Recent content by twmccoy1

Practice more than anything. You have to develop arm speed to gain distance, and the only way to do that is to work at it. Just go out to a big grassy area with a bunch of discs and work on throwing. You'll eventually start figuring some stuff out on your own and distance will start to come.

If you want to play a lot and want a disc that will remain consistent over many, many throws you're going to need something better than DX plastic. I'd recommend either a champion Orc or a champion Wraith. Similar stability, but the wraith is a tad faster with better glide. I can never...

Based on what I see people throw I agree that most new players know little about what discs would best suit them. I see all sorts of new players throwing discs that are WAAAY above their arm level. On the other hand rather than gear slower discs toward new players Innova is simply making their...

The new or L beast mold sucks. I think Innova thought the Beast was too close to the Orc so they changed the mold. Now it's a fairly useless flippy POS with no late fade. And yes, they are all speed 10. Old mold champion beasts are very nice. The new ones not so much.

Try pure acetone. It generally works well, unless the ink has had a long time to bleed into the plastic. Keep the acetone off the top of the disc though unless you want to remove the writing on top as well.

Tough to say what my longest disc is. One day it could be one thing and another day something else. On courses, I've had a few discs that just killed in distance. I'll list them. 171 ESP Surge. Domey and just doesn't come down. 174 Z Surge w/ thumb grip. Freak of a disc. Astoundingly long. 174...

Yeah, they do seem like they could wear quickly. That was one of the things that put me off pro plastic. I'm definitely not going to replace my bag with these, but I do think they fly well.

The plastic definitely has potential. I've never even been into light plastic, but this stuff flies well and is stable enough to really rip. The blizzard Wraith is probably the longest Wraith I've thrown to date. All the glide of light plastic and none of the flip.

Found 3 different Blizzard discs in the lake this past weekend and got to try them out in an open field today (65 degrees, very light breeze). One is a Destroyer (156g), one is a Katana (149g) and the other is a Wraith (150g). One thing that was obvious immediately is that these discs don't fly...

The key is to put the right amount of flip on your drive. Too much and the disc will just keep going right and burn into the ground. I've found that the best drivers for anny flex shots are ones that have a little high speed fade, good glide and some low speed fade. Height is important, but too...

The star Katana is definitely on the flat side and is a regular model. I'm guessing a domier one would have better glide. Kind of a stinker of a disc. Definitely more stable than the flight chart on Innova's website would indicate.

Took a few discs out to the field to throw for the first time in several months. The weather wasn't great and I didn't throw for that long, but I tried a couple discs for the first time, a 175g Star Katana and a 174g ESP Nuke. I figured these discs would fly similar, but I was wrong. The Katana...

Serious bummer. I played Edora several years ago and thought it was one of the better courses I ever played.

I'm not really a fan of flat top destroyers. They tend to be too flippy and lack glide. The best destroyers I've seen have a fairly high dome, decent stability and glide very well. You can purposely flip them somewhat on long holes and know they'll fade back at the end.

If the orc is flipping you might try a starfire. Same disc essentially, but the SF has more stability. A starfire is not a great glider, you'll have to provide the arm to make it go. If you want to add some glide, distance and stability I'd go with a star destroyer. The wraith and surge are...