SD86
Banned
Vitals:
Years playing/experience: 5 months, play nearly every day, and play with a group on weekends.
Right/left-handed/ambidextrous: right-handed
Throwing Style: RHBH, learning RHFH
Golf Distance (avg/max*) for putter/mid/driver: Mids: 160-200 ft.; Control Drivers: 200-260 ft.; Distance Drivers: 260-320 ft.
Optional:
Age: 50
Sex: M
Injuries/handicaps?: weak knees; also, I'm tall (6'4") with very long, SLOW noodle arms, so getting "snap" speed is not easy for me.
Other sport proficiencies?: Regular (golf ball) golf, and same as disc golf: not the longest ball striker, but accurate as I work towards the hole.
Additional Information: I've been fortunate to be able to try out many discs by swapping with friends and getting Factory Seconds on the cheap.
What do you like/dislike about your current bag?: I keep my core bag to a 12-disc limit, though I can carry 20 discs in a larger (Innova Deluxe) bag. I'd love it if they made a 16-disc bag (between Starter/Standard Bags and Deluxe/Competition bags). I use mostly Innova discs, though I have an "MVP bag", and also a couple of Discraft discs lying around.
On some technical/wooded courses that I play, the drivers come out and I'll have two putters, etc. The core bag here is a "generic" bag that I could take to any DG with both open and technical holes.
I consider the upshot/approach to the basket the most important shot in disc golf, even more than the putt itself. Anything from 120 ft. and in (and I strive for 150 ft. and in) should be an up-and-down in order to shave strokes off one's round. To that end, my core bag is very mid-heavy.
Also, I reach a point of diminishing returns as I get towards 300-320 ft. (my max), but I am generally throwing a speed-13 discs further than speed-12, and so on…
Specific areas of desired feedback: discs that might improve on what I have; redundancy; am I carrying too much speed for diminishing returns?
Immediate and long-term goals: want to increase driver distance through better form and increasing "snap" speed, ultimately want to begin competing in tournaments.
Discs in bold are currently in the bag:
Bag (apologies in advance for putting putters first and working up):
Putter (carry one at a time):
- 174g Dynamic Discs Classic Blend Judge - main putter.
- 172g Innova XT Mix Nova - backup, upshots/approaches, may not carry in 12-disc bag, or may carry in place of the Judge if I get the "yips".
- 168g Innova Champion Aviar P&A - was very pleasantly surprised when a friend let me try his, so got my own.
Mids (currently carry five of these in my core bag):
- 150g Innova DX Cobra - Due to the light weight, when thrown straight and at 90%+ power this disc "breaks" to the right (understable), much like a knuckleball or slider in baseball. Ergo, I use it for dogleg-rights, particularly on technical/wooded holes.
- 180g Innova McPro Roc3 - overstable mid, used for hyzers around obstacles as well. Very effective into headwinds. As the McPro breaks in, I'll use it for straighter shots and use my 180g Star Roc3, which is stiffer than most Star plastic discs I have, for overstable/hyzer uses.
- 168g Innova Champion 'Pink Panther' - use more like a long putter from 35 ft - 120 ft out, main upshot disc to park under the basket if it doesn't go in the chains.
- 176g MVP Axis, Neutron plastic - my main straight midrange, has just a bit of fade at the end.
- 175g Innova Star/GStar Mako3 - alternative to the Axis, straight mid with slight understable bias.
- 170g Innova GStar Wombat - understable, drifts right without fade back, use for annys and longer upshots needing an understable bias.
Control Drivers:
- 168g Innova Star Leopard - great disc, but got caught up between the Mids and the TL, so it is only used on certain holes on certain courses.
- 168g Innova Star TL - great for shots in 180-225 ft. range in tight/technical situations. Love this disc, especially in Star plastic.
- 165g Innova Star Valkyrie - my favorite disc, the Valk is the core of my core bag. Very slight turn but mostly straight, some fade at end, this is the point at where control and distance merge for me. I mostly carry the Star Valk, but also have GStar, Pro, DX and Champion versions. Guess where all my money went...
Distance Drivers:
- 167g Innova Pro SL - added to bag for certain holes on certain courses.
- 159g Innova Star Archon - main driver unless very windy.
- 147g Innova Blizzard Krait - VERY straight driver, then fades by dive-bombing straight down into the ground.
- 163g Innova Star Tern - relatively understable driver. Good disc; not the longest for me, though.
- 146g Innova Blizzard Teedevil - flies like the Krait, is a bit understable, working with it to see if it makes the core bag.
- 149g Innova Blizzard Dominator - longest distance driver on downhills, into the wind, etc. Overall straight flight and dive-bomb fade like the Krait.
- 149g Innova Blizzard Boss, - use on really windy days (it holds up well for me) in places overstable drivers work best (downhills, into the wind, etc.).
Forehand Flick Discs:
- 156g Innova Blizzard Destroyer - forehand flick disc, still learning but it does well if I do it right. Not carried if no room in bag.
- 167g Innova GStar Thunderbird - flies like a more stable Valkyrie for me if thrown backhand. Not carried if there's no room for it in the 12-disc bag. Working with it for forehand flicks.
Years playing/experience: 5 months, play nearly every day, and play with a group on weekends.
Right/left-handed/ambidextrous: right-handed
Throwing Style: RHBH, learning RHFH
Golf Distance (avg/max*) for putter/mid/driver: Mids: 160-200 ft.; Control Drivers: 200-260 ft.; Distance Drivers: 260-320 ft.
Optional:
Age: 50
Sex: M
Injuries/handicaps?: weak knees; also, I'm tall (6'4") with very long, SLOW noodle arms, so getting "snap" speed is not easy for me.
Other sport proficiencies?: Regular (golf ball) golf, and same as disc golf: not the longest ball striker, but accurate as I work towards the hole.
Additional Information: I've been fortunate to be able to try out many discs by swapping with friends and getting Factory Seconds on the cheap.
What do you like/dislike about your current bag?: I keep my core bag to a 12-disc limit, though I can carry 20 discs in a larger (Innova Deluxe) bag. I'd love it if they made a 16-disc bag (between Starter/Standard Bags and Deluxe/Competition bags). I use mostly Innova discs, though I have an "MVP bag", and also a couple of Discraft discs lying around.
On some technical/wooded courses that I play, the drivers come out and I'll have two putters, etc. The core bag here is a "generic" bag that I could take to any DG with both open and technical holes.
I consider the upshot/approach to the basket the most important shot in disc golf, even more than the putt itself. Anything from 120 ft. and in (and I strive for 150 ft. and in) should be an up-and-down in order to shave strokes off one's round. To that end, my core bag is very mid-heavy.
Also, I reach a point of diminishing returns as I get towards 300-320 ft. (my max), but I am generally throwing a speed-13 discs further than speed-12, and so on…
Specific areas of desired feedback: discs that might improve on what I have; redundancy; am I carrying too much speed for diminishing returns?
Immediate and long-term goals: want to increase driver distance through better form and increasing "snap" speed, ultimately want to begin competing in tournaments.
Discs in bold are currently in the bag:
Bag (apologies in advance for putting putters first and working up):
Putter (carry one at a time):
- 174g Dynamic Discs Classic Blend Judge - main putter.
- 172g Innova XT Mix Nova - backup, upshots/approaches, may not carry in 12-disc bag, or may carry in place of the Judge if I get the "yips".
- 168g Innova Champion Aviar P&A - was very pleasantly surprised when a friend let me try his, so got my own.
Mids (currently carry five of these in my core bag):
- 150g Innova DX Cobra - Due to the light weight, when thrown straight and at 90%+ power this disc "breaks" to the right (understable), much like a knuckleball or slider in baseball. Ergo, I use it for dogleg-rights, particularly on technical/wooded holes.
- 180g Innova McPro Roc3 - overstable mid, used for hyzers around obstacles as well. Very effective into headwinds. As the McPro breaks in, I'll use it for straighter shots and use my 180g Star Roc3, which is stiffer than most Star plastic discs I have, for overstable/hyzer uses.
- 168g Innova Champion 'Pink Panther' - use more like a long putter from 35 ft - 120 ft out, main upshot disc to park under the basket if it doesn't go in the chains.
- 176g MVP Axis, Neutron plastic - my main straight midrange, has just a bit of fade at the end.
- 175g Innova Star/GStar Mako3 - alternative to the Axis, straight mid with slight understable bias.
- 170g Innova GStar Wombat - understable, drifts right without fade back, use for annys and longer upshots needing an understable bias.
Control Drivers:
- 168g Innova Star Leopard - great disc, but got caught up between the Mids and the TL, so it is only used on certain holes on certain courses.
- 168g Innova Star TL - great for shots in 180-225 ft. range in tight/technical situations. Love this disc, especially in Star plastic.
- 165g Innova Star Valkyrie - my favorite disc, the Valk is the core of my core bag. Very slight turn but mostly straight, some fade at end, this is the point at where control and distance merge for me. I mostly carry the Star Valk, but also have GStar, Pro, DX and Champion versions. Guess where all my money went...
Distance Drivers:
- 167g Innova Pro SL - added to bag for certain holes on certain courses.
- 159g Innova Star Archon - main driver unless very windy.
- 147g Innova Blizzard Krait - VERY straight driver, then fades by dive-bombing straight down into the ground.
- 163g Innova Star Tern - relatively understable driver. Good disc; not the longest for me, though.
- 146g Innova Blizzard Teedevil - flies like the Krait, is a bit understable, working with it to see if it makes the core bag.
- 149g Innova Blizzard Dominator - longest distance driver on downhills, into the wind, etc. Overall straight flight and dive-bomb fade like the Krait.
- 149g Innova Blizzard Boss, - use on really windy days (it holds up well for me) in places overstable drivers work best (downhills, into the wind, etc.).
Forehand Flick Discs:
- 156g Innova Blizzard Destroyer - forehand flick disc, still learning but it does well if I do it right. Not carried if no room in bag.
- 167g Innova GStar Thunderbird - flies like a more stable Valkyrie for me if thrown backhand. Not carried if there's no room for it in the 12-disc bag. Working with it for forehand flicks.
