WHAT IS DISC GOLF

it's golf but with throwing discs into baskets, instead of hitting golf balls into holes. Every throw is a stroke, and you "win" by having the lowest amount of throws compared to whoever else you are playing. That said, it's a great sport that you can play on your own as well.

This video below gives a decent general overview

WHERE TO PLAY

while it's still a growing sport, you may be surprised to find a course or multiple courses in your city. And the nice thing is they often are FREE. (Some might have a cost of like 5 bucks, but these are not as common).

To find one, you can just google "disc golf course + your city", or try out dgcoursereview.com, or use the app UDisc (udisc.com). I recommend the app as other local players will comment about the current state of the course (like if it's closed, is super muddy, hasn't been maintained, etc).

WHERE TO BUY DISCS

Most sporting good stores should carry a few discs. Average price is maybe about $10 a disc, some cheaper, and some more expensive. If you happen to live near an actual disc golf store, they might even sell used discs. This is another way to lower the cost of just getting some discs to throw with.

To go over quickly there are three types of discs:

• driver (farther distance, lower accuracy)

• mid-range (mid-distance, mid-accuracy)

• putter (shorter distance, higher accuracy)

Now there are other features of the discs that will make each one different than the other such as their flight ratings, or the material the disc is made out of. For example, this a collection of the Buzzz disc I found online- it's the same disc, just different versions of it (ignore the smaller discs-- those are just mini's, which you don't use for throwing)

WHAT DISC TO START OFF WITH

If you've just started, I would recommend starting with a putter. If you want an actual disc recommendation, I like Innova Avair, and Dynamic Discs Judge .

BUT WAIT, I THOUGHT PUTTERS ARE FOR PUTTING? HOW AM I GOING TO THROW FAR?

It's true, putters will not go as far. But, it's a bit like in north american football - just because someone can throw the farthest doesn't make them the best quarterback. Disc golf is not JUST about throwing far. Starting off with putters will help you learn how to throw, aim, and control a disc. Once you're able to consistently have the disc fly parallel to the ground, in a general area of where you're wanting it to go, then you can move on to other discs. By learning through this process, you'll be able to find that the variances in the way the other discs fly are due to the discs, and not yourself for lacking a consistent throw.

If you do want to try out a mid to start off with, I would also recommend the Discraft Buzzz.

How to throw

There are endless videos on youtube on how to throw. I think most people have some idea of how to do a backhanded disc throw- or it comes more naturally than learning a forehand throw. The following videos will help with a backhand throw. I would start with the first video, and try to follow what they show- it provides a good baseline. The following two videos are pros giving tips on how they throw. Each will have gems that can help you get to a better form and throw.

• anybody here play?

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• post your favorite discs

• post your favorite courses

putting this here instead of sports sxn as i know a good amount of ppl that are into it as a way to chill and relax as well

lastly, cool moment that happened at the world championship a few weeks ago:

Used to play a s*** ton in high school but haven’t played in a couple years

Disc Golf is underrated. Alt forms of golf are underrated lol

u still got your discs? since the sport blew up, a lot of certain discs sell for like $60 bucks used. had a friend sold one of his for 200 bucks recently

used to use it as an excuse to have a place to smoke in high school lol…. then all my friends and i got really into it. so fun, haven’t played in years though

used to do this with a friend of mine we would just chainsmoke joints and throw like 6 below par it was pretty based

DG looks hella fun

when you're feeling loose and relaxed but in the zone still

I despise golf but this really fun to watch, hope it becomes bigger

yeh now that its getting bigger, the past world champ was able to trade in his 2012 dodge for something better last year

I do! That’s good to know,I got some good ones. Will probably hold on to them tho, have a couple buddies that like to play every once in a blue moon

lmao they eating

practiced my putting yesterday

decided I'm gonna try to practice 100 putts a day

only takes like 10 min or so cause i stupidly have 18 putters lmao

looks fun

practicing my putts

feel like steph curry in this b****

somehow came across this dude's videos

he just started his channel, it's not really nicely produced or anything but the info he has to share on how to throw is good

was hanging out with my older bro and he mentioned disc golf since he lives near a park in town with a nice little course. its the same one i used to go to with a friend of mine so imma buy some discs this weekend

u end up going or buying??

i ended up scoring my best round out of the 5 times ive played this new (to me) course this last month

im trying to get top ten score of the last 30 days, which im 3 points / throws away from

i also bought this disc just cause my s/o said so

and this putter:

theyre a new company and its their first disc. kinda excited to see how it throws

No lol i had a busy ass weekend and didn't get the chance

i was debating getting a get freaky but wasnt sure, but i know they had been hard to find for a while

i asked my friend what he thought and he was like "ill just send you one"

and he sent me the cyclone too

so this is an even whiter version of ultimate frisbee?

Lol they might be neck and neck

But joking aside, Its appearance and decades long held stereotypes I think really puts people off from tying it out (like I straight up didn’t try it when asked cause of preconceived notions)
Even watching pros at tournaments, they have this lame ass look with the clothes they wear that just feeds into this image that really doesn’t represent it completely at all.

given its huge growth in the last year, I already am seeing changes with the people that are into it, so I’m hoping that will begin to disintegrate the long held notions and image its had. Tbh, recently it’s been a huge influx from people that mostly played basketball. As someone who’s favorite sport was always basketball, I guess I find a similar feeling in that like basketball, disc requires accuracy, but finesse and touch as well.

Idk man, I would really recommend it. just buy an 8 dollar putter and try it out sometime tbh—hopefully you got a nice course near u

paige pierce

got em

So I sadly ended up losing the get freaky zone this weekend. I was trying to get a hard curve to the left, and then have it fade to the right, but I didn’t put enough angle on it, so it just went up…and way to the right. It wasn’t far from where I threw it but it was over some trees, and when I managed to get back to the area where I threw it, it was nothing but cacti

I did buy a replacement though cause I really did like it

Anddddd I also got this new putter recently

It feels great, and is tacky and soft enough to stick- the only thing is that is drops hard after you throw it. but that just means I can really throw it harder and not worry about it traveling to far past the basket in case I do miss. It’ll also likely do great when I’m putting with a lot of wind