Discraft Disc Golf Clinic: The Fastest Way To Improve

[TheStinkfister]

Any tips for a guy who is straining his shoulder on drives? It seems every time I go out for a round I leave with my shoulder in wincing pain.

[ThisDamnHomelessGuy]

@TheStinkfister how are you throwing, RHBH, your trying to put too much power in your throw, lessen up on it, the disc should rip from your grip, not you releasing the disc. Also your step might be messed up, practice daily walking an x-step until your comfortable running the x-step, then your shoulder should not hurt anymore

[gamemeister27]

Well the elevator is pretty easy to figure out.

[rollthelosingdice]

whats the best disc for an elevator shot? magnet?

[gionieto]

my question to most pro where can i find the best tech. course. and where can i find the longer course. I live in CALI.

[Clipedice1]

great video!

[915greenhornet]

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.

[thearaban]

i naturally throw a hyzer. I now know what changes to make lol.

[sinnoh2014]

the one person crouching at the beginning tought me disc golf

[bjoli74]

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

[THCMED]

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.

[akronymn]

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.

[AvalonGardens405]

that happened to me too

[xcaliba1540]

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

[IUHoos17]

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

[Medium0Rare]

I like how he NEVER explained the elevator shot.

[aaronious2]

it takes a lawyer...

[Hyst44]

@Medium0Rare it was at the beginning.

[tosotikoga]

@Medium0Rare If you want to throw an elevator shot, throw your disc slightly nose up with a slight anhyzer angle on it and you should be able to get the elevator shot to work just fine. The reason it drops straight down from so high up is that as it stalls it is also coming out of the anhyzer. It doesn't have a chance to finish off as normal so it just falls nearly straight down.

[ThisDamnHomelessGuy]

@Medium0Rare its really easy... no need to explain it

[adam537]

good vid!

[okamasphere]

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!

[1chainzzz]

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.

[THCMED]

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.

[rtcj97]

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.

[amberraine]

I own Kalamazoo. Actually Larry LaBond does.

[DividedLove]

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

[ascodemus]

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.

[tnjed73]

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

[atreyufan600]

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

[bradleybacon]

KALAMAZOO M!

[BigDubya72]

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

[kannibees]

yeh i was wondering whats up with the rating system too

[mattattack418]

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

[McCharlie]

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.......

[rtcj97]

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.

[LuckRecords]

i shot a -1 my 2nd time playing disc golf.....i guess spending hours upon hours playing ultimate helps

[Nal27]

I'd say find a league in your area. Since playing league my game has improved unbelievably..

[bagpiper2005]

Very informative. I'm just starting to take up disc golf. It's quite fun.

[jenniferdiscgolfer]

very good video, show more, and maybe gets some on dvd. it's blurry on these computer.

[the2006rookie]

what is an average score for somebody playing for only four months? On an eighteen hole course. Say a medium difficulty. The best I have done on a fairly simple course is 1 above par. Is that decent? The best that I have done on a hard course is eight above.

[fluflu66]

I have never played but will next week. Is the driver similar in distance to a 165g?

[bigbuc5]

this was a very good video and i was quite surprised to find that i had played in a group with amanda at a recent tournament at forked run state park in ohio. i am definitely doing something very different as i throw much harder than was shown on the video and go shorter. it looks so much easier on the video for those distances. wish i could download the videos or get them e-mailed to me as i am on dial up and it takes forever for a video to load plus i would like to keep them for viewing.

[r3dskins8947]

hey i'm just starting out and i plan on playing about once every couple weekends....can anyone let me know how many discs i should buy to start out? i only have a driver and putter right now and they're pretty crappy....I'd love some advice

[sportdisc]

We at Discraft recommend you keep it simple to start: a putter (Soft Magnet is our most popular), a midrange (Buzzz, Meteor, Comet, Hawk), and a couple of different drivers suitable for beginners (Avenger SS, Stratus, XL). There's plenty of tips in the Team section of our website... where you'll also find other video clinics. Cheers.

[GnarlyEyeball]

@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,

[dark420bishop]

@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.

[MrAug409]

@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.

[DiscGolfer]

Eric and Andrew, Nice to see you in the video.

[bigmrmike1]

ziggy the "catcher" could take mark!!!!! hes actually amazing and 15yrs old...... just turned pro

[rickmanary]

great tutorial.

[Kakazii]

These videos are really great! Thx

[rtcj97]

He looks just like George Lucas.

Playing catch sounds like a good idea, but don't those discs hurt? I suppose I'd just use a putter.

[blingice]

Dude you've posted that on a few videos xbox give it up no one cares. We know he's good.

[re5xbox360]

mark ellis is my uncle and he is a crazy sweet disc golf player

[hyzerhead]

Is there a dvd of these? You are the man, mark! I was spotting at worlds few years back, and you gave me your mini. Still using it!