You go to play a round of disc golf at a course like Becker City Park in Becker Minnesota, and the first 4 holes are between 250 and 400 feet, no problem. You get to the fifth hole and it is wide open but it measures 810 feet long, the ultimate goal would be to get to close to the basket on the 2nd throw and make a putt for a 3. To do that you need to throw close to 400 feet, twice, most people can’t do that if they don’t know how to throw a hyzer flip and or an anhyzer flex shot. Adding distance is one of the top thing most players want to do.
For adding distance the first thing you need to do is to learn the correct techniques for throwing a disc golf drive. Click on the links in this paragraph to get more instruction on each of these techniques. The average person can get to the 250 to 350 foot range with whatever technique that they try. For consistently adding distance it is critical that you learn the power grip, the run up, the pull through and the follow thru to insure that you will get as much energy as possible from your body to the disc. Adding distance is not so much throwing harder as it is better technique.
To throw a hyzer flip you need to use an understable disc. The disc must be released with a hyzer angle on the disc, around waist high. How much of an angle depends on the disc. The more the disc turns over, the more the hyzer angle on release to get the correct flight. A release angle of 25 to 45 degrees is normal, although a very understable disc may need to be released almost perpendicular to the ground to get the right flight. When the disc performs as it should, it will start to climb as it flies out on a hyzer, it will flatten out and start to turn over, as it loses speed it will turn back in the direction of a normal throw and glide out adding distance to your disc flight.
To throw an anhyzer flex shot you need an overstable disc, the pull through of the disc should come from low to high and be released at around shoulder level. With the flex shot, the disc must be released with an anhyzer angle on the disc. Because of the anhyzer angle the disc will start to turn over, as it starts to lose speed the disc will turn back to the normal direction the disc would go on a flat shot. Because of the S turn flight the disc will glide out farther than normal adding distance to your drive.
There is no right or wrong shot for adding distance, one will work better than the other for most people. The flex shot is probably a little easier to throw and control, but if you find the right disc a hyzer flip will fly really long. The key is to get the basic techniques down and get into a field with several different discs and see what works for you for adding distance to your disc golf drives. Also check out Disc Golf News for news on disc golf everyday.
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