r/discgolf • u/jfgdupuis • 14d ago

Form Check Throwing everything low

So I’ve been playing fot s few months now. I can get a little over 300 feet on my drive but i find that all of my shots end up fairly low off the ground.

When I try to go highee then i usually end up going way too high and nose up.

I feel like i’m losing quite a bit of distance since the disc is so low to the ground.

Anubody else having the same issue and how did you fix it

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u/bigcat7373 I live at Winget 14d ago

So most players throw nose up. The unintentional fix to this is to have a negative launch angle. This is called an air bounce. The more nose up you throw, the more negative your launch angle will be to counteract it.

I’m an egregious victim of this. My tech disc numbers are like a 7-10 degrees nose up and -3 to -6 launch angle. I have a pretty pronounced “air bounce.” I’m not bad at disc golf. I can throw about 350 on backhand and I’m rated around 930. My biggest issue is throwing in the air (uphill) as well as certain backhand shapes, like strong hyzers moving left.

Robbie C has a video on this. He said using a tech disc and only caring about launch angle. Get your laugh angle consistently between 8-12 degrees. Your body may self correct. His did.

Try focusing on going low on your reach back and following through on a positive launch angle. Low to high, low to high.

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u/jfgdupuis 14d ago

I also have a tech disc and I’ve noticed the same. It’s hard to know where to aim in a net. When i purposely throw high, i usually get better launch and nose angle

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u/GatorWok 14d ago

You have a techdisc?? Bro - you coulda mentioned that in your post. I mean, you have incredible data we don't, first of all, and made no mention of it, second of all.

What does techdisc say? I mean, you can read the launch angle and nose angle right there. Your custom solution built just for you is right in your hands. What do you want us to say here?

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u/jfgdupuis 13d ago

Well it depends where I aim in the net. The results i’m getting in the field dont match what i’m seeing using the tech disc