2020-09-04 OLF and More New Discs I've bought new discs, after 1.5 years not buying any discs. Most previous purchases had been new discs to try out, different plas- tics, different stabilities, different manufacturers, a lot of random stuff. This purchase was much straighter forward. I bought two OLFs to fill a specific slot: the Eagle/Destroyer flight pat- tern in a 9-speed disc. The other discs were additional ones of my main molds/discs: A Star Valkyrie (2g lighter this time), a Star Teebird (also a bit lighter than my Echostar max weight), a max weight DX Teebird, to have a fresh one, because the purple one has lost its fade, and two D-Line P3s. Luckily one of them is the old version (fade of 3 stamp), which is the better version. D P3s lose their fade even faster than Teebirds it seems. None of the ones I have has any notable fade left (though most still have a lot of stability). With the new discs and some of my main drivers I went to the soccer field to throw some shots. It had sunny 25C but a quite noticable wind from the west. First round I threw into the headwind, then went back and forth, thus the even throws are with tailwind. - S VL 170g yellow 90 82 75 102 70 | 81 - S VL 168g blue 88 85 82 104 75 | 84 - M OLF 171g orange 86 90 103 98 80 | 73 - S OLF 175g pink 88 73 73 83 82 | 74 - DX Eagle 171g orange 90 83 86 80 75 | 87 - ES Teebird 175g green 84 95 68 98 70 | 70 - S Teebird 171g yellow 75 84 91 91 84 | 68 - DX Teebird 175g turq 88 87 90 92 74 | 78 - Lucid Felon 171g blue 80 90 78 90 70 | 88 Three throws went over 100m (330'): Both Valks once and the MOLF. Each of the nine discs went 90m and beyond, except for the SOLF: SVL yellow (2), SVL blue (1), MOLF (3), SOLF (0), DX EG (1), ES TB (2), S TB (2), DX TB (2), Felon (2). Felon and ES TB didn't work well into headwinds today. For all other discs the wind situation did not affect the distance. They had about equally far throws into headwinds as with tailwinds. The differences in my consistency are way bigger. The fourth round (tailwind) was the best with 7 of 9 throws at 90m or beyond. Whereas in the second round (tailwind) only 3 of 9 reached 90m. Clearly the MOLF excelled today: First time throwing it, throwing it farthest and more often far and more consistently far than any other disc! What a disc! It fits right between Star Valk and DX Eagle from how I throw it. I haven't thrown other lines with it, but already it feels familiar. The SOLF, however, didn't work well. I could not figure out how to throw that right. The blue Star Valk flies like the yellow one. Maybe it'll become a bit more understable as it breaks in a bit. Fresh DX Teebirds are great: DX grip but still with fade. It's good to have a new one available. I think I'll save it for wet weather. The 171g Star Teebird is pretty flat. It has noticably more fade than the Echostar, besides that it is quite workable. It seems to be a bit easier to throw because of the lighter weight. The fade kicks in rather late and hard, it seems. We'll see how that develops with some wear. I can't wait to get to the course to give the MOLF and S TB more air time. The S VL is pretty much a duplicate, thus not as in- teresting, more a backup. The Teebird is just one more disc of a mold I already know. It's more the question of how this individu- al fits into the family, how it's features are developed, where it's specialities are. The OLF, in contrast, is a new mold. It has similarities to Valkyrie and Eagle, but I don't know how it'll react on different lines, where I need to be careful, what it can and cannot do. Looking on consistency and direction: - The DX Eagle landed straight ahead on all headwind throws, but landed left on all tailwind throws. I.e. with tailwinds I should not give it hyzer but release it flat for a straight throw. - Valkyries and MOLF were about straightish in both wind direc- tions. - The SOLF was all over the place. - DX TB turned into headwinds and faded with tailwinds. More wind compensation needs to be done there. - S/ES Teebirds were rather straightish. These I've released with slight annies most times. - The Felon probably landed most straightish overall (all force- over flexlines). Into headwinds about 10m shorter than with tailwinds. Forehands: The last round were forehands. Man, they went farther than I thought they would! The Felon 88m! Also the Valks and the Eagle over 80m. The OLFs and Teebirds had too much hyzer for longer throws. For most throws I used my usual Sexton grip, but some I threw with the common two finger grip. I've figured that one out now: You have to firmly grab the disc between thumb and index finger base. That's the ``pivot point''. The fingers just add spin. Apart from probably more spin, the advantage of this grip are easier release angles. I can throw forehand annies this way, which is hardly possible with the Sexton grip. The Sexton grip works for right fading shots and with discs that stand up (i.e. not Teebirds). Form: Many throws were on too high lines, as usual, but some flew on nice low lines. I cannot control that consistently. Lower lines are almost always better. I need to film myself again. Sometimes I experiment with faster rotation, but I cannot evaluate it without video feedback. Overall a great time on the field ... and lots of good impres- sions of the new discs. :-) http://marmaro.de/discgolf/ markus schnalke