How Discs Fly – A Beginners Guide to Disc Golf

This video explains how discs work. It's designed for beginners who have no clue why discs fly the way they don't want them to. The plan is to help reduce frustration, play more better and have more fun. Guardians of Recreation

37 thoughts on “How Discs Fly – A Beginners Guide to Disc Golf

  1. Very nice, taught the basics. My disc was ALWAYS turning to the left early,
    now I know why, I need a slower disc, I’m not a strong enough thrower for
    that disc.

    And that guy was cracking me up.

  2. Great tutorial! I’ve only been playing for about two months, so this is a
    lot of good info for newbies like me. Thanks for uploading this!

  3. I am relatively new to disc golf, and this video not only educated me on
    the basics of disc golf throwing, it helped me choose the correct discs for
    my (evolving) game. This is the best and most helpful video on disc golf
    that I’ve seen so far…

  4. if you throw an Aerobie Pro flying ring; you will forget about all these
    other discs and Frisbee. Thats how awesome it is!!! you have to have an
    Aerobie Pro!!!! all these other frisbees SUCK! compared to the Aerobie
    Frisbee!

  5. after losing 2 drivers to water hazards today I realized I had to make
    adjustments. This video is very helpful, and i’d stoked to take my newly
    learned knowledge onto the course tomorrow. thanks guys!

  6. Can someone explain what causes discs to turn left or right? They’re all
    symmetrical, so it doesn’t make sense to me that they are classified as
    right or left turning. They’re less stable than an ultimate disc, I get
    that, but it seems logical that the turning of the disc would depend simply
    on how it’s thrown, like any symmetrically round object would do.
    I looked up the Coriolis effect, that which causes tornadoes to spin
    clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and opposite in the Southern
    Hemisphere, to see if that is what causes discs in our hemisphere to turn
    left, or clockwise. Apparently this is not the case, as it is a myth that
    water going down the drain is affected by this, owing to the small amount
    of time and small weight of the water, so it seems that a disc with its
    short flight time and light weight would not be affected by this either. 

  7. Please search “AHDiscgolf” and check out my trick shot video. They are not
    all long bombs, cuz those are not trick shots. It’s a demonstration of real
    trick shots, ranging from easy to very difficult. Please watch, like and
    comment, and let me know if you can do any of them at home. If you do pull
    any of them off, please make a video response to show me! So search, click,
    then get out there and try my shots!

  8. Wow, theres a lot of great information in this video, well done! Gonna have
    to watch it again and take notes so I can play more better. Thank you!

  9. I tend to be the type who crams as much information into my head about
    something before I actually go out and do it. So, I’m in cramming mode
    today– watching videos, understanding terminology, etc.

    I found this really good video that explains the basics of disc
    characteristics and how to throw. I’m only about a third of the way through
    the video and have already learned quite a lot.

    The “beginner” in the movie is also a hoot. The video tries to add some
    levity so it isn’t just bombarding you with information.

  10. Huge thanks to whoever produced this video. This is an A+ production! I’m
    not a beginner, and have learned all this already, but this is great stuff
    for reference. Thank you!

  11. This has got to be the best Basic instructional video ive ever seen!!
    Although all those dramatic effects from the guy wearing the weird shirt
    was completely out of whack. He looked like he was trying his best to hold
    back a crap.

  12. Thanks for this. I’m determined to make my advanced discs work for me and
    watching this at least made me understand why they don’t fly more better.

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