Upshots

I'm curious to know what everyones first choice is for an upshot about 100 - 200 ft wide open? Big hyzer, straight floater w nose up, anhyzer, flic, straight and flat, etc..... Definitely looking to improve this part of my game so any pointers r greatly appreciated :)

[Hippy]

I can play parkside with  putters and shoot 5-6 under!!!! Sometimes I don't even know why I carry my bag!!!! I have different break ins!!! All Aviar!!! 1 broken in real good for anny's , 1  fairly new for straight shots and 1 champion( stable) for hyzers!!!! Even throw a putter on Northside 18 from longs with right conditions!!!!! Do it man!!!!

[Eric Day]

Depends on how im playing, if im putting good that day ill go right at it with a putter and give it a shot. If not ill hyzer a mid and land safely within the circle.

[Pete Maher]

I go right at the basket in that situation. But if it's far enough to where my putter might start turning before it gets near the basket I might throw it slightly to the left of the basket (I'm LHBH). Really depends though

[Andrew Sanders]

As with many shots, it's what works best for you, which always feels like a cop-out of an answer, but hey.

When I'm for sure going for the upshot, I throw a nice easy hyzer with a beat D-Zone. The hyzer has just always felt more natural and consistent to me.

[eric beich]

 gotta factor in wind, and is there any obstacles behind the basket? soft dirt around basket or thick grass? If not  and if no wind.. I would throw straight and flat and low.

[AK Discer]

I'll throw a steep hyzer depending on wind or I'll throw my zero pure straight at it.

[Jim Coonradt]

No question here unless the left side of the basket is blocked. Sidearm with a Banshee. The Banshee is so predictable that all you have to do is get the distance right and it will fade right at the hole. I have sunk many an upshot with a Banshee or else it ends up right next to the basket.  I have also successfully used a Star TeeBird for upshots in this range. But my go to disc is a Champion Banshee!

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[Chris Goodrich]

Completely wide open, then it just depends on the wind.  No wind I'll be running a beat putter or a mid right at the basket.  Slightly windy, I'll throw a stable putter or mid on a hyzer line.  Heavy wind, go with the ever predictable Zone and hyzer to the pin.  I've hit more pin/cage/chains with the straight line than any other, but sometimes the nice easy hyzer with the stable putter just feels more comfortable.

[Jeff Nichols]

Wide open, I'll huck a Putter straight at it. I have been working on my Forehand upshots through the woods, and that has saved me a Bunch of strokes lately. Learning to appreciate the forehand and a Stable disc I can snake through the trees and reliably fade back.

[Christian Lamb]

I have started using forehand shots too when it offers me a better angle. Definitely a shot that needs  work though

[Dookville]

The first thing I look at is the landing area. Is it flat, or does the ground angle uphill or downhill. I want to bring my shot in and land flat at the same angle that the ground is. Provided I have a clear path to the basket, this is the logic that I employ.

 

Obviously, if there are trees to snake through, or elevation to deal with, or the wind, or maybe my footing is impeaded, I will have to make adjustments. The fact doesn't change though that I am looking for a landing that mirrors the angle of the ground around the basket if at all possible.

 

Sometimes there are objects blocking the approach directly surrounding the basket. It is then that I look for skip angles into the circle with a backhand or forehand.

[Jeff Nichols]

Dook went in depth! :) VERY GOOD POINTS THOUGH Dook. You are once again the voice of Reason. Throw the shot that mirrors the the Terrain. :)