go back in time & give yourself a set of discs

[Brall]

there are quite a few threads about, "hey, i'm new, what starter set of discs should i get"

but there are cookie-cutter answers to these types of questions and those answers may not be what you would have picked for yourself years ago.

so what WOULD have been the perfect starter set for you?

and what would you have gotten yourself after maybe a year or so of play?

to start:
firm summit, pro buzzz, pro xl
learn the stages of the cheap plastic as it breaks in. learn understability!

after a year of play:

putter
firm vp
blowfly

mids
glow buzzz
dx wolf

drivers
star leopard
star leopard
glow leopard
gl xxx
champ destroyer

maybe even a good bag would have been nice...
simian & silverback with quads

 

[notroman]

I like where this thread is going, and I'm going to make it more interesting by adding "when I started playing" and make up a starter set from discs available then.

When I started playing I was mostly using discs that my friends and I found in the woods (Cheetahs, Archangels, Valkyries are ones I remember because they sounded cool). The first disc I actually purchased new was a champ Beast when it first came out.

What I SHOULD have started with:
DX Aviar, X Comet, DX Leopard.

After a year or so of play, assuming I actually learned something and not continued chucking like I have, I could have gotten:

putter
DX Aviars

Mids
X Comets
DX Rocs

Drivers
DX Teebird, DX Leopard


I think if I did that, I would have been a much better player today

 

[Brall]

yes, this thread is definitely about hindsight

 

[booter]

If im.goin back in time,screw the beginner me,im taking all the ce I had back then and bringing it back to my collection before I give it away

 

[RoundWounds]

The discs I started with were DX: Aviar, Shark, Leopard, Beast.

I discovered quickly that I could sidearm quite well and picked up a DX Firebird too. The only thing I would changed is the Shark or an Elite X Comet.

 

[smyith]

IS THIS LIMITED TO WHAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME we started playing? (sorry caps lock)

 

[Triflusal]

IS THIS LIMITED TO WHAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME we started playing? (sorry caps lock)

for simplicity, no. We are going back in time, right?

I would give myself: KC aviar 168 grams, X comet 175 grams, TP cyclone, 165 grams.

 

[jasonc]

My first discs were a DX viper and a Pro Rhyno, purchased at a gas station because my buddy said I needed a putter and a driver to get started.

The perfect starter set for me would have been a DX eagle, DX roc and a soft of medium wizard.

After a year, I'd say Champ Valk, Champ/Star Teebird, KC Roc, & SSS Wizard.

 

[atay87]

I started playing after I got a Innova starter pack (150 DX Leopard, Shark, and Aviar) which I asked for for Christmas. If I had to do all over again, I would ask for:

175 X-Link Summit
177 Z Comet
172 Champ Leopard

Those would be great to learn by and would still be usefull to me now, unlike the starter pack which I have since given away.

 

[HybridZombiw]

175 pro pig
175 zero pure

170 z buzzz
170 gl pain

164-7 champ teebird or 164-7opto river

 

[glustic]

If im.goin back in time,screw the beginner me,im taking all the ce I had back then and bringing it back to my collection before I give it away

This exactly.

 

[wolito]

For me, I would start with a very simple set up, DX Aviar, Buzzz and a pro leopard. I think I would learn the most from these few discs. I would use these discs for a minimum of 6 months.

 

[Ksharp]

Same as most probably. DX Avair, DX Roc, DX leopard.

 

[Craton]

I don't think I would have ended up liking the discs I do now if it hadn't been for the 140 I helped a friend pull out of the lake over a summer. With that, I got to try all SORTS of things, and work discs in and out of my bag for free. Because of that, I learned to throw anything called a disc- Xcal to Archangel.

In the spirit of the thread, however, and assuming I'd still be able to BOMB discs, I'd more than likely give myself the following:

Putter: Soft Magnet, Wizard

Mid: Buzzz, Buzzz, and Buzzz

Fairway: Teebird, Teebird, Viper, Teebird, Teebird

Distance: Valk, Sidewinder

Also, I'd write a note to myself explaining how to play winds, start accumulating Z Xtremes, what discs are/going to be worth $$$, and to go with a Psychology major from the start, instead of switching majors five times.

 

[Brall]

and to go with a Psychology major from the start, instead of switching majors five times.

lulz

 

[smyith]

Id actually stick with the discs i started with originally. (when i went to go buy some discs i actually read Climo's beginner advice on his old website, basically it said to get what i got)

Original Discs:
Dx Aviar (SM mold) - if it was today id replace with a ZL Pure
DX Shark
SE Teebird (my original was actually a dx teebird but i lost it shortly after buying it.)

After a yr i had:
SE Teebird
CE Valk (the VX mold so it was stable sexiness) - stupid soccer kids ran off with it at UW Parkside
Dx Roc
Pro D Hawk-eye
Dx Aviar

Besides that, i woulda kept and bought all of the CE i could find. not throw it once and seal it in a bag or something. then id be on here 10yrs later selling it for $200 a pop....sigh....

 

[Hegemony]

I'd go back past when I started to my freshman year in college and say, "screw bowling, learn disc golf! Here's some discs."

My 18 year old self would probably reply, "Wow, um, your hair is really thin..."

There'd be an awkward silence, then I'd give myself:

8 175g Aviar P&A's, 2 of each plastic type
5 165g ESP Buzzz's
8 168g Leopards, 2 of each plastic type
8 170g Teebirds, 2 of each plastic type

I'd tell myself to do fieldwork in conjunction with my games until I could throw the leopards and teebirds across a football field through the uprights, then go buy some valks.

 

[fretgod321]

Teebird, Leopard, Z Buzzz, and Wizard

 

[anfryzer]

I started with a DX Panther and DX Cheetah. I'm okay with that. I wish I would have gotten into Magics from the start.

A year into it I would like to have thrown DX Rocs, Eagles and maybe Valks.

 

[JamesXC]

Since I was throwing FH for the first few years of my playing, I would say Champ Teebird and DX Aviar. If I were throwing BH like I am now, it would probably be Pro Leopard and DX Aviar.