Getting Started: Discs and More
Disc Golf 978 in Fitchburg, MA
Discs: So Many Options!
If you Google Disc Golf discs for sale you will be overwhelmed by the number of options, from places to purchase to the companies, names, types, plastics, and more. Below are my 3 favorite "starter kits" that you can enjoy immediately and will likely continue to use even as your skills improve.
Places to purchase: Amazon, 978 Disc Golf (Fitchburg), Infinite Discs, Marshall Street (Leicester), OTB Discs (Only the Best)
978 Disc Golf and Marshall Street are within driving distance of Weston. Their knowledgable staff can help you put together a great selection of discs to get started or missing discs to add to your bag,
Other good starter sets: Divergent Discs, Prodigy Ace Line. Innova starter kits are always available at your local Dick's Sporting Goods, too. *For very young children, Dino Discs make special lightweight discs that give the youngest throwers increased driving distance. Find them here: Dino Discs. UPlay, X-Com and Latitude 64 also make discs designed (weighted) for kids, too.
Affordable option for multiple quality discs and bag; likely same shape discs as MVP
Flight Numbers: What Are They? Why do they mean?
Let's take a look at the Latitude 64 Starter pack discs. Most people throw discs with their right hand and the flight is affected by the clockwise spin. Left Handed throwers (and RH forehand) will experience the opposite turn and fade.
Speed: Arm speed required to make the disc fly as intended. A fast-rated disc thrown slowly will have a different flight, for example.
Glide: Glide describes the disc's ability to maintain loft during flight. Glide is helpful for newer players but discs with less glide can be easier to control in windy situations.
Turn: How much the disc turns to the right for right-hand/backhand throw, or left for LHBH.
Fade: How much the disc turns to the left for RHBH as the disc slows down, or right for LHBH
The PURE is a putter. It is designed to fly slow and straight. You can see from this graph that a (right hand-back hand) beginner can still expect the disc to fade to the left as the disc slows down.
The FUSE is a mid-range driver, designed for slightly longer flights than a putter. You can see from this graph that the FUSE will fly super straight for someone who has good form and arm speed. It will turn to the right with no fade (for RHBH) for Pro-level players.
The SAINT is a fairway driver. It has a sharper edge than the FUSE which helps it cut the wind and fly farther. It also is likely to have some fade no matter how hard it is thrown. Its subtle turn of -1 will only happen with very fast arm speed. The glide of this disc is very high, which helps it get more distance.
Once you start to improve your technique and your discs start to fly farther and farther, you might consider adding other discs to your bag. They might be discs that feel better in your grip, or discs that fade hard to shape shots around obstacles or for windy days, or discs that have a very pretty stamped design. Avoid buying anything above a Speed 9 for the first few months or even a year. They won't fly as far or be as easy to control as the discs in the starter pack. Spend your money on an overstable approach disc like the Discraft Zone or Prodigy A3, first.