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Just wanted to get some opinions on approach discs. I currently use a K2 Berg, then a Prodigy 400 plastic A3 and A4 as my short shot or approach discs. Anything around 225 and under, recovery shots, etc. I keep seeing a LOT of Harps on "In the Bag", and this new Tactic from Discmania looks interesting. Just wondering what everyone's favorites are and why?
What I'm looking for is a flat to very flat topped disc, has a medium to thinner overall depth (I hate deep frisbee feeling discs like the P2 or other discs like that), has an easy clean release for FH or BH (so the rim and edge has to be very smooth and not have anything that catches on your hand), and has a good controlled flight that lands really soft and just kind of dies near the end of it's flight? I've seen some in the bags with the Harp or Tactic and the shot is just perfect with them. It has controlled glide. Not 0 or 1, but not 4 or 5 where it can just keep sailing on if you hit it a touch to hard. And then in the last 10' or so of it's flight, it just softly dies out of the air and stays right where it landed. Doesn't skip off or roll around. It's sooo cool.
The Berg I have is good and bad. It has a weird shape, is deep, and not enough glide. I can literally throw that thing as hard as I can and it goes maybe 225-230 max, haha. Usually ends up 20-50' short of where I "think" it will land based on how hard I threw it. And because it has SUCH low glide, it's kind of hard to determine how hard to throw it at different distances as it just falls out of the air. Where I really like it, is about 100' or less, and when I just need to MAKE SURE the disc dies before or at the basket. It NEVER goes long, haha. Like baskets near a slope, hill or water.
And then the Prodigy A3 and A4 are good in some aspects, but not so much in others. I love the odd flat front edge of the rim and how thin the depth is on them. But they are VERY O/S, and not the flattest. They have sort of a dome right in the middle, then go flat from there to the edge. So it's like a flat slope. So they're just alright for FH's. But I do like the idea of them. The A3 is shorter by about 30-50' than the A4, and has a huge hook fade no matter how I throw it. The A3 I can get to stay straighter for longer, but it still turns hard in the last 1/3rd of it's flight. But It's closer to what I'm looking for. And I do like the distance I get from the A4, and how both of them always are good in the wind and finish left. Just too much left.
I've realized this year that putting and good approaches are where you score the majority of your birdies and how you save pars. I used to not give a crap about either, but this year have been working a lot more on that part of my game and have come to love it. And it has taken a lot of strokes off my score. Since I still can't throw really well yet, my tee shots are all over the place. One day I'm throwing really well and parking baskets or fairways, the next I'm all over the place. And I realized that getting a lot better at recovery or approaches from bad tee shots is saving me lots of strokes. Not so much scoring in the negative per say, just not making as many bogies or higher.
So Harp, Tactic, Suspect, etc, what is your go to Approach that meets the requirements I'm looking for? Thanks
What I'm looking for is a flat to very flat topped disc, has a medium to thinner overall depth (I hate deep frisbee feeling discs like the P2 or other discs like that), has an easy clean release for FH or BH (so the rim and edge has to be very smooth and not have anything that catches on your hand), and has a good controlled flight that lands really soft and just kind of dies near the end of it's flight? I've seen some in the bags with the Harp or Tactic and the shot is just perfect with them. It has controlled glide. Not 0 or 1, but not 4 or 5 where it can just keep sailing on if you hit it a touch to hard. And then in the last 10' or so of it's flight, it just softly dies out of the air and stays right where it landed. Doesn't skip off or roll around. It's sooo cool.
The Berg I have is good and bad. It has a weird shape, is deep, and not enough glide. I can literally throw that thing as hard as I can and it goes maybe 225-230 max, haha. Usually ends up 20-50' short of where I "think" it will land based on how hard I threw it. And because it has SUCH low glide, it's kind of hard to determine how hard to throw it at different distances as it just falls out of the air. Where I really like it, is about 100' or less, and when I just need to MAKE SURE the disc dies before or at the basket. It NEVER goes long, haha. Like baskets near a slope, hill or water.
And then the Prodigy A3 and A4 are good in some aspects, but not so much in others. I love the odd flat front edge of the rim and how thin the depth is on them. But they are VERY O/S, and not the flattest. They have sort of a dome right in the middle, then go flat from there to the edge. So it's like a flat slope. So they're just alright for FH's. But I do like the idea of them. The A3 is shorter by about 30-50' than the A4, and has a huge hook fade no matter how I throw it. The A3 I can get to stay straighter for longer, but it still turns hard in the last 1/3rd of it's flight. But It's closer to what I'm looking for. And I do like the distance I get from the A4, and how both of them always are good in the wind and finish left. Just too much left.
I've realized this year that putting and good approaches are where you score the majority of your birdies and how you save pars. I used to not give a crap about either, but this year have been working a lot more on that part of my game and have come to love it. And it has taken a lot of strokes off my score. Since I still can't throw really well yet, my tee shots are all over the place. One day I'm throwing really well and parking baskets or fairways, the next I'm all over the place. And I realized that getting a lot better at recovery or approaches from bad tee shots is saving me lots of strokes. Not so much scoring in the negative per say, just not making as many bogies or higher.
So Harp, Tactic, Suspect, etc, what is your go to Approach that meets the requirements I'm looking for? Thanks
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And thanks for the suggestions
