Anyone have any ideas for what discs beginners should look for?
My suggestions would be:
Roc, Buzzz, Aviar, APX
Leopard, XPress, Stingray
This would be assuming that the beginner doesn't have much power or snap and needs something understable.
Anyone else have some ideas? Please post 'em if you got 'em.
i used light valks when i started and they worked pretty good for me, i think aviars are a good discs for putting instead of using a driver like i used to
cheetah, rattler
My girls started on 150 XLs and Comets. These days I'd drop the Comet and go with the Breeze. The Cobra is a really nice, often underlooked, upshot disc that is not overstable, too.
as i recall one of my first drivers was an X-Clone. but thats cuz i was a crazy kid. i would advise for newer players to buy DX plastic. that way u can beat in discs and learn how they fly differently. Also, they are cheaper.
I second what Dan has to say about DX. Also the shark is/was a good starter disc.
I used to throw a Jaguar. It was a very little known Innova disc. Not sure if they even still make it. It was almost the diameter of a standard Frisbee ™, and flew prettystraight.
Just about any putter will work. The Gateway plastic we gave out at Widdershins (and still have in supply) is good for beginners. Both the Wizard and Element are easy to control and are not too stable.
If I could start back at day 1 and do everything again, I would play with just an Aviar, Roc, & Cobra for the first year. I developed some really bad technique from my first 2 years of playing. I had to go back & relearn how to throw a putter and midrange. When I did it helped with my driving instantly. When you are just starting you will probably still out throw your drivers with a midrange disc anyway because you have no control & they hyzer like crazy.
cheetah long driver
shark/cobra s hort driver long upshot
x-d up shot or putter on windy day
aviar putter
the xd has been the disc that has come to the rescue more time than i could count
great up disc but dependable putter when needed
when I started I threw lots of dx & glow eclipses, echo the cheetah, shark, and roc comments.
I just bought a Millenium Aurora MS and I wish I had it when I started. IMO It's as good, if not better than a Roc/Shark b/c the plastic is better than dx.
cheetah
roc
wizard, aviar, challenger, whatever, all the same
breeze period.
once they start flippin it, go to a buzz.
Once they max that, valk.
add orc.
and a putter whenever they need it.
Out of the 5 in the group I play with, we started with (all Innova, all DX):
Ace/Aero
Ace/Aviar
Valkyrie/Aero
Ace/Dragon/Shark/Aviar
Dragon/Aero (these were my first 2)
I just recently started throwing some heavier stuff, doing.. ok... I guess... for a beginner. I have a lot of baseball background, so teaching myself the X-Step wasn't too bad, but I still am doing something not quite right with my mechanics. A couple days ago I tried throwing the dragon again, and I was amazed at how going back from the heavier stuff to something much lighter (150) made it easier for me to throw much further. Still trying to get a good handle on the heavier stuff.
I started with an eagle and a Lighting #2 slice. Hilarious. Anytime one of my friends starts up, I give them a leopard, roc and wizard. Maybe just a roc. I have a few friends that just learned to pull eagles and flashes off to the right and let them come back, when they started playing. They cant even throw a putter 100' straight. Never gonna get better that way.