Disc Selection

Caring for Your Discs

Clean, store and keep your discs flying true.

Why it matters

Discs are cheap individually and expensive in aggregate, and a disc that is dirty, warped or lost is costing you strokes before you throw it. Nearly all of this is avoidable with habits that take seconds.

How to do it

Wipe each disc before you throw it. Mud and water on the flight plate change the grip and the release more than people expect.
Carry a small towel, and in wet weather a second dry one kept inside the bag.
Store discs flat or on edge in a bag, never stacked under heavy objects, and never in a hot car — heat warps them permanently.
Wash them in cool water with a little soap when they get properly dirty. Hot water can soften plastic.
Write your name and phone number on every disc. This is the single highest-return thing in this lesson.

Common mistakes

Leaving a bag in a car boot through a hot summer day.Bring it inside. A warped disc cannot be straightened and will never fly properly again.

Throwing a wet, muddy disc and blaming the release.Wipe it. A slipped release from a dirty plate looks exactly like a grip fault and is not one.

Not marking discs, then losing a favourite permanently.Name and number, on every disc, today. Most of the disc golf community genuinely does return them.

Key points

Wipe discs clean for a consistent, grippy release.
Store flat and out of heat to avoid warping.

The drill

Drill · Mark the bag — 20 minutes, once: every disc marked and checked flat. Sit down with a marker and put your name and phone number on every disc you own, then check each one for warping by resting it on a flat surface. Twenty minutes, once, and it is the difference between losing a disc and having it handed back to you a week later.

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