What does this mean...besides the obvious?

[billnchristy]

My wife found an unmarked Valk that had been left for dead...it was extremely beat to hell and she just wanted to try one.

She threw ok with it...hell, great for her, sometimes matching my drives with my gazelle but mostly in the 150-200 foot range (she was hitting 100' or so...). Now I know she needs some form work but I am a lefty and have never been able to help a righty do anything...except get worse.

So...anyways, I bought her a new DX Valk and she just doesn't have the mojo to throw it well...the beat up one does a better job for her. She is back to about 100' again. Her stingray goes about the same and that is mainly because it is ready to turn over.

So I have come to the conclusion that she needs:

1) form work...I know, but I would like her to have a disc that wont rollover and play dead on her

2) A slower speed driver/mid that she can work on her distance with before stepping into the valk.

She did pretty ok with my Roc but she usually likes to be on the other side of the stability scale...so would a classic roc be a good choice?

Maybe a kite?

[SomeChump]

If she's only throwing 100 feet I'd say do these four things:

1) Have her limit the number of discs she uses. Probably just a putter and one other disc. The reason why is that a driver even if thrown well only goes maybe 10 or 20% further than a midrange with a lot worse accuracy and a lot less consistency AND it is harder to throw well. If your max range is 100 feet, you're not going to shave a lot of strokes by just throwing 110 feet. But hitting that tree at 30 feet is really painful. Mostly it is the fact that if you can't throw a midrange more than 100 feet I can almost guaranteed you can't throw a driver further than that.

2) Stick with the understable stuff.

3) Stick with the slow stuff

4) Stick with the light stuff.

I think a putter and a stingray are perfect. As for a driver, I'd start her with a 150g dx leopard. You could make sure her stingray is 150 as well. Once she turns that over too much hand her a 150g shark or similar. In my limited experience people throwing less than 200 feet really benefit from lighter discs.

[billnchristy]

Her stingray is 150 but there is a lot of wind on courses here and the 150s just get taken away so easily.

Maybe we could try the Shark with her...its on the lighter side...164 or so and we do already have it so it is not a loss money wise.

Oh and I totally agree...no point in throwing a driver at this point.

Thanks...

[zbyrd]

Yeah, I'm just being a broken record here. Stay light, stay slow. Kite, Leopard, and stingray are good choices.

[solomon.trenton]

Yeah, I'm just being a broken record here. Stay light, stay slow. Kite, Leopard, and stingray are good choices.

i would also throw in a cheetah

[Dthunderchicken]

Having had to start from beginner level three times now due to injuries, I can tell you from my experience that Chump's right on the money with his advice.

Once your lady can control something like a Leopard then it will be time to move up in speed. Or maybe in stability/durability to something like a Champ Leopard. (That's where I'm at now. I'll throw my Champ Leopard tomorrow.)

Using a mid at 165g is about right (for me anyway) also. My mid (Element) has become the most versatile tool in my bag. (FWIW if you go looking for durability a Star Skeeter works well too.) As for a Classic Roc, I've never thrown one.

As for the wind, don't fight it, use it when you can. If you study and make friends with the breeze, you'll be surprised how well you can take advantage of it. If you can learn to throw and have the prevailing breeze help your distance, neat things happen. (My one and only ace.)

If a weenie armed old guy like myself can throw par pretty regularly, your wife should be able to also. With experience she can probably do better.

[billnchristy]

Thanks for all the advice guys. We are going to focus our play at Lenora for a little while because bad throws are not punishable by death there while good throws are still rewarded adequately.

It is a good place to practice driving and putting with minimal distractions as well.

[Marty McFly]

My wife is stuck on one disc.

A 150g Valk. She loves that disc and throws it very well. Also likes light eagles.

[TalbotTrojan]

My personal opinion is get her a TL. The disc is neither overstable or understable. The whole point is that a disc like this will help her learn what angle she is releasing the disc at. From there it will be easier to work on your form. You have to know what you are doing to be able to correct it. I reccomend the TL because it is going to be a disc that will grow with her.