Reddit mentions of Ultra-Star 175G Ultimate Disc - White

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Ultra-Star 175G Ultimate Disc - White
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The world standard for the sport of UltimateOfficial and exclusive disc of the USA Ultimate Championship Series since 1991.Listed among the 31 things all men should own by Esquire magazine175 gramsFoil color on the disc will vary
Specs:
ColorWhite
Height1.574803148 Inches
Length10.8267716425 Inches
Number of items1
Release dateFebruary 2012
Weight0.3858089585 Pounds
Width10.8267716425 Inches

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Found 4 comments on Ultra-Star 175G Ultimate Disc - White:

u/clucifer · 20 pointsr/ultimate

I think your first goal should be to go to a pickup game and see if you like the pace and style of the game. You can find pickup games here. A youth clinic would be even better. The next step up would be a middle or high school league. But pickup is a nice way to get familiar with the game without making a longer commitment.

There are four skills you should hone to make the most of any ultimate you play.

  1. 5-15 yard forehands and backhands.
  2. Reset passes
  3. Catching
  4. Cutting

    To practice these skills do the following:
    First make sure you're using the right disc. I hate to sound patronizing or dogmatic, but there's only one disc that's suitable for ultimate and that's this one. Buy 2-3 of the exact disc I linked and get throwing. If you can't buy multiple discs, one should suffice for at least a few months.

    Find someone to throw with you. Could be a parent, sibling, friend, anyone as long as they can (somewhat) reliably return passes to you from 10-15 yards away.

    I know you said that you have some degree of throwing proficiency, but I'm going to hammer this home: you can always use more practice. Practice throwing as often as you can. Aim for around 25 minute sessions. Practice both your forehand and backhand. Aim to develop each throw at a relatively even rate, but it's ok if one throw feels a little stronger than the other. Your first goal for playing competitively is to be able to complete 10-15 yard downfield throws. Know that most pickup games will force forehands. 10-15 yards is a good typical distance for a downfield throw.

    The second (some people might even say first) important throw to master after the downfield throw is the dump pass. A dump pass is any pass that loses yards with the goal of resetting the stall count.

    What is the stall count you may ask? It's kinda like the shot clock in basketball. From the moment someone catches a disc, if they're being guarded by someone, they have 10 seconds to get rid of the disc. This countdown is verbally counted up from 1-10 by the defender.

    Once you catch the disc, give yourself approximately 3 seconds to look to gain yards by throwing downfield. Once the person marking you says 4, you really ought to throw to the first person open. This person will often be behind you aka the dump. Remember that resetting the stall count is more important than gaining yards.

    Then practice catching. Practice catching with two hands in a claw grip. This is the same way most football receivers catch the ball (or disc in this case) sandwiched between your thumb and the rest of your fingers. Now practice catching single handed in a claw grip. Practice the alligator catch, which is when you clap your hands together so the disc is sandwiched in between.

    The last thing to practice is cutting. I save this for last because IMO this is best learned through trial and error. My general advice is this: Most times teams will run either vertical or horizontal stack. At pickup, it will be probably be horizontal. What this means is that the middle of the field 10-15 yards downfield from the thrower is the active space where cutters should be moving. When you're in that space, do not stop moving. If you don't get open after 5 seconds, move towards the sides of the field and rest. If you're in the dead space close to the sideline, you don't need to be moving.

    Links:

    Zen throwing

    The cutting tree

    Forehand best practices

    TLDR: If everything I said sounds like too much work to do, I will emphasize one thing above all else: just get out there and play. If you fall in love with the sport like I did, all else will follow. Post any more questions you have and I'll do my best to answer. There's no such thing as dumb questions :-)
u/j-mar · 3 pointsr/ultimate

You can get them online from amazon. Also, the ultimate disc store. As Writers_bloc points out, you want a disc made by Discraft not Wham-O. (Wham-O owns the word "frisbee", so if you see that on the packaging, you don't want it).

If you're looking to buy more than just one disc you can buy practice discs here. Practice discs are usually the best price (other than getting your own discs printed), but I have no idea how much shipping to Singapore will factor in.

u/SargentPancakeZ · 1 pointr/supremeclothing

like 10 bucks. I recommend getting a 3-10 depending how interested you guys are because its more fun to have more disc to chuck just for fun.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002QSIUUG/ref=twister_B007CZLABY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1