Brandon Whitehead's Disc Golf Blog

Pursuing the Perfect Push Putting Putter from Imgflip Meme Generator That's right, I've been on a journey pursuing the perfect push putting putter for putting the putting putter where the putting putter belongs. See what I did there? Say that 10 times fast.  from Imgflip Meme Generator Enough with the memes, what's the story? The struggle is real... Putting was always something I struggled with. I began with an Innova Aviar , just like most people probably did, because it's what came in the Innova Starter Set . I then briefly switched to the Kastaplast Reko  after participating in one of the Kastaplast Bingo Blast events and finally landed on the Discraft Challenger  for a while after winning one as a CTP prize. I had thought the Challenger was the right putter for me so I had even bought a stack of 10 of them to practice with only to sell them off later on and switch to the Innova Colt  when I had decided to switch to throwing all Innova discs (those were dark time...

Part 2 - A Continuing Trend If you haven't already read the first part, what are you doing?!?! Go back and read that right now! Choosing exclusivity without a sponsorship? You're gonna have a bad time! Being "Controlled" Get it? Because what I'm about to talk about are control drivers. Terrible pun, I know.  Continuing the trend of Prodigy discs finding their way into my bag, the next category in line was the "Control Drivers". When I say "Control Driver" what I'm talking about are discs that fall between 9-11 Speed within the flight numbers system. Some popular examples include... Axiom Insanity , Discraft Undertaker , and  Innova Firebird .  You'll find many arguments online as to what constitutes a "Control Driver". Some companies call 9 and 10 speed discs "Fairway Drivers" such as  Dynamic Discs  [6-10 speed] while others consider them "Distance Drivers" such as  Innova  [9-14 speed]. For me, I have cat...

Choosing exclusivity without a sponsorship? You're gonna have a bad time! Reference:  You're Gonna Have a Bad Time - SOUTH PARK I used to exclusively bag  Innova  discs. Innova was and is everywhere. I could find Innova in almost all of the sports stores near me which made it very convenient to find and replace discs as needed. But recently that has changed, and it has changed for the better! No longer am I limiting myself to ONE company for no good reason! I'm not sponsored by Innova and I don't need to be a walking advertisement for them without receiving some form of compensation (even if my current bag has their logo slapped right on the front of it ). Don't get me wrong, I still love a lot of their molds and plastics but in the world of disc golf, there are SOOOOO many companies , so why limit myself to only one when I have no valid reason to do so? After having that epiphany (far too late in my career), I switched from bagging molds created by ONE company (I...

Today, I had the idea to perform some fieldwork. I wanted to review the stabilities of my backup discs. The idea was to go out, throw the discs as consistently as possible and write down their aggregate stability I observed from their flights. Then I could label the discs with the goal being that I have a rough idea of how it should fly when I grab one off the shelf. Here's how I went about my fieldwork during today's session: There was a consistent wind but not too strong so I was able to position myself to experiment with 4 different wind conditions (Headwind, Left-to-Right and Right-to-Left, Tailwind) Based on the behavior of the discs thrown in the 4 wind conditions, I "aggregated" the flight into an "overall stability rating" (Very US, US, Neutral, OS, Very OS). Throw 2 types of "consistent" throws (standard 70% backhand and standard 50% forehand on my "natural release" (slight hyzer) into the winds and record the outcome Note that m...

Just wanted to give a quick shoutout to Brian Earhart and the Discraft media team for their Level Up series of videos on YouTube!  This has been a fantastic series of videos that break down some great ways to improve on your disc golf game. Give the playlist a view below, you won't regret it!

5 More Tips and Tricks + a video That Have Made Me a Better Disc Golfer Change your grips when you change the disc you're throwing Fan grip for putting Pinch grip for throwing putters and some mid-range discs Fan grip for throwing mid-range discs Modified fan / power grip for fairway drivers Power grip for throwing wide-rim control and distance drivers Don't be afraid to experiment with and try new grips! I recommend checking out  Aaron Gossage's power grip  to gain more snap and spin! - Source  Reddit Adjust your run-up based on the intended direction of your release / throw Left to right movement on the tee = hyzer shot Straight movement on the tee = straight shot Right to left movement on the tee = anhyzer shot Pull through Keep your head down on the pull-through / release until your left shoulder approaches your head while rotating Even if you've been playing for a while, don't be afraid to "start over" with aspects of your form, game, putting, etc... ...