nawanda37
Par Member
Do you live somewhere rocky that leaves a pretty rough edge on the bottom of the disc?
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I have these weird "blood vessel" things that pop up under my callous. It looks like black dots under the skin. I have tried medical tape but its too finicky and I often overtighten. The self stick tape is flexible and thick enough to where you dont feel anything.
Honestly I have been trying to ease into my callous, if that makes sense. I carry the tape with me but only use it when it starts to sting and I can see the vessells starting to develop. Hopefully this will make the callous to get thicker. I hate using the tape but it keeps me consistent because I am not thinking about the pain.
Also, I recommend that you don't cut it off ever. Instead, build it up more regularly and gradually. When an injury forced me to switch to 100% forehand, I remember having some of the pain you're talking about. It was especially bad during field work.
I started carrying a disc around the house with me doing one of two drills constantly. One was the hammer pound, which will probably hurt you like crazy at first. The other was throwing the disc straight up in the air, perpendicular to the ground, trying to spin it as hard as I could. On this second one, the alignment of the disc with your forearm before you let it go is key, since you don't want to train yourself to roll your wrist while imparting spin.
The callus that quickly formed was just a fringe benefit, with the important gains coming in the increase in whip. That second drill quickly made such a difference in my game that a friend who I hadn't played with in a few months commented on how my discs were flying strangely and that he kept expecting them to come down, but they kept right on floating. I credit this drill with adding something like 75' to my drive, and finally allowing me to take a run at 400' holes instead of always playing for the 3.
Good luck fellow forehander!
Use a real high grit sand paper.. such as 3000 grit and round the edge that cuts.
You sand your disc, or your finger? Sanding your disc is illegal.
Not if it's just removing flashing, from my understanding.
You sand your disc, or your finger? Sanding your disc is illegal.
Emphasis added.C. Players may not make post-production modification of discs which alter their original flight characteristics. This rule does not forbid inevitable wear and tear from usage during play or the moderate sanding of discs to smooth molding imperfections or scrape marks. Discs excessively sanded or painted with a material of detectable thickness are illegal. See sections 802.01 D, E and F.
Not if it's just removing flashing, from my understanding.
I too throw mostly FH and have the same gnarly callouses everyone else has spoken of. I try to let the callous form as best as possible early in the season.
I use a finger-less paintball glove when my callous is not fully developed and my finger is hurting.
Also something I'd like to note, when you do develop that callous, be sure to keep your hands as dry as possible when playing in wet or humid conditions. Humidity and wetness will cause the callous to soften up and rip off, then you are back to square one.