Tip Category Disc Knowledge

Most new players don’t think about shoes until they slip on a wet tee pad or turn an ankle on a root-covered fairway. Then it becomes obvious pretty fast. Disc golf is a walking sport played almost entirely on unmanicured…

At some point the starter four discs stop covering everything you need. You’re playing courses with holes that require a specific shot shape you can’t produce with what you have. You’re throwing your putter off the tee on short holes…

The bag you carry matters less than the discs inside it, right up until the bag starts causing problems. Straps digging into your shoulder by hole six, no room for a water bottle, discs falling out every time you bend…

Most newcomers reach straight for the fastest disc in the bag. They heave a distance driver as hard as they can and watch it dump into the ground at 150 feet. Then someone nearby pulls out what looks like a…

Your disc is not the same disc it was six months ago. If you’ve been throwing it regularly, hitting trees, skipping it off cart paths and frozen ground, the flight has changed. Maybe subtly, maybe dramatically, depending on what plastic…

Most players buy discs based on what’s on the shelf or what someone recommended without giving weight much thought beyond a vague sense that lighter discs are for beginners. That’s partially true and mostly incomplete. Disc weight is a genuine…

Walk into any disc golf retailer and you’ll find the same mold available in four different plastics at four different price points. The Innova Destroyer comes in DX, Pro, Star, and Champion. The Discraft Buzzz comes in Putter Line, Cryztal,…

Walk into any disc golf shop and the wall of plastic is genuinely overwhelming. Dozens of brands, hundreds of models, price tags ranging from twelve dollars to thirty-five, and roughly zero guidance on which ones actually matter for someone still…

Ever stared at those four little numbers on a disc and felt like you were decoding some ancient language? Yeah, me too, back when I first started out. Thought they were just random specs slapped on there by the manufacturer.…