Guides

Plain answers about discs, flight and what to throw.

• Disc golf flight numbers explained: Speed, glide, turn and fadeFour numbers on every disc sketch one flight. Here's how to read them, and why they're rated for a faster throw than yours might be.
• Types of disc golf discs: Putters, midranges, fairways and driversFour types, sorted by speed, with one flight path each. And why how fast you throw matters more than the label.
• Disc golf disc weight: Does it matter, and how to chooseWhat a few grams change, who should throw lighter discs, and how to read the weight on a disc before you buy it.
• Disc golf discs for beginners: The three you need, and starter setsThree slow discs, the flight numbers to look for in a starter set, and what to add as your fourth and fifth.
• Fairway drivers in disc golf: When they beat a distance driverSpeed 6 to 9, easier to throw clean, and for a slower arm about as far as a distance driver. How to pick one.
• How to choose a disc golf putter: Job, feel, then stabilityPick the job first, then the feel, then the flight. Plus why a lot of players end up carrying two putters.
• Understable vs overstable discs: What they mean for your throwTwo numbers tell you which way a disc wants to go. Your arm and the wind decide how far it gets there.