Good beginner driver

[Gorilla]

Hey everyone. I just started playing disc golf.. and I am trying to improve my game. I purchased a star roadrunner.. based on the fact that its listed as one of the easiest to throw on innovas website. My problem with it is that i cant seem to throw it flat. I know its probably mostly my bad noobish technique.. but I tried one of my friends drivers and I was throwing it much flatter. Do you guys have any reccomendations on a disc that would be easiest to throw flat/straight? Also.. does material matter? Would it be easier to throw a champion flat than a star for example? Thanks..

[bholy08]

many will suggest a lighter leopard in dx plastic....i would working on driving your putter straight, will show you form flaws really quickly! best of luck

[Mbagnola1]

Start slow. I'd pick up a cheetah or like stated a leopard. Generally star and champion are more overstable out of the box than their dx counterparts. Once you can clean get that leopard out around 300' pick that roadrunner back up. What ever you do stay away from the warp speed discs. Speed 13 sounds cool but its going to do more harm then good for your game...

[jcf5083]

DX TEEBIRD

[Clempson13]

leopard since you asked for a driver. in reality you should start just throwing mids and work your way back up.

[slicemaster]

Originally Posted by jcf5083

DX TEEBIRD

^This +1000. Straight, far, and forgiving.

[New013]

working on driving with putters and mids is a good idea, personally i think mixing in some practice with low speed drivers is also a good idea. mids and putters don't fly like drivers and can mask form flaws that will affect your drivers.

what do you mean by not flying flat? is it turning right or left, do you throw right or left handed? how far are you throwing it, exactly what path is it taking? these are questions that can help the experts diagnose what your problems are and give you better advice.

personally i say grab a leopard and a gazelle and start there. perhaps take some videos and put them on the site so people can help you with your form.

[ian.]

DX Teebird is my favorite but anything along the lines of DX Leopard,DX Archangel ,DX Cheetah, DX Gazelle.. maybe ProD XL, etc .. or just get a dx roc or buzzz to pair with your putter for now brotha that might be the best way to go in the long run but gL

[joshuajames]

Latitude 64 Diamond

or

Throw your mids...that helped me a ton.

[simon14]

DX Leopard