a game requiring skill and dexterity
this sport is quickly becoming popular
around the world hi I’m Rebecca Brayton
and welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’ll be learning how to play disc golf
do you have any tips for beginners the
best thing you can do is just go out to
a soccer field and just try throwing
from one end to the other and in fact
soccer fields are really great because
it’s 300 feet from pole to pole it
provides a wonderful target to throw at
and so if you’re going to learn how to
play you want to learn how to control
your throws the best thing to do is to
get away from trees you can see how the
disc flies and just try try try there’s
no wrong way about it most definitely
play with you people who are better than
you and really take the time to watch
what they’re doing see the rhythm see
how they prepare for their shots and
learn from them you know and just get
out there as much as you can and just
practice practice practice and try and
concentrate on the little things that
you need to change to make make it go
better basically since the invention of
the beveled edge there’s now three main
types of discs that you can get three
categories is the driver the mid-range
and the putter what we have right here
are the drivers an example in the driver
you can see that the rim is very sharp
and very aerodynamic the top of the
flight plate has got a very low profile
that enables it to fly through the air
with a lot of spin and a lot of great
speed the mid-range disc is basically an
adaptation of this however the rim is a
little bit more blunt a little bit more
flat edged and that makes it fly through
the air a lot slower a lot more
accurately now the final type of
category that we have our putters
putters actually start off is the very
first type of beveled edge disc and back
in the early 80s these were the type of
this that we set all the distance
records now they’re pretty well strictly
used for short drives or mainly just for
putting and you can see it’s almost
typically a frisbee type rim with a
little bit of a bevel on it we’re going
to run down right now the types of grips
that are available that you need to
throw in order to make the disc fly
through the air the typical throw is
generally the what’s called a fan grip
and you can see the fingers are spread
out like this this finger up here is
generally there for navigation helps
guide the disc but in order to have a
true long-distance drive you need to
have what’s called a power grip and you
get
all four fingers under the rim and grip
the rim tightly and you can see it fits
in quite nicely right in the palm of
your hand there that is the best way to
release a disc and in fact the long
distance record of 820 feet was achieved
with such a power grip like that
beautiful throughout mark now the other
types of grips that you can have the
other types of throws is what’s called a
side arm or a forehand where you get
your middle finger right and up against
the rim this fingers they are just for
balance and you actually throw on the
side the other types of throws the wood
are called the overhand throws this is
actually an adaptation of the sidearm
the tomahawk is like this the same grip
but you’re actually throwing it above
your head like a baseball you throw it
similarly but for a different curve
which is called thumber and you reach on
the other side of the rim and you’re
holding it very tight within your thumb
some people natural pugilists they’re
able to throw with their thumb a lot
farther myself I’ve got nothing but
thumb so I like to go with the side so I
just marked my law here I’ve just driven
to this part i’m actually in the pudding
circle which is actually 10 meters from
the pole in an entire circle and what
you want to do is you want to square
your shoulders up against the basket
there’s no right way to do this other
than to make sure the bat the putter
gets into the basket so you want a nice
rocking motion a little momentum moving
yourself forward and that’s the way it’s
done another major form of putting other
than just a typical putt is what’s
called a straddle putt and that’s where
we step to the side and we’re not moving
forward but what we’re doing is we’ve
squared our body here we’re bouncing up
and down on our knees and that just
gives us an up-and-down mobility to make
the putt now there’s one final way that
you can do a generally accepted way that
you can put it’s what’s called a
terrible putt but it’s really just for
the show offs or if you’re in the
southern United States and you’re in a
palmetto bush you’ve got no other way
but to throw above your head it’s what’s
called the turbo pipe and what you do is
you put your thumb right in the middle
you’re holding on just the tip to your
fingers on the edge of the rim balancing
precariously and you get a little bit of
a spin as you throw it at the basket
this gives you a little bit more
accuracy but as I say it’s just for the
show voters do not
this at home what do you know
this sport is quickly becoming popular
around the world hi I’m Rebecca Brayton
and welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’ll be learning how to play disc golf
do you have any tips for beginners the
best thing you can do is just go out to
a soccer field and just try throwing
from one end to the other and in fact
soccer fields are really great because
it’s 300 feet from pole to pole it
provides a wonderful target to throw at
and so if you’re going to learn how to
play you want to learn how to control
your throws the best thing to do is to
get away from trees you can see how the
disc flies and just try try try there’s
no wrong way about it most definitely
play with you people who are better than
you and really take the time to watch
what they’re doing see the rhythm see
how they prepare for their shots and
learn from them you know and just get
out there as much as you can and just
practice practice practice and try and
concentrate on the little things that
you need to change to make make it go
better basically since the invention of
the beveled edge there’s now three main
types of discs that you can get three
categories is the driver the mid-range
and the putter what we have right here
are the drivers an example in the driver
you can see that the rim is very sharp
and very aerodynamic the top of the
flight plate has got a very low profile
that enables it to fly through the air
with a lot of spin and a lot of great
speed the mid-range disc is basically an
adaptation of this however the rim is a
little bit more blunt a little bit more
flat edged and that makes it fly through
the air a lot slower a lot more
accurately now the final type of
category that we have our putters
putters actually start off is the very
first type of beveled edge disc and back
in the early 80s these were the type of
this that we set all the distance
records now they’re pretty well strictly
used for short drives or mainly just for
putting and you can see it’s almost
typically a frisbee type rim with a
little bit of a bevel on it we’re going
to run down right now the types of grips
that are available that you need to
throw in order to make the disc fly
through the air the typical throw is
generally the what’s called a fan grip
and you can see the fingers are spread
out like this this finger up here is
generally there for navigation helps
guide the disc but in order to have a
true long-distance drive you need to
have what’s called a power grip and you
get
all four fingers under the rim and grip
the rim tightly and you can see it fits
in quite nicely right in the palm of
your hand there that is the best way to
release a disc and in fact the long
distance record of 820 feet was achieved
with such a power grip like that
beautiful throughout mark now the other
types of grips that you can have the
other types of throws is what’s called a
side arm or a forehand where you get
your middle finger right and up against
the rim this fingers they are just for
balance and you actually throw on the
side the other types of throws the wood
are called the overhand throws this is
actually an adaptation of the sidearm
the tomahawk is like this the same grip
but you’re actually throwing it above
your head like a baseball you throw it
similarly but for a different curve
which is called thumber and you reach on
the other side of the rim and you’re
holding it very tight within your thumb
some people natural pugilists they’re
able to throw with their thumb a lot
farther myself I’ve got nothing but
thumb so I like to go with the side so I
just marked my law here I’ve just driven
to this part i’m actually in the pudding
circle which is actually 10 meters from
the pole in an entire circle and what
you want to do is you want to square
your shoulders up against the basket
there’s no right way to do this other
than to make sure the bat the putter
gets into the basket so you want a nice
rocking motion a little momentum moving
yourself forward and that’s the way it’s
done another major form of putting other
than just a typical putt is what’s
called a straddle putt and that’s where
we step to the side and we’re not moving
forward but what we’re doing is we’ve
squared our body here we’re bouncing up
and down on our knees and that just
gives us an up-and-down mobility to make
the putt now there’s one final way that
you can do a generally accepted way that
you can put it’s what’s called a
terrible putt but it’s really just for
the show offs or if you’re in the
southern United States and you’re in a
palmetto bush you’ve got no other way
but to throw above your head it’s what’s
called the turbo pipe and what you do is
you put your thumb right in the middle
you’re holding on just the tip to your
fingers on the edge of the rim balancing
precariously and you get a little bit of
a spin as you throw it at the basket
this gives you a little bit more
accuracy but as I say it’s just for the
show voters do not
this at home what do you know
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