Form & Technique

Hyzer vs Anhyzer Release

The two release angles and what each does.

Why it matters

Hyzer, flat and anhyzer are the entire vocabulary of shot shaping. Everything more advanced — hyzer flips, flex shots, rollers — is one of these three combined with a disc’s stability. Getting the three clear in your head is what turns "I threw it and it went somewhere" into choosing a shape.

How to do it

Hyzer: the top edge is tilted toward you. The disc finishes left for a right-handed backhand, and lands predictably. It is the most reliable shape in the game.
Anhyzer: the top edge is tilted away from you. The disc finishes right for a right-handed backhand.
Flat: the disc is level. It gives the straightest flight, and it needs a disc whose stability suits your power or it will do one of the other two anyway.
The finish comes from the angle AND the disc AND your power together. The same angle with an overstable and an understable disc gives two different shots.
Reverse left and right throughout if you throw left-handed backhand or right-handed forehand.

Common mistakes

Thinking the release angle alone decides where the disc finishes.Stability and arm speed matter as much. A flat release of a very understable disc is an anhyzer shot in practice.

Confusing a hyzer with simply aiming left.Hyzer is the disc’s tilt, not your aim. You can throw a hyzer aimed well right of the basket, and usually should.

Reaching for an anhyzer on every hole that bends right.Consider a hyzer aimed right, or a flex shot, first. Anhyzer is the least repeatable of the three and should be a choice rather than a reflex.

Key points

Hyzer: top edge toward you — finishes left (RHBH).
Anhyzer: top edge away — finishes right (RHBH).
Flat release for the straightest flight.

The drill

Drill · Ten of each — 10 hyzer, 10 flat, 10 anhyzer with the same disc (30 total). One disc, one target, thirty throws split evenly between the three angles. Mark roughly where each group finishes. The three clusters are your actual shot shapes with that disc — and the gaps between them are the holes in your game that another disc, or another angle, has to fill.

Watch: Basic angles of disc golf explained: Hyzer, Anhyzer and Flat — Pulsea Disc Golf Academy