Disc Golf Discs – Shortest Way To The Disc Golf Basket
There are differences between disc golf discs you should understand if you are planning to make an impact in the sport. Simply grabbing a frisbee disc and throwing it may be fun for awhile but you won’t make much impression on your rivals.
A disc golf set is like your golf club set in traditional golf. Clubs for driving, approach shots, chipping and putting. In disc golf, it’s no different except the tool you’re using to make the shot is different.
Let’s narrow the shot selection down to four. In disc golf you would need a:
- Distance driver
- Fairway driver
- Mid-range
- Putt & approach
Let’s take a look at each one individually. Each of the discs mentioned above have a role to play and when you use them as a team on each hole you play and really practice using them individually you will take your game to another level and start to tear up disc golf courses.
Disc Golf Discs
#1. Distance drivers are like your driving woods. They are designed to extract maximum distance from your “tee-off” efforts. Just remember to gain the most distance quite often it has nothing to do with the strength of the throw but more to do with technique.
#2. Fairway drivers are often misunderstood by traditional golfers and in a sense, they are also under utilized by disc golfers. Fairway drivers are great tools when you want to get some accuracy going in your game and not only that, they will get you distance as well. If you aren’t using your fairway driver disc enough then go and practice with it…it will add a new dimension to your game.
#3. Mid range discs are like your irons. They can cover a variety of distances from long to medium approach shots and are probably the most used disc in your disc bag.
#4. The putt and approach disc is like the final relay runner and it’s the one that takes you home. Just like each of the above, the putt and approach is a skill all on it’s own and needs to be practiced just as much as the longer hitting discs.
There are two other discs we haven’t mentioned but this article is for serious players who are serious about improving their game. Specialty discs are more old school and will often be used in unique situations while recreational dics are just that – for having fun but don’t underestimate their effectiveness to sharpen up your skills even when you are in fun mode.
