What is a good driver out there right now? What is a good driver for windy conditions? How do you get better distance on your drives?

If you are a beginner try a Innova Sidewinder or Valkeryie...if you like Discraft get a Wildcat, XL or an Xpress.

Hot drivers at the moment: Orc, Pro Starfire, CFR Starfire-L, Venom, Sidewinders, Avengers.......

Big snap equals big distance...work on your technique and feel and the distance will come....not everybody can throw 500ft remember that.

X Crushes, mmm mmm mmm. Good stuff!!!

x-crushes good roller disc thats about it.

If you are a beginer, get a DX Leopard for striagh to turnover, and a DX Teebird for straight to hyzer.

x-crushes good roller disc thats about it.



Yeah, I am sure a newbie is going to go out and start rollin X-crushes. :confused:

x-crushes good roller disc thats about it.



Yeah, I am sure a newbie is going to go out and start rollin X-crushes. :confused:




LeoD, He's from Oklahoma. Please excuse him. :D(I can say that. I lived there for 2+ years(T-Town!). I know that the tornadic winds seep into their brains, and make them silly.)





As for a good driver for a newbie......anything understable:

Discraft: XL, Flash, XS, Xpress, Cyclone
Other: Valk, Leopard

Depending on where you are located, Valks and Sidewinders are drivers that I believe you can keep on using as you improve.

I have limited experience with Discraft, Gateway, and Lightning drivers, but I know that a Sabre from Gateway, and an XL from Discraft would not be unreasonable for a beginner. And again, they are both drivers you can use even as you improve.

I would say a Flash as it is a pretty long driver for less strong arms, but it is very touchy. Get it a little nose up and it hates me.

My personal suggestion is to go with a straight, stable driver. I am thinking Pro TL here. The Sabre would also fit this category, and from what I am hearing the Tracker by Discraft (mine comes tomorrow, so I will report back if you want).

I think the best bet is to pick up some drivers that are in the upper 160s lower 170s. If I had done this when I was starting, I would be money ahead right now.

My_Hero,
you think a flash is a good beginner disc? I flipped mine into a lake and never have replaced it.

What about a stingray for a beginner disc?

Ditto to the post suggesting DX Leopards and DX Teebirds. And make sure you get lightweight plastic. Under 165 grams for sure.

Then, go to www.discgolfreview.com (http://www.discgolfreview.com) and read the articles on throwing techniques.

There are also videos on there of many great golfers. That Danny Reeves guy is awesome! ;) :D

My_Hero,
you think a flash is a good beginner disc? I flipped mine into a lake and never have replaced it.

What about a stingray for a beginner disc?



I do think the Flash is good beginner disc. I think the Xpress, or XL would be better, but all 6 listed are understable, and that's what most newbies need b/c they have not developed a good force/spin ratio.

If you are a beginer, get a DX Leopard for striagh to turnover, and a DX Teebird for straight to hyzer.



This is good advice... but I'd personally say an XL instead of the teebird. The XL was the first driver that I could control when I was just learning.

A JLS is a very beginner friendly driver too.

The XL is prolly the best beginner disc. It's like a slower, more controllable T-Bird.

An XL Elite-Z?

Z if you are in wooded/rocky area's.

The D or the X plastic if you don't mind replacing it from time to time.

Griff,

You need to find Timmy Gill. He's in your area. He'll be glad to give you a few pointers.

I'd suggest, remembering the advice given here, you visit one of the two stores in the twin cities dedicated to disc golf. Gotta Go Gotta Throw (http://www.gottagogottathrow.com) is in Minneapolis. Fairway Flyerz (http://www.fairwayflyerz.com/) is in Roseville near Acorn Park disc golf course but I don't know the exact address (try 411 or ask at the Minnesota Frisbee Association (http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/mfa-online/) group on Yahoo) and the URL doesn't have more info at the moment. Ask for help at either of these stores and you will get useful on these and any other DG questions you have.

There are other places to buy discs in the Cities but these two are top notch DG suppliers.

If you are a beginner...I would suggest learning to throw a midrange first until you can throw it dead straight. Something like a DX Roc around 175 grams. Maybe a Shark, Comet, or Buzz would be good alternatives to a Roc.

I really think the reason why my game progressed was because for the first 3 months of playing, I was only throwing a midrange and focused on throwing it straight. Once I got the arm speed and snap needed to control a golf disc rather than a Frisbee, I graduated to drivers and worked from less stable drivers to more stable/overstable drives as my arm speed and snap increased.

the drivers everyone has suggested are very user friendly, but I still have yet to see a true beginner who had any business with a driver in his/her hand right from the start.

Matt

I say an Element ("S" Plastic) from Gateway (Perftect 1st disc!) and then move up to a Sabre ("E" Plastic) from Gateway as 1st driver.

I'd also recommend the XL. It was my first driver that I could actually get results with. If I had a friend that was starting out I would recommend the XL.

IMO the XL is one of those milestone discs where the game changed for a lot of people when they first threw it.

The best all around driver=Champion Teebird. Stable with and into the wind, easy to throw hyzer and anhyzer with, very durable, and best of all, you always know what it's going to do. There are longer and faster discs out there, but in my opinion the Teebird is the best driver around.

Noone ever suggests this but some GREAT beginner (driver) discs are:

Polaris LS
Millenium JLS
Millenium QJLS

Just step up through those discs in that order. Starting with the LS will get you some great straight long shots, once you beat it up and get sad that it's gone, grab a JLS and you'll forget about the LS. Finally, when you graduate to the QJLS, you're ready to try your other drivers you got that are way too high tech for ya. Took me about 2 months to move through those. My flash was uncontrollable when I first got it, so I went back to my LS and beat that to a pulp, couldn't find a new LS but heard a JLS was a Just Better LS. It, indeed, was. Once the JLS became a turnover driver/roller, I tried the Q Plastic(which is, in fact, incredible plastic) and realized it was the same plastic as my flash. Once I got comfortable with the Q Plastic in a mold I knew, I was able to grab other premium plastic discs(my flash, my z xs, my z wildcat) and had no problems.

Don't forget about the new Orion from Millenium! It is the most controllable long range driver to be released in a long time.