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As you go along there will be more and more questions and we will be here to help you.

One of the first thing we should talk about are the different types of discs.

      What are the different types of discs in Disc Golf?

 

Distance Drivers: 

• Distance drivers give you the distance to get close to the basket on a longer shot. They are used for getting maximum distance off the tee-pad. Distance Drivers deliver the greatest amount of speed due to their design, including a wider rim and sharper nose.

• Distance drivers speeds range from 11 to 15 and can have overstable to understable flight paths.
  

• While distance drivers seem impressive when advanced and pro disc golf players use them, realize that more skill and arm strength are needed to achieve these distances and speeds, and therefore, they're not recommended for beginner players.
  

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Fairway Drivers:

• Fairway Drivers have slightly smaller rims than distance drivers and are easier to control because they have less speed potential. This makes it easier to throw Fairway Drivers accurately down the fairway.
• While fairway drivers have less distance potential, they are a great choice for tighter lines, shots with less skip at the end, straighter flights, and shorter drives.
• Fairway drivers are generally a good choice for experienced and inexperienced players alike.

 

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Midranges:

• Midranges are a great disc to choose as your first disc.

• Midranges often offer straighter flights and won’t vary from their intended flight as much as fairway and distance drivers possibly will for new disc golf players.
• Midranges have smaller rims that feel comfortable in most people’s hands and often have slightly deeper inner rims than drivers do. Midranges are very helpful for navigating narrow fairways and landing approaches close to the basket.

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Putters:

• Putters are the deepest, slowest, disc golf discs and have the thinnest rims.
• Putters are intended to fly shorter distances and on straighter lines.
• Putters are the slowest spinning discs, so they have less potential to deviate off line.
• While putters are made to go in the basket, they’re also less likely to fly too far beyond the basket. Along with developing a good short game, a player’s use of putters is extremely important to scoring well.
• Putters are used by all skill levels.

 

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What are disc golf flight numbers?

 

Speed

 Range: 1 to 14.5

• The speed rating of a disc is possibly the most important flight number.
• A disc with a high-speed rating is more aerodynamic having a thinner profile to help it cut through the wind. An example of this is a distance driver.
• Discs with a lower speed rating like putters and midranges are less aerodynamic.
• The speed of a disc relates to how fast the disc should be thrown to get the optimal flight from the disc.
• As a general rule of thumb, the higher the speed number, the faster the disc must be thrown.
• A disc with a higher speed rating is meant to be thrown further, but you cannot buy a high-speed disc and expect it to travel further. Getting a lot of distance requires really good throwing technique.
• Beginners should opt for lower-speed discs with less than a 10-speed rating while developing better technique.

Glide

Range: 1 to 7

• The glide flight number relates to how the disc will react to the wind in regard to loft.
• A disc that glides more will stay in the air longer but is also more affected by the wind.
• Glide is an important factor in a disc, but generally not as important as the other three flight ratings.
• Discs with a higher glide rating tend to give you more distance at the cost of control.

 

Turn

Range: +1 to -5

• Turn is related to the under-stability of a disc meaning that the disc will “turn” or drift to the right when throwing a right handed backhand (RHBH) throw.
• With a RHBH throw, a disc will almost always “fade” to the left at the end of its flight.
• A disc with a high turn number, thrown with the correct amount of power, will “turn” to the right before fading out left.

Fade

Range: 0 to 7

• If you throw any disc flat at a lower speed, the disc will “fade” to the left with a RHBH throw.
• The higher the fade rating, the more harshly that fade will typically be.
• Discs with a higher fade rating are typically more over-stable.

 

Now that we have a great understanding of what the flight numbers are here is an example of where to find the numbers on a disc.

• Remember some discs are stamped differently than others. If you don't see the flight numbers on a disc ask one of our associates to tell you or look them up for you.

 

 

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