I just started throwing thumbers/tomahawks and I was wondering what discs get the most out of these throws. What are your favorites?
I started throwing a thumber after I attended worlds last year. I use a Champion Edition Eagle. Overstable discs are good for thumbers. I'm throwing them fairly far & accurate. I can reach #7 at Bevier pretty consistently & #6 at Fairfield if there is no wind or a tail wind. I'd say I can get them between 290ft & 310ft.
QuoteI started throwing a thumber after I attended worlds last year. I use a Champion Edition Eagle. Overstable discs are good for thumbers. I'm throwing them fairly far & accurate. I can reach #7 at Bevier pretty consistently & #6 at Fairfield if there is no wind or a tail wind. I'd say I can get them between 290ft & 310ft.
What Brett failed to mention is that it also helps if you've been playing (or coaching) baseball and you can throw a ball fairly accurate it also helps with your thumber/tomahawk throwing :P
The odd chance that I do throw a thumber I've been throwing a Champion Orc...it's only just over 200' and I'm good for no more than 2 a round.
QuoteQuoteI started throwing a thumber after I attended worlds last year. I use a Champion Edition Eagle. Overstable discs are good for thumbers. I'm throwing them fairly far & accurate. I can reach #7 at Bevier pretty consistently & #6 at Fairfield if there is no wind or a tail wind. I'd say I can get them between 290ft & 310ft.
What Brett failed to mention is that it also helps if you've been playing (or coaching) baseball and you can throw a ball fairly accurate it also helps with your thumber/tomahawk throwing :P
The odd chance that I do throw a thumber I've been throwing a Champion Orc...it's only just over 200' and I'm good for no more than 2 a round.
Yes, I was a D-3 catcher and could throw around 1.7 to 1.8 down to 2nd. My arm is slowly working back in shape from throwing alot of BP this spring. I figured it'd help my thumber.
Yup, that's the reason I don't bother with a thumber. I used to pitch in high school. When I was younger, I played 16" softball and had a strong arm. It was fun to nail guys at 3rd from right field. I clearly have an impingement when throwing straight overhand and have nothing like I used to have. Baseball, softball and thumbers, by the wayside. Its all sidearm or backhand from here. ;)
QuoteI was wondering what discs get the most out of these throws
:P :P :P :P :P
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I guess I don't really have an overstable disc...well, I have a DX Orc but it goes pretty straight for me.
Should I get a Firebird, Beast, Eagle or ??????
I need something that will fade left.
just out of curiosity, what is the difference between a thumber, a tomahawk, and a hammer?
Quotejust out of curiosity, what is the difference between a thumber, a tomahawk, and a hammer?
Hammer & tomahawk are the same thing. One is more politically correct. :P Here's an article (http://www.discgolfreview.com/resources/articles/hammerthrow.shtml)explaining the difference between that & a thumber.
With an overstable disc, a thumber tends to land more to the right (rh), for me anyhow. I can't get any distance but it's handy in the woods.
thanks.
now that we are on the same page, my personal favorite is x2. i usually get about 250 ft with it with pretty good accuracy.
by the way, i moved to evanston about a year ago and i've only played a few times in glencoe which, compared to the course i used to play, Carroll Marty (http://www.fbub.com/dg/cm/cm.html) in ames, iowa, is not very satisfying at all. now the question for you guys is: is there any good courses around that would be wroth the drive?
thanks again.
sorry, i meant xs, not x2.
I live in Skokie and the short answer is that there is nothing much close. Fink in Highland Park is somehwat more satisfying than Glencoe but not by much. When I factor in the time I have available, I still find it worth going to these two courses. Otherwise, Madison Meadows in Lombard, Mokena, Joliet, Waukegan are fun but a drive. I have not played Streamwood but hear its worth the drive. If you have some distance, Edgebrook ( a brand new fly 18 that is very close) is worth it. I don't have a strong enough distance game and find I am overmatched by Edgebrook. It is a forest preserve golf course on the far north side of Chicago. You have to pay to play. Adler, a nine holer in Libertyville is worth the drive. However, you should read some of the threads on this board complaining about some of the players on that course. Up for a longer drive, Fairfield in Round Lake is a nice course. Parkside in Kenosha is a great course but a long haul. I am sure others will mention courses I have missed. Going back to your original comment, I like Glenoe and Highland Park because I can ride my bike to these courses. Everything else requires a car.