I've noticed from some in the bag segments that some players are throwing discs with the wrong stamp, or discs with some sort of dye and no stamp, or discs with wiped stamps. Do some players prefer to keep what they throw to themselves or no?
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Do some pros prefer to hide what they are throwing?
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NOStheBOSS
Double Eagle Member
it's part of a sponsored player's job to promote the discs they throw, that's why they are sponsored. I think a lot of the pros with the discs you are talking about just think they look cool.
General Scales
Double Eagle Member
I like to wipe the stamps off my discs just because I like the way they look. I'm sure there are a few shady pro's out there that do it so they can continue to throw discs from a previous sponsor.
Osmo
*I whine a lot*
or a possibility is they are sponsors by someone IE Innova but have a few discrafts or lats and wipe the stamps to keep that hidden?
chrishysell
* Ace Member *
I throw Nukes, Surges, Zones, Stalkers, Meteors and putt with magnets.
Toro71
* Ace Member *
If they're intentionally disguising molds, it's more likely so the other players on the card don't know what they're throwing.
Pro ball golfers somtimes have the caddy's drape a towel over the bag on the tee so the other caddies can't see what club he's hitting.
The idea is, if you're first off the tee, and the other players know what your throwing, it makes it easier for them to select discs. At the top level, every little edge counts.
Pro ball golfers somtimes have the caddy's drape a towel over the bag on the tee so the other caddies can't see what club he's hitting.
The idea is, if you're first off the tee, and the other players know what your throwing, it makes it easier for them to select discs. At the top level, every little edge counts.
They all know each other's game. If you pull out a zone, everyone is going to know. Feldberg doesnt change what he is throwing because Nikko choses soemthing different. Discs are all different. I have a teebird L that flies more understable than my Leopard and a pro leopard that flies like a slower TL because it is newer. My yellow TL is starting to turn over, if you played with me a month ago it didnt.
Not everyone throws or hits the same. I choose a putter on holes choose a driver.
Same to a lesser degree in golf. Do you really gain all that much from seeing someone hit a 3 or a 4 iron? Plus those guys might take a 3 iron and hit it 80% then it tells the cardmates nothing.
Not everyone throws or hits the same. I choose a putter on holes choose a driver.
Same to a lesser degree in golf. Do you really gain all that much from seeing someone hit a 3 or a 4 iron? Plus those guys might take a 3 iron and hit it 80% then it tells the cardmates nothing.
chrishysell
* Ace Member *
that's nuts. I always know what i'm going to throw and another player's disc selection doesn't affect me.
NOStheBOSS
Double Eagle Member
I think it does matter more than in disc golf, because of the reasons you described. but they do have similarities. Some golfers crush the ball and hit their 8 iron 15 yards farther than their cardmate. but I think they all like to hit irons at full power, rather than "club up" and hit with less power. But pro golfers know each other's games, and if they both hit with similar power they will consider what the other player hit (especially if they come up 10 yards short at 17 TPC Sawgrass, lol)
NOStheBOSS
Double Eagle Member
I'm typically the same way, but if I see a guy throw a putter on a hole I would normally throw a putter on, and it flutters in the wind and struggles, I might consider going with a mid so its less affected.
chrishysell
* Ace Member *
I've been playing for 20 years and never used putters for driving, until last night and I birdied. This may revolutionalize disc golf for me. What a concept.
tbird888
Salient Disc Test Team
Like you need any more of an advantage on the course!
burdphil
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I always thought the weird stamp stuff was an Innova thing... they have some policy where no disc can leave the factory without a stamp, so when pros go there and pick out stuff that they want they just sort of stamp them with whatever. I don't recall seeing that with Discraft...?
Titan037
AKA dgfanatic7
some of their discs have also been thrown so much, the stamp has faded. You will see that a lot with their go to discs that never want to leave their bag.
Toro71
* Ace Member *
Think about it for one minute and you'll see you defeated your own argument.
if it's the final round at Sawgrass, it's #17, and the wind and pin are in a spot that makes it tough to decide between two clubs, and you know the guy on your card well, and know what 2-3 clubs he hits on the hole, and see what he hits that time, and where he ends up...yeah, it can help. It doesn't mean the guy's thinking "Tiger just hit 9 iron, so I should too." It means he's thinking "Tiger usually goes PW at that pin, went 9 into this wind, and still came up 35 ft short. Maybe I need to club up." The difference between feeling 75% sure about your club and 25% is huge.
Now, say Feldberg is playing at some regional between NTs against some local baggers....get the idea?
simplepmart
Birdie Member
I may be in the minority, but, at the level I play (not very good:thmbup: ) I do keep my disc selection "close to the vest" especially if the match is close and 1 shot can affect the outcome. I don't do this to be mean, I do it to gain any small advantage I can. We don't play for trophy's or money, just bragging rights, so winning is important amongst all of my friends.
An example of this is if I do not have the box, I will not pull out my disc until it's time for me to shoot. Or, if I am asked what I am throwing on a particular shot, I will answer with multiple disc options and not verbally commit to just one disc.
I'm sure if I was at the pro level it would not matter, those guys/gals are probably just focused on their game and could care less what disc someone else uses.
A disclaimer: I do NOT do this on casual rounds. Only when me and my friend/friends know that the match is "ON" and bragging rights are stake. During casual rounds I love talking strategy, shot options, disc options, and do anything I can to help my friends out....because, they are me friends
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An example of this is if I do not have the box, I will not pull out my disc until it's time for me to shoot. Or, if I am asked what I am throwing on a particular shot, I will answer with multiple disc options and not verbally commit to just one disc.
I'm sure if I was at the pro level it would not matter, those guys/gals are probably just focused on their game and could care less what disc someone else uses.
A disclaimer: I do NOT do this on casual rounds. Only when me and my friend/friends know that the match is "ON" and bragging rights are stake. During casual rounds I love talking strategy, shot options, disc options, and do anything I can to help my friends out....because, they are me friends
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Toro71
* Ace Member *
Just want to say that, personally, I'm more in Hysell's camp. Worrying to the extreme about disc selection is self-defeating.
Better to be decisive from go, IMO. I went to "seargent school" in the Army, and they preach it's better to make a bad decision than no decision. But I'm aware that some players both take steps to disguise disc selection, and will pay attention to card mate's choices when possible.
Better to be decisive from go, IMO. I went to "seargent school" in the Army, and they preach it's better to make a bad decision than no decision. But I'm aware that some players both take steps to disguise disc selection, and will pay attention to card mate's choices when possible.
