Discraft Disc Golf Clinic: The Fastest Way To Improve

how are those players rated? what do those numbers mean??

yeh i was wondering whats up with the rating system too

KALAMAZOO M!

HEY! I’m from Kalamazoo! REPRESENT!!! Nice tips, THANX!

i think its similar to ball golf handicaps, indicating the skill level. what the numbers actually mean, i’m not sure

Best video ive seen yet…

typically a high level professional is a 1000 rated player, 930 to 980 might be advanced and so forth on down

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…….

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.

Is it bad to always leave your discs in your car during the hot summer?

I own Kalamazoo. Actually Larry LaBond does.

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!

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.

good vid!

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.

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.

I like how he NEVER explained the elevator shot.

Good video, I really like these videos that discraft is bringing out. keep them coming.

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.

it takes a lawyer…

that happened to me too

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

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.

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.

great vid. makes me want to try this sport out again!