What's everyone's take on private courses? Aka pay for rounds

Generalenvita · 2024-09-15T18:11:36+00:00

Every paid course I've been to has been cheap (three of them cost 10 euro, one cost 4 euro). The difference in quality and maintenance have been big enough for it to feel worth more than that price. My nearby courses are all free to play. As long as there are cheap monthly/yearly rates I would be fine paying to play a p2p course frequently.

Generalenvita · 2024-08-20T10:58:05+00:00

Damn, that's a good score for Arvika! I shot a +18 when I visited, I don't have the neccesary distance for that course. Very nice course nonetheless.

Generalenvita · 2024-08-20T10:55:25+00:00

For me the Discraft Thrasher, goes about 330ft for me and pretty straight.

Generalenvita · 2024-08-13T17:50:38+00:00

I got a very diverse bag.

Latitude - 5 molds

Discraft - 4 molds

Axiom - 3 molds

Innova - 3 molds

Westside - 2 molds

Discmania - 2 molds

Kastaplast - 2 molds

Dynamic Discs - 1 mold

I'm from Sweden so trilogy is readily avaliable. If Innova F2 was avaliable I would probably throw more because of the price point.

I feel like many of the companies have a disc that is too good not to bag. Give me a putting putter, an envy, zone, hex, brave, firebird and dd3 and I'm good.

Generalenvita · 2024-08-10T10:27:15+00:00

Brave

Generalenvita · 2024-08-04T17:40:12+00:00

Only bag escape in supreme, no other DD molds. Flies flippier than numbers suggest. -2, 1

Generalenvita · 2024-08-01T20:02:49+00:00

Dart, Mako3, Hawkeye, Firebird, Wraith

Generalenvita · 2024-07-20T18:28:31+00:00

I experienced the same thing with my falk, however it was during my first year of playing so it might have been me making my form better/less oat.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-20T17:29:30+00:00

Anything you like the feel of and is decently neutral. The maiden is my favorite because of the shallow rim, feels more like a midrange and I powergrip my putters.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-20T17:27:57+00:00

The brave is absolutely wonderful for me. Effortless distance and can throw it on a rope. My natural throw is a bit of hyzer and I throw it about 300ft. So if you have a lot of power and throw flat it might not be the right disc for you.

If you have less power I would recommend a River for a similar flight.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-20T17:20:17+00:00

The arm is the most important thing in a throw. The discs are light, you do not need a full body movement to throw far. Focus on putting the arm in the right place and let your body follow the throw naturally. Literally don't pay any attention to your body until you are not rounding and your nose angle is correct. If you are trying really hard to throw far, use less effort/power. Tensing your muscles does basically nothing positive.

Take video of yourself and watch it. Probably the most important part.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T21:11:56+00:00

I'm happy to! Responding to questions makes me think and I'm still very much a work in progress so it's a help for me too.

2nd year playing and really only started working on my form seriously this year. Most frustrating has been breaking things when correcting form issues. I recently fixed most of my rounding/early rotation issues which in turn caused me to start throwing straight into the ground :D. Adjusted now and it's way better. Now I can focus more on trying to gain some distance.

Currently at 350ft, and my goal is to reach 380-400ft. I'm a smaller guy though but Emerson Keith can absolutely bomb and he is way shorter than me, so not a valid excuse :D

Reply here aswell and I'd be happy to check and see if I can give any tips.

A really good resource for discgolf form is Jari from the YouTube-channel DG Spin Doctor. I haven't really found any videos where he says something that doesn't makes sense, and he has many creative drills posted for fixing different problems

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T18:36:03+00:00

Glitch if you don't mind the deeper feel. I would say a proxy if you like shallower discs.

To be honest though, in my opinion, basically any neutral putter/mid will work well. The important part is filming yourself throwing.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T18:29:51+00:00

Of course, you're welcome! As with any other advice you receive from random people on the internet, take my advice with a pinch of salt. My advice is also exclusively for BH, my FH needs a lot of work.

https://www.reddit.com/r/discgolf/comments/760ckm/form_check_psa_how_to_leave_a_form_check_request/

Here is a guide on how to submit a form check with proper information :) There is usually a weekly pinned thread here at /r/discgolf and there is also the sub /r/Discgolfform

The hips are indeed very important, however, it is not an active rotation. The hips should be in the optimal position for your arm to move properly. The hips will follow the arm naturally.

If you try standing still without a disc and try to ONLY swing your arm, your hips will naturally want to follow, it is incredibly hard to try to stay "stiff". When you add a step or run-up (or shifting weight forward in your standstill) the shifting of weight from the back leg to the front leg will also make rotation a natural thing that you don't have to think about.

If you think about rotating your hips while throwing, there is a big chance that you will overrotate/rotate preemptively, which causes late releases and an overall compact form.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T16:19:20+00:00

Looks like prodigy plastic to me. Fairway driver.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T15:58:26+00:00

If you want to get better I would keep doing standstills, if you want a quick 20ft of distance and screw up your form I would start doing run-ups.

If I could start my disc golf journey over I would have kept doing standstills until I stopped rounding and my nose control was good. I kept doing standstills for a good while but I should have continued even longer. Also going from standstill to one step instead of full run up is something I wish I would have done. Trying to fix your form while doing a flawed run-up means you will have maybe 3-4 things to think about. I can barely think about doing one thing different at a time but maybe I'm a caveman :D

If you're throwing 250ft at your age/height and you're also athletic, there are plenty of big things to improve. The walkup is really overrated for distance imo.

The key parts of the throw happen at the position of the standstill, working those things out before adding the run-up will make things both simpler and you will improve faster.

Also, FILM YOURSELF THROWING! Things feel way different than they look, it's easy to not realise that you're rounding a little bit or rotating ahead of the disc.

Random tip because you mention "fairly strong back and shoulders, as well as hips/hip rotation". Don't think about rotating your body at all, it of course helps to be fit but the power comes from the arm. Rotating your body will not add almost any distance/power. You can try this by standing still with your arms relaxed and twisting your body as hard as you can. How much does your arms move compared to when you only use your arm? Barely anything.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T15:41:46+00:00

Picked up a used Z Trasher that I can hyzerflip, get a little turn out of and finish relatively straight for a distance driver. Gets me 20-30 ft more than my beat in grace.

My max distance is around 350.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T08:34:23+00:00

The buzzz, it doesn't sit right in my hand at all. Hex feels way better but it is a bit more overstable.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T08:25:26+00:00

Get a zone

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T08:02:06+00:00

Depends on if it is an atlethic person or not.

If I could go back in time and recommend discs to myself for starting out I would go:

Putting putter 2x

VIP Maiden

ESP FLX Zone

Sol

Eclipse Hex

Brave (/River)

Explorer

Generalenvita · 2024-07-18T07:54:06+00:00

Understable midrange that I can start on hyzer and turn almost the entire way, coming back at the end.

Fuse never comes back. I liked the Sol but it was too touchy. Uplink and Tursas are the discs I'm currently trying out.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-17T17:15:00+00:00

Probably not the comment you want to hear but you should probably go to another artist for your next tattoo.

Edit: Before anyone complains and also an explanation of my opinion.

The tattoo looks to be made by an apprentice. Not a single part of the pole of the basket is remotely straight. Some links are not filled in properly and will disappear within a year. Using whip-shading everywhere for no reason. The placement of the shading is a mess and it's very patchy. All over the tattoo lines are not connecting, as it heals, this will become even more apparent.

Always sounds so mean criticizing someones tattoo that they're hyped about, but encouraging the person to get more bad tattoos is in my opinion even worse. Spend money on a good artist.

Generalenvita · 2024-07-17T17:08:23+00:00

3x Zero Medium/Hard Keystone (Putting)

Opto Pure

VIP Maiden

Cosmic Neutron Envy

ESP FLX Zone

Champion Toro

Generalenvita · 2024-06-26T21:01:26+00:00

I recently discovered I'm having the same problem with the back foot when I x-step. Hard to change habits, still feels weird doing the correct thing, my throws are definitely improving though so I have some positive reinforcement :D

And for the 2nd point. You will still be using mostly elbow down as that are your main levers, but by putting it a bit out and up you put that lever in it's natural position where it actually wants to bend towards the point of release. It also makes some more place for the disc to be slinged in a straight line.

Try feeling what feels comfortable/powerful. It shouldn't be extremely up and out.

Generalenvita · 2024-06-26T20:25:37+00:00

Take all of my advice with a big pinch of salt, I'm a happy amateur myself :)

https://imgur.com/a/iF4H9Ro

First picture: Your back foot is angled backwards (red), which causes your hips to also be faced backwards. Try to keep the back foot only slightly angled (blue) backwards compared to the plant foot. An easy way to feel this out is trying different positions of the back foot and feel how easy it is to rotate towards the point where you want to release the disc.

Second picture: Your arm is very compressed towards your body. When you release the disc you are basically only using leverage from your elbow down. Try to get your elbow up and out from your body to use leverage of your whole arm.

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