Individual Sports

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DISC GOLF

• Individual Sports

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HISTORY

• Modern day disc golf started in the late 60's,
  when Steady Ed Headrick designed the modern day
  Frisbee.
• The early Frisbee golf courses were "object
  courses", where players aimed at anything from
  trees, trash cans, light poles, chicken wire
  baskets, pipes and fire hydrants as targets.

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HISTORY

• The game was formalized when Headrick invented
  the first Disc Pole Hole catching device,
  consisting of 10 chains hanging in a parabolic
  shape over an upward opening basket.
• The Disc Pole Hole became the equivalent to ball
  golf's hole and was installed in the first
  standardized target course in California.

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DISC GOLF EQUIPMENT

• Drivers
• Putters
• Approach Discs
• Basket(s)

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HOW TO PLAY

• Disc Golf is an individual sport, one can play on
  their own or against other competitors.
• Player starts by teeing off. If there are
  multiple players competing, the player whose disc
  lands farthest from the Disc Pole Hole plays
  first.
• A regulation disc golf game is 18 holes.

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HOW TO PLAY

• To complete a hole, the disc must come to rest
  either within the chains or in the basket.
• All fairway throws must be made with at least one
  foot on the disc spot.
• Points are scored by the number of throws it
  takes a player to put the disc in the hole.
• Winner is determined by the player who has the
  fewest throws at the end of the entire course.
• DISC GOLF GAME

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THREE FINGER GRIP

• Hold three fingers under the rim of the disc with
  the thumb on top, and the index finger along side
  of the disc,

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FOUR FINGER GRIP

• Grip the disc with four fingers curled under the
  rim and thumb on top

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BACKHAND THROW

• Use the three or four finger grip, swing the disc
  backward, crossing the chest to the left side
  with back of hand facing target (if right handed
  or vice versa if left handed).
• Cock the wrist on the backswing, unwind the arm
  and snap the wrist on release

BACKHAND THROW
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SIDEARM THROW

• Grip disc with three or two fingers with thumb on
  top.
• Draw the throwing arm backward, across the same
  side of the body, cocking the wrist (like a
  waiter holding a tray).
• Then, at the end of the backswing, whip the disc
  forward into a flat forward thrust, snap wrist on
  release.
• This throw is similar to a forehand stroke in
  tennis.

SIDEARM THROW VIDEO
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TOMAHAWK THROW

• An overhead throw at a vertical angle.

TOMAHAWK THROW VIDEO
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OVERHEAD THROW

• Grip the disc for a sidearm throw, but then bring
  the disc from the thigh area rear- upwards and up
  from behind the body to over the shoulder the
  disc is released like a baseball throw.

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TEE OFF
TEE PAD
The designed tee-off area
The first throw of a hole made from the tee pad
area. The disc golfer may take a running start
but must release the disc from the tee pad area
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STABLE
LIE
ROLLER
A rolling disc advance, when the disc rolls
along the ground
The spot where a disc lands and from where the
next throw is taken
Flying straight, usually when released flat
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DRIVER
MINI
A disc designed for fast, long distance flight
the most difficult disc to control
A small disc used to mark a players lie
MID RANGE DRIVER
PUTTER
A disc designed for short-distance and stable
flight
A driver disc designed for slower and more stable
flight
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BASKET
ACE
PAR
A hole-in-one
The average number of throws for an experienced
player to complete a hole
BIRDIE
The target or hole located on the disc golf
course
Completing a hole in one stroke under par
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How to drive the disc far
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DISC GOLF COURSES AROUND AUSTIN