Discraft Disc Golf Clinic: The Fastest Way To Improve
Do you just want to play, or do you want to improve? Discraft Pro Mark Ellis leads a group of competitive Am players in an exercise designed to reinforce the basics you’ll need to grow your skills.
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@r3dskins8947 Personally, I played for years with just a single midrange disc. But now I play with about 5 or so.
2 drivers one overstable, and one understable, and 2 midrange discs, the same.
I’ll also normally bring a disc I’m working with, or for a particular shot.
Personally, I don’t carry a putter.
I have the luxury of throwing both lefty and righty equally well so I don’t work on the forhand shot as much as I should. I play endicott park and made it through last week at 6 over par not to bad for starting play a month ago.
@r3dskins8947 I’ve been playing for years with a single driver. I use it for all my shots. It works perfectly fine for me. Buy one good frisbee, see how you like the sport, see how much you actually play/use it. Don’t worry about how many discs you have.
i naturally throw a hyzer. I now know what changes to make lol.
@sportdisc I haven’t been playing very long, and my best shots come from the Avenger SS, Buzzz and the Meteor. I had a few other discs to start off with, but my partner had those in his bag, and let me throw those. I went from playing bogey golf, to finishing close to even within a few weeks of using those discs. Can’t say enough good things about them,
@Medium0Rare it was at the beginning.
the one person crouching at the beginning tought me disc golf
great vid. makes me want to try this sport out again!
This is absolutely true. I’ve had local pros look at my form as well. I couldn’t hyzer for anything until I learned how to hyzer an Ultra-Star. I translated what I learned to my golf throw and now I can hyzer far more effectively.
I was playing one of our lesser known local courses when I came upon Eric McCabe and Liz Lopez, among others, taking ace runs on every basket on the course until they hit one, and then they’d move on. Watching them throw really sparked my imagination. They let my group play through after we watched them for a few minutes. I got down to the basket 340 feet away and realized they were throwing putters and midranges. This changed my game forever. I’m throwing my Roc, Wasp and Stingray 350 now.
I totally agree i played with Gregg Barsby and i learned more in one round playing with him than i did in the previous 10 years i played
that happened to me too
it takes a lawyer…
What he was saying about throwing with people who are better than you is so true. I learned more in one afternoon playing doubles with a pro than in a whole year of throwing alone.
Good video, I really like these videos that discraft is bringing out. keep them coming.
I like how he NEVER explained the elevator shot.
It’s a system put in place by the PDGA to help estimate skill levels of players. Kind of like handicap, but more flexible. A player’s overall rating is the average of several rounds, adjusted periodically.
A player’s rating for a single round is a function of the scores attained on that course and the player’s own score as compared to the rest of the field. Hudson Mills has 2 courses. Par from short tees on the Monster is a 925 rating. On the Original it’s 897. The score is what counts.
One of the most common tendencies on forehand is to roll the wrist over on release. It usually happens when you throw too hard.
Be patient with the distance and get used to a flat release. It’s hard to duplicate until you’ve actually done it a few times.
That’s why playing catch is so effective. You learn the control and accuracy and your distance improves as a side-effect.
good vid!
The answer is: play catch. You will learn the touch with practice. Watch your own throw. If it isn’t thrown flat then the flight of the disc will tell you that.
If nothing else works then have a Pro look at your form. You are likely making an obvious error. Throw flat. Throw smooth.
Damn ellis has a nice forehand. Can you go into more depth in throwing it with a putter? You say just release flat, but more info is needed!
I own Kalamazoo. Actually Larry LaBond does.
Is it bad to always leave your discs in your car during the hot summer?
Thanks a lot to Mark Ellis for great tips. Watching Mark teach is enjoyable as he can break down difficult things and explain them clearly and vividly.
It may be from the PDGA. I think after you become a member you get a rating at each tournament. Don’t quite me on that though…….
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