I don't really have a roller that I use. I've only been playing for a little over year, and was wondering when you use a roller.

I use rollers for:
-Holes that i can't reach in the air and have a decent fairway that is flat.
-When i need a disc to go way right and an annhyzer or Hyzerflip shot won't get there.
-shots that don't have any openings in the sky(if you have to shoot under trees and get distance)

I also use Forehand Rollers for:
-Very close shots out of Foliage.
-Shots out of the woodlines that need to turn one way or another
-short shots underneath things.

I find it very useful to be able to learn a little forehand cut roller... I use it a lot more on courses i don' tknow than i ever would with regular back hand rollers.

-Scott Lewis

P.s. My roller discs are a Beat DX Gazelle for back hand and usually a Proline Monster(old champ stamp) or a Champion Teebird and a PUtter for very close range.

Use a stingray or maybe a valkery use it when nothing can be done becuse chances are it will not go in the basket . But close for a putt and to get you out of the crapp.just my 2 cents :

i use a roller in situations including but not limited to:

-shots where i want 10-15% more D than my average air shot (backhand roller).
-long downward slanting holes with a ceiling that stays at a constant height with the terrain (backhand or sidearm roller).
-very sharp turns to the left or right where an air shot is blocked or the straight on approach involves a very small window (backhand/sidearm cut or controlled roller landing vertical).
-long shots that need to fly straight and finish to the right very late in their flight (backhand roller).
-shots with a ceiling that would significantly limit air shot D or would force me to disc up to something much less accurate to reach it (backhand or sidearm roller).
-shots that slope upwards late with a ceiling entering the upwards portion (backhand roller).
-shots playing from the left side of the schule where the hyzer route is very tight or would put me back in the schule at the finish (sidearm roller).
-shots where i have to clear a tall object close to the teebox and wouldn't be able to get a nose down air shot with that trajectory and still get okay d (backhand roller).
-days when i'm struggling off the tee with air shots and i'm sick of yanking/pushing drives right or left
-i'm bored and feel like throwing a roller.

When I play Safari Golf, aka Superman, or whatever regional name you have for it. We generally make up holes with insanely low celings and ones that are over 1000ft long.

When the air shot is near impossible/improbable.

Whenever I am feeling froggy in practice.

But I wish my roller was nearly as long as my air shot. My rollers are about 15% shorter then my air shots.

I use a beat up Champion Leopard for rollers, both backhand and forehand.

any time I'm painting large areas of wall or ceiling. Get a splash shield if you are working on the ceiling.

I also use em for wide open 2 shot holes to make that second shot less long. hopefully....

recently the only time I throw a roller is when I want to fall on my can, end up short, left, and in the shule

I roll a elite stratus on holes under 450ft and a 1st run Z Crush for anything over 450ft. If I can't reach a hole with a roller then I'll throw an air shot because my long range air shot is more consistant than my long range roller.

I prefer to use rollers on courses with lots of trouble, especially if the trouble areas attract discs that kick off trees. My rollers never seem to get me into trouble and always give me a chance for a 3.

I'll always throw one when a roller has a higher % of reaching the hole than an air shot. For example: a tree trunk is only 2 ft wide and the tree's branches span 20ft. A bunch of these trees are between you and the hole with only a few gaps. Why not throw a roller that only has to avoid the tree trunks?

Sometimes a roller is desired if there are sticky penalty trees on the hole.

I played Masters cup this last weekend. There were a couple of holes with OB that are now bordered by big logs. For some people and situations, you're less likely to go OB with a roller than with an air shot. Sometimes that's also true with OB bordered by shuul/bushes/grass

any time I'm painting large areas of wall or ceiling. Get a splash shield if you are working on the ceiling.




lol

I use rollers to get a 1950's Donna Reed look, it makes me feel so pretty. I think I look a lot like Donna Reed, she is my idol.

I use them for holes that turn hard to the right (I'm right handed) at the end of thier flight...


This hole is a hole I throw a roller on. Heres a pic.
http://www.charlottedgc.com/images/hornets/hornets_1t.jpg

And here's (http://www.charlottedgc.com/images/hornets/hornets_1.mpg) a video tour of the hole, showing the path to the basket

The hole requires you to throw an anny down the path, but since it is about 320, its tough to do that with that....

That illustrates my philosophy; a vertical disc gets through trees better than a horizontal one.
I'll also use a roller when the angle of the ground makes any hyzer a hazardous skip to possible O.B. like alot of the holes at the Memorial.

FH rollers are great when you have to hit a very narrow gate off the tee. See #5 and #6 on the Woodshed at Paw Paw ... they are uphill, very wooded, and have a very narrow gate less than 50' from the tee box ... FH roller is easiest way to make progress up the fairway.
Woodshed #6 (http://www.westvirginiaopen.com/WOOD/shedhole6_1B.JPG)