Let me try to summarize this into some points to help the beginner: Red is me: Casey 1988
1. Find a putter. Yes Find one you like and also works for you putting. I did not in the beginning after the Rubber Putter, Good disc I was finding putters that did not work for me but were within all but one of the relms of what I was liking for in a putter, Also never force yourself to use a putter just because you won it at a tournamnt. I would have saved lots of aggravation with the Putt'r in soft X if I did not try to force that disc just because it was won at a tournament from 2005 and I used it till 2006 maybe even early 2007 as an approach putter. I should not have with the Putt'r as in the soft X plastic the disc had no glide once it broke in and did a puddle top so I had to toss the disc harder to get it to work and then it would have glide except too much glide then and glide past the basket. I did not try the Magnet as it seemed to look like I would hook the putter on a finger with that odd lip. I did not when I tried one in 2006, my brothers Magnet that he used only for a month in 2004 and then got new in a store not in my town what felt like a last of the stiff Pro D hard Magnets as I lost that one, a dark brownish red is a dumb color and lost it in a bush while putting, wind gust after I threw took the disc. So my longer Pro D Magnet was a softer Pro D Hard Magent while my
2. Get a longer driver than a Valkyrie, either overstable or understable. Once Ready you now you can as they have over a 9 or 10 speed disc, it makes a difference in your game. They did not have those types of discs till 2007. It was late 2003 I was playing and by 2005 I could have used a speed 12 disc for some longer holes. that were well past speed 9 or 10. They had a few 11 in 2005 but the Wrath was a slower speed 11 for me at the time.
3. If you get a Destroyer, make sure the dye used is minimal. No I was saying if you get a Destroyer get one you know you can get more of. I did when they came out with the Champion Destroyer
4. The month of August is very hard on discs. Not really, Winter is worse in some parts of the World. Summer can be if you are one who leaves discs in the car all the time.
5. Don't putt into trees at Shipwreck Cove. No just know your playing ablility's do not force a shot type you do not really know you can do that well. I tried with the hyzer putt and that was a mistake
6. Get a Pro D Magnet, but don't use it. This is only a template to draw on your Jawbreaker Magnets with a sharpie. I used a old stiff pre 2006 Pro D Magnet in 2007 till they came out with the jawbreaker ones and saw from others they were durable in 2006. No I would try to find a picture of a Pro D Magnet full sized and print that off and cut the inner circle stamp off the disc and use that to trace the ring on the Jawbraker. If I were to use a Magnet like disc in a baseline plastic I would Get a Legacy Clutch in the stiff Plastic that Legacy makes as the New Pro D stiff as after 2006 standard Pro D became soft. Almost all brands had the baseline go softer after some point in the 2000's. I do like the Magnet,
7. Fish bags are fine to use, although heavy and they need some alterations. That Was more me saying you did not have to use true disc golf gear for disc golf though a few months later in November of 2017 bunch of good cheaper under $50 disc golf backpack bags flooded the market