WIND

ok, so i just played my first tourney with high wind (20+mph) and it kicked my ass! I know that you wanna throw overstable discs, which i did, but i just couldnt seem to make the darn thing fly where i wanted it too. Any tips on playing in high winds or is it something that you just have to learn from experience?

[ROBEY the one.]

experience. you have to practice in high wind before you can play well in it, but one key is minimizing the risks you take. you want to throw the shots you are very confident in and avoid the ones your still working on.

the key to using overstabe discs in the wind is not to only to throw them but throw them on the lines you would normally throw the less stable ones on, because the idea is that the overstable discs will not flip in the wind like a stable one can. basically like your clubbing up, so where you would throw a TL throw a t bird or orc, or where you would throw a wraith throw a destroyer, or go from a surge up to a force and so on, you get the idea.

[Rescue]

Overstable into the wind and keep it low. Even though I have used crosswinds to shape a shot. They have been holes I know and I know what the wind will do to my disc, but if the course is new to me. I stay away from shaping my shots with a cross wind. Heck, if you are off a bit with a crosswind. I've had discs fly 50+ feet lft or rt of the basket. So I'm not a big fan.Use the lightest understable disc you have for tailwind shots and try and get it up high without the disc stalling. I must say. I tend to have better luck into the wind than I do with tailwinds, but that's a throwing flaw on my part. I get so jazzed that I'm going to throw it a country mile, because of the tailwind. I loose form and get the nose of the disc up. So make sure the front of that disc is nose down with a tailwind, heck even in a headwind.

[Chris Goodrich]

Last Tuesday was a great wind day here. It was blowing hard enough that my discs were moving even after they had landed. The gusts were picking them up and tossing them. That said, headwinds make a disc act more understable while tailwinds make them act more stable. So, either adjust your disc selection, i.e. I had a great time making firebirds hyzer-flip last week, or change your release angles to adjust. I managed to park my teebird on the same hole into the same wind as I did my firebird, just had to give it a heck of a lot of hyzer on the release.

Tailwinds are harder for me as. I try to adapt my angle of release and follow through to adjust them, and if I don't disc down I definitely throw with less power. I threw a drone into a tail wind about 60% and watched it sail past the pin by a good sixty feet, I parked the next one with about 50% (gotta love wind practice).

[Sean Perkins]

I know what you mean Chris. When Thad and I were in Juneau a few months back we had to deal with wind that was gusting up to 50mph with a steady 25-30mph. It was rough and I learned that overstable discs flew more stable. For instance, I flipped my max weight Xcalibur in a head wind which is near impossible with no wind.

Like Chris said, overstable into headwind and understable with a tailwind. In cross winds you usually want to use a heavier disc, but always show the flight plate (top) to the wind. If you show the bottom to the crosswind...watch your disc sail off the target.

Like a lot of people said, it just takes experience and then understanding the basics you've learned here. Practice putting in the wind even if it is frustrating...one day you'll be there in a serious tourney.

[Joe Meldrum]

Nice post, thanks

[Scot Lambert]

totally experience...and you will never stop learning! Its like sailing...you can and should use the wind to your advantage. It doesnt always mean grabbing your most overstable disc. There are tons of little things involved in milking the most out of any disc in windy conditions. Great topic!

[Donny Olow]

Keep it low and Flat ! Just think Line Drives !

[Scot Lambert]

excelent advise for headwinds. What about cross winds D?

[Donny Olow]

Cross winds is like Sailing a boat . Use the Wind and don't fight it to your advantage. Makes things alot easier.

[Joe Meldrum]

So...... Wind is like Sailing???? maybe it should stay on the ocean! lol

[Rescue]

I try not to mess with crosswinds. Keep it low flat and nose down. Like I mentioned before. I'll use the crosswinds on my home course, but that's because I've played those holes hundreds of times. So I know pretty much were to aim my disc for those holes with a crosswind. For instance. One hole I line up and aim approx 60 to 80 feet right of the basket and hyzer flip my Gator, but I've played it that way a ton of times. So no worries.

[Steve Belliveau]

I think its easier to play with a steady 15-20mph wind than a gusty 5-35mph.