I am struggling to get much air under my drives and still keeping them with good form. I can throw my Illusion about 300 feet and have it never get it above my head on a dead straight line. However, if I try and get any air under it I seem to get a huge hyzer and my form goes downhill fast. I have just recently gotten good snap on my drives and am not too unhappy with a 300 foot drive that is hot and low, but would love to get it up a little and stretch out the D but when I try that it always just fizzles out. Is there anyway of getting a little upward velocity without changing the majority of the throw mechanics?

I am unfamiliar with the stability of an illusion. But you can get better distance in the air if you release the disc with a large sweeping anhyzer.

On a personal note, I hardly throw the disc more then 10ft off the ground on a long drive, and I throw in a straight line towards my target.

For noting: I usually long drive with a Beast or an Orc
On a bad day I am pulling 390ft, and a good day 430ft.

If you are accurate with a 300ft drive, there is nothing really bad about that. In fact, that is good golf.

Oops, sorry. I thought this was about something else. I'll leave! :D

Instead of using a birdie bag, crush up some viagra in a bag and use on discs, should be able to get that little buddy up in the air. :D

I'm a fan of Disc-agra ~ The-Patch. It is stuck to your off arm...allowing you to slap it or hit it for time-sensitive and controlled subdermal injections when needed for those pesky putts that need a lil help over the nub.

Instead of using a birdie bag, crush up some viagra in a bag and use on discs, should be able to get that little buddy up in the air. :D



lmfao!!!!!! :cool::cool:

IM not old enuogh to have problems gettin it up yet.

Then you have DROT issues?

I guess I was the only one who refrained from making a comment about the title. But of course one of my first threads I started was titled "How to put your back in to it?"

So I really have no room to make fun of him.

When I need to get it up, I throw an understable disc.

Or you could just rub your disc real hard and fast and think about Billy's mom.

I guess I was the only one who refrained from making a comment about the title. But of course one of my first threads I started was titled "How to put your back in to it?"

So I really have no room to make fun of him.


I knew [email protected] well what I had done when I made the title of the thread. What's the point of being on here if you can't have some fun though right? The question was earnest though and some real answers would be appreciated, but feel free to add in your own joke before or after. Thanks again.

This reminds me to the "Best Snatch" thread. Now that was a good thread. /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

This reminds me to the "Best Snatch" thread. Now that was a good thread. /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif


Very true, but if I had the best snatch I would have no problems getting it up. /msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

I agree that a low, penetrating golf shot is the bread and butter of good golf. Ken Climo makes a good living off of that shot. But being able to get a higher drive to work reasonably straight and far is good too.

Not that I'm a distance expert, but these come to mind.

1. More anhyzer (already noted)
2. Fatter disc like XL, JLS, Sidewinder (I think already noted)
3. Something else already noted also, I forget what. I remember now: a more understable disc.

Then there are strategies for getting the nose more down. Getting the nose down allows you to throw higher. Try possible strategies and swing thoughts like:

(1) Pretend you're doing a roller, but just roll it into the air instead of rolling it into the ground.
(2) Related to above, let go of the disc farther back in your swing and snap more. Sometimes that makes people get the nose down.
(3) Roll your shoulder over more. Meaning yank your shoulder more right and back and down before release. That might help. On the other hand, for some people, the opposite might help: try leaving the shoulder as far back as possible at release, which means you need to rotate your wrist [snap] more and that might get your nose down.
(4) Instead of having your disc more or less level just before you release, 'droop' the left side of the disc towards the ground. Then snap it back past level at release.
(4a) Another way to visualize this is trying to bounce the disc off the ceiling, which is kinda the opposite of skipping it off the ground, or pushing the bottom of the disc against the air (air bounce).
(5) Make your follow thru such that after you throw, your palm is facing up in the air.
(6) If you don't use a power grip (all 4 fingers against the rim, like gripping a baseball bat), try that.
(7) Releasing later in your swing. Another way of saying that is to plant your right foot more to the left than normal.

All the above are kinda related (yet contradictory :) ), so take this list of 7 and do #1, then #2, etc, all thru #7, then start at #1 again, and repeat until you hopefully "get it."

I'm not saying that this is how you throw a disc. I'm saying the above will help you "get it" and internalize the concept of getting the nose down. Then you can develop a more normal nose-down technique that you can incorporate into your normal swing.

There are better experts out there of course. Hope they help you out.

I forgot, one more:

If you curl your wrist just before your release, and then uncurl it at release, that might help.

Using platform shoes would help your drive get an extra 3-4 inches off the ground. However you may have problems with balance, and people calling you disco stu.