Disc Golf tips: Disc golf disc basics, Understable? Overstable?

This is a video to help beginners understand the difference between understable, stable, and overstable discs.

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[northwestblazinfire]

great video but i didnt hear any mention about disc weights

The lighter the disc the less stable, and also as your disc wears it becomes less stable.

Wheres your home course? Im in sedro woolley WA

[DiscraftandInnova]

@northwestblazinfire Thanks. I mention weights in another video. I end up playing Vance park a lot because I am in SE Portland. But I play many other courses in Oregon and Leverich in WA. Thanks for watching.

[Pnasalberta]

how do i get more spin on my discs?

[DiscraftandInnova]

@Pnasalberta You need to have more arm speed and snap. Reference the Discraft instructional vidoes. I try not to give throwing advice on my channel because I feel you are better off learning throwing technique from professionals.

[briqlet]

your vids are SOOO helpful in explaining the foreign language used by most disc descriptions.

[DiscraftandInnova]

@briqlet, Glad I could help you out. Thanks for watching, cheers

[arudolph22]

@Jodabro Wow, that is great--thorough and very helpful. Thank you. I don't have a big arm so I figure I need to actually learn how to throw the discs. :-)

[Jodabro]

The direction it fades is mearly based on which direction the disc is spinning. Looking from above the disc, a clockwise spin with fade left, counter-clockwise fades right. Also going with this analogy, the snap(rotation rate) is the fuel(Engines). If you have more fuel then airtime that is when a disc lands on the turn(because of pilot). The only straight pilots are discs that are rated 0 turn 0 Fade.

[Jodabro]

Another way to look at it is as if the disc was and airplane or jet. The center of the disc being the center of the plane. Tilt a wing down it will fly left, tilt it right fly right, nose angle up and down will change the altitude. Stable is like it has a pilot that has heavy left hand(RHBH-LHforehand). Understable is opossite as the pilot has a heavy right hand making the disc/plane turn right. Fade is what happens when the engines run of fuel, the plane start to fall.

[Jodabro]

Understable on the other hand is tricky because the rotation rate and release angle. If you have the result of a disc turning over to the right(fliping) and hitting ground on the turn, you need to adjust either your release angle or switch to a more stable disc.

[Jodabro]

@arudolph22 Every player rotates discs at different speeds. This causes a lot different opinions on what discs do. Also as you get better your revolutions per second increase, thus changing what your discs used to do for you. A stable disc often labeled 0 turn by innova and other manufacturers will want to get down to the ground, thus for a righthanded backhand thrower that means it will fly left given that you don't throw with an angle above your head.

[arudolph22]

@Jodabro I feel like both you and @DiscraftandInnova understand the physics of discs very well. But I had difficulty following your written explanation. Because the video is spoken, it it easier to understand and this was helpful. I am at the point of playing where I am finally ready to know how my discs work.

Honestly, when Dave Feldberg says in his DVD that "stable discs want to fall to the ground," I don't know what to make of that. I need more explanation because I have limited knowledge.