Secret_Squirrel
Newbie
Hello. My wife and I just started disc golf about 2 weeks ago. We have only played 2 rounds and done a couple evenings of practicing but I have concerns about her keeping interest in the sport. My concern is her throwing which is generally horrible. She gets almost no distance, maybe 75' on a good drive. I can see these problems, stiff, no follow through, using all arm. I give her encouragement when she gets a disc to fly a good flight pattern even though it doesn't go far because it shows her that she can do it somewhat correctly at times. My problem is trying to help her fix all the problems. She says that she cannot think about all this at one time. Is there anything I should have her concentrate on first, then work on something else? I don't want her to get discouraged due to not seeing improvement. Oh, I switched her from a 150 leopard to a 138 Mamba yesterday and I think she does best with the Mamba in terms on how the disc flies.
As for myself, I can maybe do 175' on a RHBH my best has been about 210' with a forehand. My forehand drives generally go straight but my backhands fade to the left really bad at the end and take a good straight drive way off to the left. I know my technique is off on my RHBH and I'm sure I have technique issues with my forehand but for now my forehand is a much better throw. I will be trying to take some video and posting to get some pointers to help me out, but in the meantime is there something that anyone can tell me, to take a nasty fade out at the end of my backhand? I have tried various discs and they all do about the same. I am pretty confident that I'm releasing the disc level as for the most part it is flying straight and then starts to fade hard, but I have been known to be wrong. Here are the discs I have tried.
150 leopard
168 Valk - best for my backhand
170 Krait
170 Groove - my best forehand driver atm
160ish Beast
138 Mamba
I know that most those disc aren't classified as beginner discs but they all do about the same thing on my backhand. Where I really see difference is my forehand. At the moment my Valk is my best driver for backhand and the groove is my best forehand by far. The Valk more times then not will turn over and become a roller. I just bought the Krait yesterday for the forehand only but really haven't been able to really test it.
I have been searching around the internet for tutorials on throwing, but really haven't found any really good ones to help us out. Anyone have some go to videos that they could point out?
Thanks.
As for myself, I can maybe do 175' on a RHBH my best has been about 210' with a forehand. My forehand drives generally go straight but my backhands fade to the left really bad at the end and take a good straight drive way off to the left. I know my technique is off on my RHBH and I'm sure I have technique issues with my forehand but for now my forehand is a much better throw. I will be trying to take some video and posting to get some pointers to help me out, but in the meantime is there something that anyone can tell me, to take a nasty fade out at the end of my backhand? I have tried various discs and they all do about the same. I am pretty confident that I'm releasing the disc level as for the most part it is flying straight and then starts to fade hard, but I have been known to be wrong. Here are the discs I have tried.
150 leopard
168 Valk - best for my backhand
170 Krait
170 Groove - my best forehand driver atm
160ish Beast
138 Mamba
I know that most those disc aren't classified as beginner discs but they all do about the same thing on my backhand. Where I really see difference is my forehand. At the moment my Valk is my best driver for backhand and the groove is my best forehand by far. The Valk more times then not will turn over and become a roller. I just bought the Krait yesterday for the forehand only but really haven't been able to really test it.
I have been searching around the internet for tutorials on throwing, but really haven't found any really good ones to help us out. Anyone have some go to videos that they could point out?
Thanks.