Which overhand shot was this hole 17 WACO?

[EllEstar]

Originally Posted by mboss302

Anyone else wondering what the heck this grip is?

Index finger on rim, thumb over to lock it in. Tristan Tanner uses it and I think Kev Jones.

[mboss302]

Originally Posted by EllEstar

Index finger on rim, thumb over to lock it in. Tristan Tanner uses it and I think Kev Jones.

Kevin Jones does the opposite. Thumb on rim, Index finger over top.

[ChrisWoj]

Originally Posted by mboss302

Anyone else wondering what the heck this grip is?

A LOT of grips at the DGR page on grip... I'm not sure who told me to try Bonapane upside down for a grenade but it throws some hilarious shot shapes with flippy discs. Throw it with a little height and plenty of power and it'll barrel roll over for you.

Conventional Grenade:

(Which I can NOT throw far)

Bonapane Grenade:

(which I got to barrel roll and fly over 400 with a 168 VIP Destiny)

[thatdirtykid]

He successfully got the 2 during the 2nd (final) round of 2020, into a headwind. He was one of 4 eagles on the windy day. Colten got two in the back 9 on his way to the win. He finished in 65th, but got the 2 on 17

[ChrisWoj]

Originally Posted by Countchunkula

Bonopane grenade grip sounds really uncomfortable, but now I really want to try that shot out.

It is surprisingly way LESS painful than the traditional grenade grip.

[thatdirtykid]

Originally Posted by EllEstar

Index finger on rim, thumb over to lock it in. Tristan Tanner uses it and I think Kev Jones.

I have messed with it after TT started messing with it before even leaving for tour. I could kind of snap em better but not nearly the control I got with a traditional grenade.

[EllEstar]

Originally Posted by thatdirtykid

I have messed with it after TT started messing with it before even leaving for tour. I could kind of snap em better but not nearly the control I got with a traditional grenade.

It is mostly superior for me. Due to the landscape in my parts I end up throwing a bunch of grenades and only do them with that grip unless I'm throwing a <100' putter grenade.

I've never gotten the flip&ride though, but I haven't messed around with it for a year or two.

[thatdirtykid]

It takes a decently flippy disc for me to get the flip and ride. Most of my grenade shots are shorter and usually are taken with stego spike hyzers, basically fly like a grenade.

Getting off topic, but I don’t have a tommy (good thumber though) but I do like throwing a shot that grips like a grenade but thrown like you are trying to sky roll a OS disc. They go way up and come down left, steeper than a spike hyzer but not as steep as a grenade, like up and over and then left.

[ChrisWoj]

Originally Posted by thatdirtykid

It takes a decently flippy disc for me to get the flip and ride. Most of my grenade shots are shorter and usually are taken with stego spike hyzers, basically fly like a grenade.

I've used the two types of grenades for two very different purposes.

1. Regular grenade, with the thumb on rim only grip, basically exactly what you described here.

2. Very specific circumstantial shot: holes where I typically need a very high forehand hyzer but an overly stiff headwind means that I'm likely to either flip it (if its too low) or get lifted/stalled (if its the normal appropriate height) and the ground conditions or obstacles are bad for a low running shot with a long flare skip. I can get the necessary height to get the longer right fade I need and the rolling portion of the flight allows it to get more forward penetration before the wind grabs it on the fade portion and tries to lift it. (and definitely - has to be flippy!)

Also the more I think about it the more I want to credit Steve Mills (often seen caddying on Jomez practice rounds) for telling me to try this shot/grip out sometime way back in the `00s.

Overall that second flight is something I used to use when I was practicing so often that I had time to practice it regularly. Its just too touchy to mess with unless I have a great feel for my release. Nowadays I just break it out casually to show people who've never seen it before, to try to open them up to the fact that discs can fly in ways they may not have imagined.

Getting off topic, but I don’t have a tommy (good thumber though) but I do like throwing a shot that grips like a grenade but thrown like you are trying to sky roll a OS disc. They go way up and come down left, steeper than a spike hyzer but not as steep as a grenade, like up and over and then left.

Grenade grip on a skamahawk? Thats what it sounds like you're describing. I've never tried it or even thought of trying it. I am gonna head to a course later, I think I'll f* around with it. Sounds fun! I'm always down to learn a shot that gives me a new shape.