Short Thrower.

[bsurg]

Vitals:
Years playing/experience: DG since July 2014; 4 years of occasional recreational Ultimate
Right/left-handed/ambidextrous: RH
Throwing Style: RHBH (primary), RHFH (in progress), OH (in progress)
Golf Distance (avg/max) for putter/mid/driver:
Envy: 210'/240'
Roc3: 230'/260'
Servo: 250'/270'
Inertia: 260'/300'

Age: 28
Sex: M
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 150
How can we identify you on the course?: I'm the short Asian guy. Look for the plaid hat.
What did you use to play?: Tennis, Ultimate. Did the shaved leg cycling thing for a year - still cycle, but I keep my leg hair.
What do you like/dislike about your current bag?: Loving the Servo, Envy, and Judges. Those are the most consistent for me. Speed 6-7 is probably the limit for me right now - the Inertia is fun to throw, but I'm not consistent with it, and I can get the Servo pretty close.
Specific areas of desired feedback: Most of the time, I throw my Envy as far or further than my mids, so that's the area I really need help with. Trying to figure out if I need a stable or understable fairway driver, and how they can complement my Servo. Will probably need a utility disc or two - strong winds, extreme hooks, and such.
Immediate and long-term goals: Building my game from the ground up. Working on Beato drills, leading with the elbow, and trying to use discs that are within my ability to throw. Recovering strong-armer.


Bag:

Drivers:
168 Proton Inertia (met a few trees) - Max d, probably going to rest this for a while.
171 Neutron Servo (also met a few trees) - Favorite! Beating in nicely.
170 DX Leopard (used, slightly beat) - Still learning the disc. A bit flippy.

Mids:
170 Neutron Tensor (newish) - Used for some FH shots. Not entirely happy with this one - was expecting more fade.
180 Champion Roc3 (saved from tree-induced retirement) - Good for finesse/flex shots
178 400G M4 (nicely beat in) - Really like this mid. Straight straight straight.
170 Neutron Tangent (newish) - Straight and anhyzer shots. Also not too happy with this.

Tweeners:
171, 170, 169 Neutron Envy (beating in) - My go-to for pretty much everything.

Putters:
171 Classic Judge (new) - Putting only.

 

[Moose33]

You might try something like a Banshee for those windy days, it also make a great FH driver too.

a very understable driver like a Valkarie ot Hu might be good the gain some controllable distance as well.

 

[Fenrir]

Not to much to add really as I don't know to much about most of your molds but you have the right idea with sticking to low speed fairway stuff. I love the leopard I would say try one in champ or star at 170g and you will be surprised how well it holds and as some fade.

 

[bsurg]

Update: Taking the Tensor, Tangent, and Inertia out. Considering adding a TeeBird or two for field work (and for seeing why everyone loves them).

I decided that the Roc3 is a keeper because it works so much better as a finesse disc than anything else I've tried.

For ease of understanding, I'll use the Innova flight numbers. Now the bag looks like:

Fairway Drivers:
Innova TeeBird (7/5/0/2)
MVP Servo (6/5/-1/2)
Innova DX Leopard (6/5/-2/1)

Midranges:
Innova Roc3 (5/4/0/3)
Prodigy M4 (5/5/-2/1)

Tweener:
Axiom Envy (2/3/0/2)

Putter:
Dynamic Discs Judge (2/4/0/0.5)

 

[coldsweat]

If you didn't like the tensor. I might suggest a discraft zone in esp plastic. It will feel almost identical to the envy but dump a lot harder at the end of its flight. Alternatively if you want something to start fading immediately out of your hand look for a discraft drone. If either of those don't have enough fade for you you are prob doing something wrong.

 

[bsurg]

Thanks. I'll definitely look into those, as well as some mega-overstable discs like the Lat64 Trident, Firebird, or Prodigy H1. It's a rarely-used slot, but I think an important one for me and the courses I play.

 

[JTdisc]

Looking good so far with the latest changes.

If you want an overstable mid, check out the Prodigy M1 or a Dynamic Discs Verdict. Both of those are great discs for midrange shots into a headwind or when you need a reliable fade out at the end.

Keep throwing that Teebird. You can get a lot of distance with those and cover a lot of lines, especially when they start beating in.

If you want an OS utility disc, look at the Firebird, Felon, or H1. The Trident is really a different disc altogether (it's a bit hard to explain). The Felon is Dynamic Discs latest that falls into the Firebird type category. All 3 of those are decent.

 

[bsurg]

Thanks. I picked up 2 DX TeeBirds today - it was quite windy with all the storms rolling through, so I can't quite form an informed opinion on them yet. But they did help me get to my first par score!

Why is the Trident different from the Firebird/H1/Felon? From the inBounds flight chart, I can see that it's shorter and has much more of a "hook" than a fade. How does that translate to on-course play?