Weakest part of your game?

[dragonessk]

Hopefully someday I will have a killer long drive. The longer and more often I play, The longer my drive gets. I am just going to keep following this theory. For this time played/distance thrown theory to be tested, I will have to engage in many, many rounds to see if the outcome meets the hypothesis.

[_dm4]

Best way to improve any part of your game is to practice, in my opinion. If you want longer drives, go out and throw. Best to get with a friend and have them throw back to you; less walking, more throwing! An open field is the best place to improve distance, not the course! Good luck!

[dragonessk]

Half of the Wellington course is open field. Its a great am course.

[SWee-tee]

Everything about my my game is weak..........

[ronconversjr]

remember while you`re focusing on learning a new skill to continue to use the shots already in the bag.Specialty shots by definition are used less frequently during play.A basic shot mastered will save you LOTS of strokes.

[smitty]

For me the trick to learning the roller was the disc used.

I always had to stable of a disc that I had to really try to flip over. If I did it, it would go a mile.

Now I use the Avenger SS. Throw it hard with a little anhyzer, and bingo it does all the work for me.

[basket_case]

I think "Playing the Jones Park Course in Emporia" needs to be added to the poll.

But within the topics already listed I would have to say... it depends.
What costs me the most strokes is any layup shot outside of 50' with OB, wind, rough terrain, any kind of obstacles. And my putting could use some work too. A lot of work.

The actual weakest part of my game is throwing rollers and 2 finger throws. They are about equal in badness.

[Ruder]

I think "Playing the Jones Park Course in Emporia" needs to be added to the poll.
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[basket_case]

I don't know what you mean by quoting me Ruder, but in case you're wondering, my comment was not meant to insult Emporia. The course there is... something else. The reason I said that though, is because after playing it 3 times, I played some of my worst games ever. I was joking about adding it to the poll, but not that playing Emporia is an extremely weak part of my game.

But to generalize it, there could be "Playing different/difficult courses & tournaments". That is a weak point for some people.

[Ruder]

Quoted for truth...........

I suck in Emporia - Always. Which is a shame because I love playing there.

[basket_case]

Well, you did well in the GBO. AT least you broke 60.

I've decided to spend more time on my short game so I'll be prepared for Emporia next time. I don't know if it will help me much, but it should shave off a few strokes. So today I went outside to my putting basket and played a very long game of putt with it. Since the basket can't throw discs, I gave it a point every time I missed a putt. Roughly 3 1/2 hours later the game finished and the scores looked something like this: basket: 590, me:505.

[chappyfade]

What's weird is my anhyzers suck, but I've got a really good roller. Seems like it should translate, but it doesn't seem to for me. My forehands need work also. It's gotten so bad that I've started to try and throw backhand left-handed for some left-to-right shots. Putting used to be my strength, and it disgusts me that it's gone to crap.

To throw good consistent rollers, you have to know what your disc is going to do, and what angle you should set it down at, and that might changeaccording to wind conditions, etc.. A lot of that is just trial and error. I have 3 different discs I might roll according to the conditions: Star Valk, Pro TL, and a First Flight DGA Rogue. The Rogue is my stable cut-back roller, the Valk is goto long distance roller, and the TL is my shorter, technical roller. I think I'm going to put a Cobra back in my bag, because they make good rollers, too, and they don't tend to flip as fast for me as the TL. I tend to throw my rollers at about a 30-45 degree angle, and let them flip a bit before hitting the ground.

Chap

[ronconversjr]

Hey Chappy,do you have problems with the anhyzer turning too much, too little,or just sporadic?Disc choice seems to be the key as long as you have consistency in angle of release.Maybe a different mix of discs?

[chappyfade]

Hey Chappy,do you have problems with the anhyzer turning too much, too little,or just sporadic?Disc choice seems to be the key as long as you have consistency in angle of release.Maybe a different mix of discs?

Typically it does not turn enough, but my release point on anhyzers seems to be erratic as well. I think either I get the nose up too much, or I don't hold the anhyzer angle enough through release, causing the anhyzer to stall and hyzer out at the end. It's gotten better lately. I figure disc choice is the easiest thing to change, one I get the technique right, which I clearly still have issues with. If the disc was the issue, I'd have this solved by now.

Chap

[Anakha]

Typically it does not turn enough, but my release point on anhyzers seems to be erratic as well. I think either I get the nose up too much, or I don't hold the anhyzer angle enough through release, causing the anhyzer to stall and hyzer out at the end.

I was having problems with this not too long ago, and figured out it was mostly my grip position/wrist orientation. It had to do with where my thumb was on the flight plate.

When my thumb is farther in towards the middle of the disc, it's easier to get a nose down thrown flat or hyzer, but on a steep anhyzer, having my thumb in would cause a nose up, so I moved my thumb closer to the rim, and it was easier to get a better angle.

My reasoning- With the thumb out(toward the middle of the disc), the forearm muscles don't strain as much with a wrist down orientation, and thumb in, less strain wrist up.

This muscle-