by JR » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:31 am
Taking time off to heal some injuries over the winter and hurting my back twice mildly lead to me not being in any better shape than in the fall. Perhaps even a little worse shape so i've been pushing to get in better shape before Tali Open. Throwing fatigued from the get go because of exercise on the days before my arm nerves manifested the old injury. I began to have less clean releases with the Anode. It did not handle headwinds well and neither did my Coyote, King Cobra and XD. As a result the best driving Anode i have was flipped and lifted hugely out onto a fenced area where i can't go. I've experimented with different skin moisturizers and despite having slightly grippier skin i had some early left slips despite having modified the grip for more power and larger skin contact. So now i'm torn about replacing it still owning a 168 and getting similar flips in headwinds and no flips in calm weather, better grip and more deviation between different winds and power levels with more fade from an XD. The profile and releases were not an issue for my aggravated arm unlike the Anode. So i'm compromised ditching either disc. There just does not exist a disc that would give me the performance of either with tolerance for my injuries and the ability to handle straight shots as well while handling local winds. Gaah! The thing for me is that when tired i am losing the ability to throw with clean shots and hit sideways repeatably. I can't add disc related problems on top of my lack of condition issues. It will take a while for my condition to improve so i'm at a loss as to what i'm gonna do. I do know that i will get a medium Sole but i think it is slowing down in headwinds more with the taller profile and it fades more. The reason for picking it up is wet weather grip but now at 50F it would seem that i need the safety margin of a tackier grip at least when i'm fatigued.
MVP please try to make base plastic type grip tackiness cores to the Anode.
Flat shots need running on the center line of the tee and planting each step on the center line. Anhyzer needs running from rear right to front left with the plant step hitting the ground to the left of the line you're running on. Hyzer is the mirror of that.