Jwanner
Newbie
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2022
- Messages
- 20
Vitals:
Years playing/experience: Recent stint - 5 years. Played 2004-2008. All casual rounds with friends and/ or my kids. Nothing competitive (yet).
Right/left-handed/ambidextrous: Right-handed
Throwing Style: RHBH, RHFH for some approaches.
Golf Distance (avg/max*) for putter/mid/driver: Aviar: 220/240'; Mako3: 240/260'; Leopard3: 270/300; Beast: 300/330'
Note that these are all stand-still. Everything falls apart if I attempt an x step and I lose at least 20' (see: lack of coordination).
Optional:
Age: 36
Sex: M
Injuries/handicaps?: Does a total lack of athleticism/ genetic gifting count?
My right shoulder will protest when I attempt a side-arm drive. I used to be more side-arm dominant in my younger years.
Other sport proficiencies?: No, see above. I've played some sports back in the day; wrestled in high school, but wouldn't claim any proficiencies.
Additional Information: I was inspired by ODRB to post my bag / rounds for my own personal musings.
What do you like/dislike about your current bag?: Relatively cheap plastics, easy to replace. Not too complicated or confusing. I wasted a lot of time messing around with different plastics, but in the end I've mostly fallen back to what I know from my high school / college days. I guess I'm just an Innova fan boy at heart.
Specific areas of desired feedback: I feel like the bag is fine. Plan to spend more time practicing skills rather than obsessing and blowing money on trying new and shiny things anymore. I am the quintessential stuck at 300' amateur, working on improving that.
I intentionally keep two each of my most used discs for practice, second shots.
I'm open to hearing out any suggestions.
Bag:
Distance drivers- Least used and least important discs in the bag.
167 Star Orc- If I'm feeling cheeky and need to throw hard into a headwind.
170 Star PFN Beast- Used bin find. Stamp is wiped and the new is knocked off, but it must not have been used much. Stable distance driver.
167 Pro Beast- It's broken in to where the new Pro plastic stability is gone and it's significantly less stable than my Star. Neutral/ slightly Understable- longest distance.
173 I-blend Sphinx- Understable driver for hyzerflips, right-panning shots, and long turnovers.
173 I-blend Sphinx- Fresh spare for second shots. Still has a little finish / fight at the end if it isn't cooked over.
Fairways:
170 Champion Eagle(x) - most overstable driver.
168 I-blend Exodus (Eagle-L)- Stable workhorse.
175 I-blend Exodus- fresh spare. Domey, seems to have more turn than the I-blend.
168 Star Leopard3- broke in but not beat, Neutral to Understable workhorse. Most consistent distance.
174 G-Star Leopard3- This disc makes me feel like I have skills or something. A shorter version of the Sphinx that I can power down on if I'm afraid to miss a gap.
Mids:
175 Star Caiman- Overstable utility, can smash into a headwind. 50/50 backhand and side-arm.
177 Halo Star Mako3- Straight midrange with a mellow finish. Flies on the angle you throw it.
173 Star Mako3- Most used midrange.
Putters:
173 Neutron Stabilizer- Stable to overstable throwing putter. Beautiful panning side-arm, anhyzer approaches.
173 Electron Firm Stabilizer. My confidence inspiring safety blanket, used on 90% of approaches. Beat in enough that when thrown hard and flat, it will have a mellow fade/finish.
173 Electron Soft Proxy - Pretty beat. Holds a high anhyzer and pans flat for a dog leg right. Saves my arm from attempting a side-arm drive. In the bag for one hole really. Will see if a beat Aviar doesn't replace it.
171 DX Aviar PandA- Driving, throwing, longer putts. Any time I don't want to risk banging up my putting putters
171 DX color glow Aviar PandA- Pair of putting putters with the 2023 St.Patrick's Classic stamp from local tourney.
Switched back to Aviars this week after losing the last two years on Pilots. I have never putted better, sank some C2 looks today. Something simply beautiful about the flight of a basic DX Aviar. Sometimes the classics are just best.
The stabilizers are the last hold outs from my fling with MVP. Some honorable mentions are the Insanity, Crave, and Matrix.
Years playing/experience: Recent stint - 5 years. Played 2004-2008. All casual rounds with friends and/ or my kids. Nothing competitive (yet).
Right/left-handed/ambidextrous: Right-handed
Throwing Style: RHBH, RHFH for some approaches.
Golf Distance (avg/max*) for putter/mid/driver: Aviar: 220/240'; Mako3: 240/260'; Leopard3: 270/300; Beast: 300/330'
Note that these are all stand-still. Everything falls apart if I attempt an x step and I lose at least 20' (see: lack of coordination).
Optional:
Age: 36
Sex: M
Injuries/handicaps?: Does a total lack of athleticism/ genetic gifting count?
My right shoulder will protest when I attempt a side-arm drive. I used to be more side-arm dominant in my younger years.
Other sport proficiencies?: No, see above. I've played some sports back in the day; wrestled in high school, but wouldn't claim any proficiencies.
Additional Information: I was inspired by ODRB to post my bag / rounds for my own personal musings.
What do you like/dislike about your current bag?: Relatively cheap plastics, easy to replace. Not too complicated or confusing. I wasted a lot of time messing around with different plastics, but in the end I've mostly fallen back to what I know from my high school / college days. I guess I'm just an Innova fan boy at heart.
Specific areas of desired feedback: I feel like the bag is fine. Plan to spend more time practicing skills rather than obsessing and blowing money on trying new and shiny things anymore. I am the quintessential stuck at 300' amateur, working on improving that.
I intentionally keep two each of my most used discs for practice, second shots.
I'm open to hearing out any suggestions.
Bag:
Distance drivers- Least used and least important discs in the bag.
167 Star Orc- If I'm feeling cheeky and need to throw hard into a headwind.
170 Star PFN Beast- Used bin find. Stamp is wiped and the new is knocked off, but it must not have been used much. Stable distance driver.
167 Pro Beast- It's broken in to where the new Pro plastic stability is gone and it's significantly less stable than my Star. Neutral/ slightly Understable- longest distance.
173 I-blend Sphinx- Understable driver for hyzerflips, right-panning shots, and long turnovers.
173 I-blend Sphinx- Fresh spare for second shots. Still has a little finish / fight at the end if it isn't cooked over.
Fairways:
170 Champion Eagle(x) - most overstable driver.
168 I-blend Exodus (Eagle-L)- Stable workhorse.
175 I-blend Exodus- fresh spare. Domey, seems to have more turn than the I-blend.
168 Star Leopard3- broke in but not beat, Neutral to Understable workhorse. Most consistent distance.
174 G-Star Leopard3- This disc makes me feel like I have skills or something. A shorter version of the Sphinx that I can power down on if I'm afraid to miss a gap.
Mids:
175 Star Caiman- Overstable utility, can smash into a headwind. 50/50 backhand and side-arm.
177 Halo Star Mako3- Straight midrange with a mellow finish. Flies on the angle you throw it.
173 Star Mako3- Most used midrange.
Putters:
173 Neutron Stabilizer- Stable to overstable throwing putter. Beautiful panning side-arm, anhyzer approaches.
173 Electron Firm Stabilizer. My confidence inspiring safety blanket, used on 90% of approaches. Beat in enough that when thrown hard and flat, it will have a mellow fade/finish.
173 Electron Soft Proxy - Pretty beat. Holds a high anhyzer and pans flat for a dog leg right. Saves my arm from attempting a side-arm drive. In the bag for one hole really. Will see if a beat Aviar doesn't replace it.
171 DX Aviar PandA- Driving, throwing, longer putts. Any time I don't want to risk banging up my putting putters
171 DX color glow Aviar PandA- Pair of putting putters with the 2023 St.Patrick's Classic stamp from local tourney.
Switched back to Aviars this week after losing the last two years on Pilots. I have never putted better, sank some C2 looks today. Something simply beautiful about the flight of a basic DX Aviar. Sometimes the classics are just best.
The stabilizers are the last hold outs from my fling with MVP. Some honorable mentions are the Insanity, Crave, and Matrix.
