Throwing straight

[adamcouture]

Theres a particular tunnel shot at my home course that requires a straight shot for about 230, then a real slight anhyzer at the end. Any tips for technique on throwing a straight shot? My Lucid Judge has had a few good throws for the shot, but it usually ends up hitting a tree and I have a funky upshot and end up getting a 4 because of a missed putt. Any words of advice for a straight shot?

 

[sloppydisc]

Practice. Opto Fuse. Practice.

 

[FunkyTownNoob]

'flip a Leopard...if finishing slightly right is like, you know, your thing man.

 

[JFibeZZZ]

Forehand roller

 

[Almost_Gets]

I have a similar hole near me. I play for a 4. I play 2 up shots, instead of driver/mid, and that gets me to where I can make a run at the basket. I typically have an awkward look at it. I'm happy with a 4.

If that doesn't work, roller.

 

[elmexdela]

if you throw righty, throw a flick. should be an easy 2. especially at that distance

 

[adamcouture]

A Fuse will be route to me shortly. Then that will hopefully be the shot.

 

[what'shisname]

Practice. Opto Fuse. Practice.

I'll throw my fuse all day for shots like the one described. :thmbup:

 

[adamcouture]

I think that's what I'll end up using for it. My problem with driving with a putter is that I end up turning my wrist and turning the hyzer or straight shot into a turnover shot.

 

[blarmour]

Try an Atlas...straightest disc I've thrown

 

[BirdieMachine]

Practice. Opto Fuse. Practice.

Yep, My old beater Opto Fuse wants to do nothing but go right. So at 230 probably just a very smooth control one with just a tick of Hyzer. 230-260 is it's money range. Over that and I just struggle to control the flip.

 

[NSDallin]

sidearm a buzzz.

 

[shoe59]

Hyzer flip with a beat-in putter, that's what I'd do (soft magnet) -- If you have enough height to work with. Apart from that, a sidearm.

 

[DiscFifty]

You're asking how to throw straight, and the best answer is to simply get a stable putter and go do some field work. For me it wasn't about distance at first or accuracy, it was just learning how to make the disc fly level in the air. This means no hyzer or anny, etc. After you learn how to throw the disc level, create a 30ft circle and start throwing into this circle from 50,100,150,200 ft away while keeping the disc level in it's flight. Once you can throw your putter level & straight, at varying levels of power...man..that's a great feeling and really opens the door to taking your game to the next level. Especially when you start throwing overstable, understable discs. Because now...you're throwing them level and THEY are doing what they are supposed to do instead of you forcing hyzer or anny on the shot, etc.

 

[redrum]

You're asking how to throw straight, and the best answer is to simply get a stable putter and go do some field work. For me it wasn't about distance at first or accuracy, it was just learning how to make the disc fly level in the air. This means no hyzer or anny, etc. After you learn how to throw the disc level, create a 30ft circle and start throwing into this circle from 50,100,150,200 ft away while keeping the disc level in it's flight. Once you can throw your putter level & straight, at varying levels of power...man..that's a great feeling and really opens the door to taking your game to the next level. Especially when you start throwing overstable, understable discs. Because now...you're throwing them level and THEY are doing what they are supposed to do instead of you forcing hyzer or anny on the shot, etc.

Actually some great sound advice on DGCR without name calling, insults, sarcasm, or trolling...

I award you 100 internet points. (dammit I wrote sarcasm lol)

Great advice and a great way to vastly improve one's game

 

[davmer2303]

I have found that fairway drivers in DX like eagles, teebirds, leopards etc. Will beat in to become soft turnover machines. My disc here would be a beat up DX eagle thrown with 75 percent snap. It has plenty of glide and speed to stay lower in the tunnel and will slowly turn right. Hope that helps out

 

[Puckstopper]

if you throw righty, throw a flick. should be an easy 2. especially at that distance

This is the right answer. This is a good opportunity for you to learn a sidearm shot if you don't have one in your arsenal already. I'm working on getting my sidearm back to where it used to be after throwing 95% RHBH for the last couple years, and I really regret not keeping in practice on my flicks. There are certain holes where nothing else works.

However, if you're focusing strictly on backhand I'd reccomend an X-Comet over the Fuse. I have thrown both and the Comet is less flippy and tends to finish more gradually right for me than the Fuse. Based on the bag you listed I suspect I'm wasting my breath, but those are just my experiences.

 

[Stardoggy]

The disc you need is called the Star Practice. Seriously, it's a drive with a putter, thrown with a little hyzer.

If you're not throwing putters that far, a Z Comet is great for that shot, as well.

 

[slicknic007]

Throw a Comet flat at down the left part of the fairway so it has time to float to the right where you need it to be. It is the easiest shot to throw. I f you have a weak arm, a stratus will do the same thing.

 

[stratedge]

This has also been a problem for me, but it's more of a psychological problem. Take the trees away and I'll throw a perfectly straight shot right at the basket. Put the trees along the side and I'll hit them. I don't know why, it has frustrated me, and the more it frustrated me the worse it got. So I've had to break down the mechanic of the shot to make it more consistant. Now I'm getting better.

I line myself up (stationary shot) in a way where the limitations of the angle my throwing arm will stretch create the line I want to throw on. This is really hard to describe so bear with me...

I do not line up my shoulders such that they point straight down the tunnel, because in reality as I throw the disc with a normal motion, my arm will actually move past that line I have created with my shoulders and I will miss to the right (RHBH), because my shoulder can and will move past this line as I follow through, and it's easy to let go late. Right? So I compensate; I move my back further behind me, so that instead of standing with my shoulders 90 degrees to the basket, they're more like 110 degrees. At this angle, if I point my arm at the basket, I can feel the restriction of the range of my arm restricting my ability to miss to the right. That is, if I hold my arm out and try to reach behind me, I can only reach 10-15 degrees behind me before I feel the ligaments restricting me.

Using this, now I can make the throw and I use this restriction of movement to release the disc on the line I want, by using that feeling that limitation of my range of movement to trigger letting to of the disc. It sounds strange but if you try it, it just sort of works. I don't always use this, I only use it for these particular tunnel shots that give me psychological trouble. Normally, I'd be just fine letting go of the disc earlier in that range of motion, on a line created by my shoulders (this is my typical upshot stance, and I'm good at it).

But... just give this a try, if you understand, and see how it helps. I could draw a quick picture if it doesn't make sense.