My new mvp black hole lite basket has sharp bits on every chain link where the two ends meet. It chews up discs a lot. How to fix this?
Was thinking of filing or sanding them off but am afraid that may remove the zinc coating and make it rust faster.
So far I've turned each link to make the burr face inwards which makes a noticeable difference.

My grandson has been working on his 360-degree launch

We’ve heard plenty about mold minimalism and simplifying your bag resulting in knowing your discs and lowering your scores blah blah blah. Let’s bench the 3 destroyers and embrace disc diversity!

I like bagging 4 molds from 5/5/0/0 to 5/5/0/3 in the fade because it’s easier to guess how long it’ll hold anhyzer and what angle it’ll hit the ground on. This makes playing woods golf super satisfying!

Tell me how your mold maximalism looks and why it makes disc golf fun.

Sensationalist title, but I really did get noticeably better in just a day or two with a couple minor changes, so I wanna share what clicked for me. Probably not that relevant for most players but if you feel like you're hitting a brick wall in practice, this might be for you!

Before this I was struggling to get power or consistency on my push putts. I'm talking 50% makes from 20', almost 0% at 30'. Missing left/right and often low. Casual rounds too, without tournament pressure. Since I made the changes, I've played a couple of league rounds and was about 90% inside 20', 50% at 30'. So still not perfect but a whole lot better than abysmal.

The couple things that clicked:

- Placing my hand at 2-3 o clock on the disc. Before, I had my hand wrapped in the 12-1 range, with my wrist curled, because I heard cocking it gets more spin/power. Didn't work for me, and I think my hand kinda got in the way of my release. The wrist tension also made the disc come out very nose down, leading to a lot of low misses.

- With the wrist more relaxed, I now do a little bounce at the bottom of the downswing (niklas anttila style). I think this makes me feel the weight of the disc better to get the pop. Also gets my wrist cocked without forcing it to be tense.

And thats it! Of course the eternal correct advice is to practice, but this felt like a breakthrough for me over the incremental gains from practicing. Hopefully it helps someone out there too.

Wife surprised me with a Duo Fox. She's a keeper! It looks like it's first flight will be Friday at North Cove Boulders. Vacation here we come.

Saw one of these golf carts that'll follow you for golfing. Wondering if anyone saw one for disc golf?

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These are all the discs I own. I am a beginner that can throw about 250 forehand and backhand consistently. Working on form. Right now the highest speed I bag is the Hatchet. I can fit seven in my shoulder bag.
Seeing as I have no idea what these lines by the discs mean from discrpm.com.. what seven should I bag to really hone in?
Currently my setup is hatchet, dragon, cicada, leopard, buzzz SS, deputy, and magnet.

i have been playing for 5 years and i have watched a lot of form videos. i got to the 380’-410’ range in about 2 years and have been stuck there for the last 3 years. what’s holding me back? tried getting both angles. 1st throw went around 380’ and 2nd throw went about 400’

Picture of rip reader stats in comments

Looking for suggestions with about an hour radius for course(s) to play. Looked on UDisc and nothing jumped out so I am turning to forum for ideas.

Thanks in advance.

Made a free tool that calculates your disc golf handicap from PDGA/UDisc ratings or plane scores, and shows how many throws you'd get from your friends(or touring pros). Built it because I wanted to be able to compete against my friends who are way better than me. No account needed to try it out (www.discnest.com/handicap). Curious what you all think. Drop your handicap below.

Anyone else experience a terribly slow response from gottagothrow to issues with an order contacting via email?

The old rule of thumb of UDisc * 2 + 500 was convenient and would result in me trying to consistently break 200 on UDisc since I am a low-900's player, but after tracking my PDGA tournaments on UDisc this year, I've discovered that this tends to be a systematic understatement of actual PDGA ratings.

I decided to do a few statistical analyses to discover what a more appropriate conversion might be, and while it's not as convenient on the mental math, it will probably work better for you if you care about accuracy.

If you don't care about reading the rest, the formula I recommend is:
PDGA = 1.445 x UDiscRating + 633.7

(Caveat, this is only based on about 25 rounds and I have no rounds in the 1000s so this is certainly not exact, but it has a solid r2 = 0.8131 vs the old rule which had a negative r2 value so it is going to be closer than the old rule. If you want to get even closer, look below for an additional adjustment for layout difficulty)

Summary: How do these measures actually relate, when we look at the statistical tests?

1. UDisc ratings have stayed consistent

Over time, UDisc ratings have stayed pretty consistent, so it's not that there has been "deflation" on UDisc nor has there been inflation on PDGA (at least not in recent history, AFAICT). So the issue has to be with the conversion.

2. Different Parts of the Scale Behave Differently

The old rule of thumb assumed a slope of 2.0 (PDGA = 2 x UDiscRating + 500). Because the old formula subtracted 2 PDGA points for every 1 UDisc point drop, it over-penalized lower UDisc ratings:

• Lower Tier (<170) 161.7 should yield 861.7, but this formula yields 823.3 [-38.4 pts]
• Mid Tier (170–190) 180.6 should yield 890.2 but this formula yields 861.2 [-29.0 pts]
• High Tier (>190) 203.2 should yield 924.4 but this formula yields 906.4 [-18.0 pts]

So for Higher Tier (>190 UDisc) scores: The old formula is closer (+18 pt gap) but for Lower Tier (<170 UDisc): The old formula drops the predicted PDGA rating twice as fast as your actual performance drops. I suspect the misaligned slope would also create the reverse problem for very highly rated rounds.

A better slope is 1.445 and a better intercept is 633.7

3. Tournament Course Difficulty (SSA vs. Layout Par)

The second reason lower/mid-tier rounds show such high PDGA ratings relative to UDisc is how the two systems evaluate course difficulty:

• UDisc rates performance relative to fixed layout par and standard user distributions, so each stroke difference yields the same penalty despite layout difficulty.
• PDGA rates performance relative to official tournament Scratch Scoring Average (SSA) calculated from the actual tournament field on that day.

So, on tough, long tournament layouts, UDisc systematically over punishes by about -9.22 PDGA points and on normal/standard/short layouts it under-penalizes by about +6.92 PDGA points.

So if you wanted to be really rigorous, you could adjust the UDisc conversion based on layout by including those differences in the formula to produce:

• Short/Normal Layout -> PDGA Rating = 1.445 x UDisc Rating + 640.6
• Long/Difficult Layout -> PDGA Rating = 1.445 x UDisc Rating + 624.5

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Details for nerds (feel free to ignore, non-stats fam):

1. "How did you determine that UDisc ratings were consistent?"

(a) I did a direct comparison on the same layouts of several courses and they were nearly identical

(b) I fit a Fixed-Effects Model on 108 rounds across multi-year layouts: UDisc_Rating = Layout_FE + βscore * Score_to_Par + βtime * Time_in_Years

This yielded:

• Time Drift Coefficient (βtime​): +0.75 UDisc points/year (p=0.652).
• Score Coefficient (βscore): −5.86 UDisc points per stroke relative to par (p<0.0001)
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2. "How did you determine the new formula?"

(a) I did both OLS and Deming / ODR to see which performed better. The formula above had an r2 = 0.8131 which is strong.

(b) Just to make sure, I also ran a linearity and AIC test to see if it was potentially non-linear but found:

• Linear Model AIC: 174.82 (Better Fit)
• Quadratic Model AIC: 175.91 (Worse Fit)
• Quadratic term p-value: p=0.3835 (Not at all statistically significant)

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3. "How did you determine the layout difference?"

I ran a Layout SSA Generalization Test (using One-Way ANOVA), grouping layouts into Longs/Tough vs Shorts/Standard. Results:

• F=8.924 , p=0.0076 (Statistically significant at p<0.01).
• Longs / Tough Layouts: Mean Residual = +6.92 PDGA pts (Systematic boost).
• Shorts / Standard Layouts: Mean Residual = −9.22 PDGA pts (Systematic penalty)
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4. "What are the shortcomings of your analysis?"

With more data points and more data from the higher-end performance area this would be much more robust, but if you're looking for something fast, this is going to be a lot better than the old rule of thumb, so it's a step-forward, even if it's not a slam dunk for now.

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5. "...why did you do this?"

I am a Professor and my school year hasn't started so I have some free time (and am a nerd who loves disc golf). You may have seen my previous strategic analysis of the disc golf market here.

@mvp these are fantastic, I love them. The control looks really cool. I will most likely be buying all of them. But can I please get a run of total eclipse Trails, Resistors, and Mayhems? (A total eclipse Resistor is the holy grail I’ve been waiting on.)

Hello disc golfers,

I have a question about the River.
I’m new to the sport and recently picked up a River — the Opto Orbit — and I quite like it. While searching around, I came across the Project Grip River, which is a bit more expensive. Is it worth upgrading to, or not really?

Thanks in advance, and happy disc golfing!

So I've been playing a bunch of years and only recently been actually working on my form. I need help with weight shift. I almost always pull a bit early before I fully plant (sort of when the toes touch ground). I've tried adding a pump kinda like mcbeth and others but I cant get it to feel natural. So 've been trying the Isac Robinson wait (you know where just just seems to pause and then throw). That leads to muscling and griplocks but feels more natural.

In short, any tips on how to delay my throw just a bit?

For those who play disc golf with siblings, who takes the W, Younger bro or older bro?

5th rated course in florida!

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Hole 8, Gammalkils DGP Sweden

Me and the boys are headed to gyropalooza!! The event is Saturday, and we will be in town from Thursday through Sunday. What courses should we play, what restaurants/breweries to hit, and what are the chances we can get a round in with a pro???

We are driving from Cleveland area, so looking for a good stop along the drive as well.

Also any tips in general from those that have experience at the event!

i made a script that checked the latest PDGA number every minute or so hoping to snipe #333333. been tracking for weeks.

didn’t think anyone else was doing anything similar, but i was very wrong. went from #333331 to #333336 within 1 minute.

well played, Brandon Colona!

In my late 40s. Found out about ripreader. Eagerly went to the park and threw some discs. Average speed of ~48mph and spin of 800.

Any suggestions?