Crosswind

[His.old.lady]

Hi all! My husband tfire25 has finally got me hooked on dg. I have a question about wind though. When throwing into a left to right crosswind is it better to throw understable or overstable? And what about right to left?

 

[Tfire25]

Well, I finally got tired of the unrelenting begging, gave in, and let her touch my discs. J/k. I tried the other night to help her with this and I might have gotten her more confused.

She won't brag but I'll do it for her. She throws about a 275-300 ft hyzer flip with her diamond light! The wind was blowing about 20 mph left to right last night and she was having issues. I told her to throw the diamond light and it got into an anny and never came back. So I tell her to throw her valk and it got into a hyzer halfway there and never came back.

I threw my buzz about 50 ft left of the pin, it broke into an anny, and parked under the basket. She tried everything with her drivers and couldn't get it right. Any ideas?

 

[notroman]

In a left to right wind I like throwing overstable flat. I definitely avoid understable because the moment the disc turns and goes belly up to the wind, the wind will get underneath it and lift it and push it right. Overstable discs are easier because even if you do throw them slightly anny by accident they still have enough fight in them to not go off course and will fade back left.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Lately I keep getting killed by left to right winds. I try to throw a turnover like you described with the wind grabbing it and pushing it toward the basket. But they keep getting hyzer lock cause the wind holds the edge down.:wall:

 

[ToddL]

Whichever way you expose the flight plate to the wind is how it will stay. RHBH with Left to Right wind: If you throw a hyzer, the wind hits the top of the flight plate and pushes the disc down, keeping the hyzer. If you throw an anhyzer, the wind hits the bottom of the flight plate and pushes the disc up, keeping the anhyzer.
From a course management standpoint, you'd probably rather have the disc get knocked down on the ground a little short of where you were aiming than have the wind catch it and carry it off to who-knows-where.

I'd probably throw a slightly overstable disc with a flat release.

 

[His.old.lady]

Next question, would it be more beneficial for another female to teach me? Tfire goes straight for the hole while sometimes it's better for me to go half way for better accuracy versus trying for distance and my disc going crazy. Im wondering if having someone with similar throwing abilities help me would be better.

FYI, tfire, I would prefer touching my own discs. BUT SOMEONE LOST THEM!

 

[Tfire25]

Hey! I replaced them lol. You don't have to run for the birdie everytime. If its more effective to lay up for a three rather than have a bad drive I would say do it.

You need to try the buzz or roc or truth though. That glide is a little to flippy. I was gonna text you all this but it's more fun to see you on dgcr. It's like your meeting my other wife(dgcr). Or like your talking good about my other wife(dg) to my other other wife(dgcr). That got confusing. Lol.

 

[threevok]

Next question, would it be more beneficial for another female to teach me? Tfire goes straight for the hole while sometimes it's better for me to go half way...

I would say that patience would be the best practice, for both of you.

 

[mattc]

Next question, would it be more beneficial for another female to teach me? Tfire goes straight for the hole while sometimes it's better for me to go half way for better accuracy versus trying for distance and my disc going crazy. Im wondering if having someone with similar throwing abilities help me would be better.

YES....:thmbup:
my wife plays a lot also, but we almost cant be on the same card.
because i cant help her, she thinks im nagging, turns into big fight.:\
any other thing in life, we get along great!

 

[pauldst]

This helped me

This helped me in dealing with the wind:
http://www.discraft.com/res_wind06_p1.html
I'm glad I remembered this article, myself, because I need to show this to my wife, too, so that she can get the visuals.

She's been playing with me since we met, but only in the past few weeks has she asked about, and started to listen to me on, what the different flight characteristics of discs are and how to deal with wind (her main goal was time with me and she didn't want to apply her attention elsewhere ). Especially Sunday, when we played in some high winds on a course in Tulsa. We both struggled a lot with the putting, but she saw how I was able to manage the wind with disc choice. (Shock and Resistor in headwind and crosswinds, Amp for tailwinds). Her drivers are an Opto Diamond and a DX Teebird. She throws them fairly well, but just needs to get down which to throw when. I think that I will also print out the Inflight charts for those discs....

 

[His.old.lady]

Haha we have patience. And we enjoy playing together with ALMOST no nagging. I know when I need help and he knows when to let me figure something out. I just wasn't sure if muscle made a big enough difference in teaching to need someone with similar capabilities. He's been playing long enough that its natural for him to immediately know what disc to throw when and where, so sometimes I have to stop and remind him that he can't just tell me which disc is better to throw I need to know why. It usually doesn't start a fight unless he criticizes my form, then I "accidentally" hit him with a disc because I "accidentally" forgot to warn him after I demonstrate just how perfect my form is. Boobs are also a great distraction jk love. I would never "accidentally" hit you

 

[Tfire25]

Does that mean you would hit me on purpose?

 

[brutalbrutus]

You should try a Zombee its a great beginner disc. Basically a long midrange though classified a driver.

 

[B3NDER]

I always go straight for the hole too :thmbup:

 

[Tfire25]

What about a king cobra for a mid?

 

[Aim For The Chains]

It will fly lol. Honestly its just a matter of practice though no matter what disc. Also more spin will keep a disc locked into its line in the winds. Smaller diameter/lower profile are often winners or those with a bead and less "glide"

here are some other threads on throwing in the wind:
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33521
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102256
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27280
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44511

 

[Jukeshoe]

Whichever way you expose the flight plate to the wind is how it will stay. RHBH with Left to Right wind: If you throw a hyzer, the wind hits the top of the flight plate and pushes the disc down, keeping the hyzer. If you throw an anhyzer, the wind hits the bottom of the flight plate and pushes the disc up, keeping the anhyzer.
From a course management standpoint, you'd probably rather have the disc get knocked down on the ground a little short of where you were aiming than have the wind catch it and carry it off to who-knows-where.

I'd probably throw a slightly overstable disc with a flat release.

This is a good way of thinking about it. :thmbup:

 

[TrustYourRubber]

It will fly lol. Honestly its just a matter of practice though no matter what disc. Also more spin will keep a disc locked into its line in the winds. Smaller diameter/lower profile are often winners or those with a bead and less "glide"

here are some other threads on throwing in the wind:
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33521
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=102256
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27280
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44511

Thanks for posting these threads! Will have a looksee...

 

[His.old.lady]

Tfire are you planning on criticizing my form? Unless its to tell me it's so perfect it'll bring a grown man to tears I would leave it alone I think I need a bigger variety of discs. Mother's Day is coming up

Off subject; I'm sitting at NTB getting oil changed and tires checked in a room with ember and 3 men. Dr oz is on tv. Today's subject: SEX CRISIS. Sexual famine in America. Wth NTB?! Could you imagine the awkwardness? I think I might need to throw a few before softball just to get rid of the awkward giggles.

 

[Broken Shoulder]

I always go straight for the hole too :thmbup:

Took way too long for this to get posted.