midrange discs over-rated ??

[ferretdance03]

"this is the thread all the crappy jokes are about".

yes, it was old before it was new.

[Roy]

Will it ever get old? Bitches?

yes, it was old before it was new.

That's part of the magic.

[maks]

I personally use a DX Skeeter as a putter and a Midrange. So, I'm able to get a range of putt to 200' with one disc. I also use a TL for everything else in the 100 to 300' range depending on the situation. My main driver for 300+' is the Viking. My wind, forehand and short fade driver is the Xcal. With these 4 discs I get everything covered.

i didnt know noobs could post in this topic......bitches.

jk

[Mikeytime]

After the first page and a half of this thread I thought, "This is ridiculous, I'm going to stop reading now." At about page 5 I thought, "I wish this Matt character was from somewhere that isn't my home state." At page 10 I thought, "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills." Now that I've read the whole thing I wish there was some way to unread it and go back to the happy place that was my life pre-this-thread. However, I'm definitely not above contributing to the madness. As a naturally athletic guy who can bomb Gazelles somewhere in the 700' range that has a blatant disregard for your opinion and the conventions of the English language, I think this thread title should be renamed to: Abandon hope, all ye who enter here...


Bitches

[rusch_bag]

whooops

[DeadEye]

Mid ranges are underrated.

[Timko]

This thread is overrated.

[JimW]

Can we move this thread to Europe so it can just be rated?

[jaydub803]

When this rose to the top today I saw it and had no time to read it but I was excited, thinking that some guru was about to unleash upon me a great secret that would leave me trading rocs and makos for teebirds and katanas, maybe dropping my putter for leopards. I was antisipating reading this for about 4 hours. Oh well.

[Ryan C]

When this rose to the top today I saw it and had no time to read it but I was excited, thinking that some guru was about to unleash upon me a great secret that would leave me trading rocs and makos for teebirds and katanas, maybe dropping my putter for leopards. I was antisipating reading this for about 4 hours. Oh well.

You thought some guru was going to show us all that midrange discs aren't necessary, even though we know that all the top ranked players in the world use them extensively?

[money 21]

stable mids are much more wind resistant than putters.

basically, fairway drivers should get 85-90% of your distance driver distance.
midranges should get about 75% of your dristance driver distance.
putters should get about 70% of your distance driver distance.

when you do the math, the longer you throw in general widens the distance ranges between each type.

This is one of the best statement i have seen posted about disc golf and is a great thing for new players to understand. my local course just put in cement tee pads and alot of new players are showing up. They see me and some of the experienced player teeing off with mids and throwing long approaches with putters and it surprises them. They will tee every hole with a driver then throw there mid until they putt. If you can reach the basket witha putter throw a putter.

[Thatdirtykid]

One of the better players I play with regularly (975 rating now) doesn't throw mids. He actually just throws a very minimal bag. Max, Destroyer, Pro Wraith, (a new disc thats not a staple) Wizard, SE Rhyno. I think thats it. He is a very good putter driver and has a good backhand and forehand. There are times he seems stumped between the putter and driver and wishes he had a mid in his bag (then throws the max and gets ctp). When he plays serious I beat him 1 out of 5 rounds.

I would be lost without my mids. (especially if I didn't carry a fairway driver like him). Currently I am trying X comet, Z comet, Z comet, aftershock. The heavy Z comet took 95% of my buzzz shots away.

[FHthrower]

stable mids are much more wind resistant than putters.

basically, fairway drivers should get 85-90% of your distance driver distance.
midranges should get about 75% of your dristance driver distance.
putters should get about 70% of your distance driver distance.

when you do the math, the longer you throw in general widens the distance ranges between each type.

This is one of the best statement i have seen posted about disc golf and is a great thing for new players to understand. my local course just put in cement tee pads and alot of new players are showing up. They see me and some of the experienced player teeing off with mids and throwing long approaches with putters and it surprises them. They will tee every hole with a driver then throw there mid until they putt. If you can reach the basket witha putter throw a putter.

<< If you can reach the basket witha putter throw a putter >>

Why?

[keltik]

why throw a putter on a short hole? control. the shot will be slower flying and will land rather softly and not skip (almost certainly). if it does hit a tree or something it won't ricochet as far as a faster flying disc. the same is true for holes reachable with a mid.

there is a caveat to this strategy which I am falling victim to lately. when you can throw a mid 350 and a putter 300+ you start thinking that you must stretch every throw with the slowest disc possible. what this causes you to do is to throw more shots at near max power which reduces consistency. the best shot is usually the buttery smooth 70% power shot with a mid or a driver. I'm really bad about wanting to flex the guns and park that 320' hole with a Wiz rather than playing golf and shaping a shot with a powered down driver shot or just a normal midrange shot. I also don't practice putting enough. thank you Frank for giving me this advice on two separate occasions. I was too hardheaded to truly heed it.

[FHthrower]

why throw a putter on a short hole? control. the shot will be slower flying and will land rather softly and not skip (almost certainly). if it does hit a tree or something it won't ricochet as far as a faster flying disc. the same is true for holes reachable with a mid.

there is a caveat to this strategy which I am falling victim to lately. when you can throw a mid 350 and a putter 300+ you start thinking that you must stretch every throw with the slowest disc possible. what this causes you to do is to throw more shots at near max power which reduces consistency. the best shot is usually the buttery smooth 70% power shot with a mid or a driver. I'm really bad about wanting to flex the guns and park that 320' hole with a Wiz rather than playing golf and shaping a shot with a powered down driver shot or just a normal midrange shot. I also don't practice putting enough. thank you Frank for giving me this advice on two separate occasions. I was too hardheaded to truly heed it.

He didn't say on a shorter hole, he said "if you can reach the basket".

Yeh, I can agree with a mid, as you're describing. I think fairway drivers are a forgotten art in DG though. Leopard and Cyclone are excellent discs to use on shorter holes and they both land pretty soft and flat.