes sense and I understand your initial post better. Ya, I learned a lot of disc golf from BT Medium Pures! I have a lot of OS stuff in my bag, but what I throw off most tees is either the Praxis or a Truth (its actually a Verdict, but its a pretty US run. effectively its...

I hear you. I'm not throwing over a speed 3 on holes under 300, and 300-380 is speed 5 as long as its straight. I throw mids so much you'd think I learned to play watching Nate Doss (I learned to play watching Nate Doss btw.) Its only 7 if I need turn and 9 if I need fade at that distance...

I like your thought process. IMO you're doing the right things too learn and build a bag that's going to help you. I dont know how you feel about it, but learning to shape shots with different discs is one of the most fun things about disc golf to me. Out of curiosity, do you feel like you...

Oh, hyperbole like asserting I'm telling people to huck their speed 13 and pray after I say "No player ... who has enough control..."? I dont know why you're so stuck on 7s and 9s anyway Sheep. I mean, what are people doing with their lives if every round isnt a putter round so they can fix...

They're not supposed to hurt you unless you get hit by them. I mean, if you think my advice is bad then try learning to throw slower discs "better" during a tournament and see where that gets you. 30 feet shorter of the pin is where. You can explain to card and the TD that your disc selection...

Ya, those speed 6s should be good from 250ft to, oh, you're Scott Stokely.

I dont think there's anyone at risk of not understanding the point of what you're saying Sheep, but as a long time player and teacher you gotta recognize the difference between scoring and learning. No player in their right mind who has enough control is going to grab a disc that will put them...

You have an interesting decision point here - 1) pick a disc with a more reliable finish to make sure you end up where you want. b) practice controlling angles. If you want to throw it harder, add more hyzer. Learning touch with a neutral mid is one of the best skills you can have. My...

The Mako3 is a great. Its the first disc I give to new players besides a putter. Its very easy to use well so you can have fun and gain confidence right away, but also shows you what your throw is doing. Its also Innova which is super accessible in case they catch the bug. I can get a ton of...