![]() Meaning the disc will push farther along the flight before it’ll want to finish and begin to fall to the side. While the lower the number, the weaker the “Fade” will be. Meaning, the disc will want to finish and begin to fall to the side sooner as the number increases. ![]() The higher the “Fade” number is, the stronger the fade will be. The “Fade” number reflects the disc’s strength to finish flying. While a counter-clockwise spin generally has the disc falling, or fading, to the right. Looking back on the natural flight of the disc we see that a clockwise spin on the disc generally results in the disc falling, or fading, to the left. The “Fade” of the disc refers to how the disc will finish. So just remember that the “Fade” is at the end of the flight as well as the last number among the flight numbers. ![]() This number describes how the disc will finish. The “Fade” is the last number among the flight numbers. While the higher the “Turn” number is, the harder the disc may become to throw and gain distance. Generally speaking, the lower the fade number, the easier this disc can be to throw and get distance. At the moment, the lowest “Turn” number is -5. A high “Turn” number results in low “Turn”, while a low “Turn” number results in a high “Turn”.įor the most part all “Turn” numbers are negative, hence the lower the number the greater its propensity to go against the natural flight. Basically, as the number gets higher the disc will fly straighter until the fade. While the greater the “Turn” number, the weaker the disc’s ability to go in the direction against its natural flight. This sounds kind of odd but the lower the number, the greater the disc’s propensity is to turn against the natural flight (natural flight = clockwise spin goes to the left and counter-clockwise goes to the right). The “Turn” number reflects the disc’s tendency to fly against the natural flight path, or its ability to turn. With a counter-clockwise spin, the turn will be the disc’s propensity to turn to the left and fade. The disc’s turn then ends once the fade begins, or when it starts to fall towards the left – going back to its natural flight. Meaning, if the disc is spinning clockwise and thrown perfectly flat, the turn is once the disc breaks from the straight line and begins to fly towards the right. In a sense, the turn is the disc’s ability to fly in the direction that is against the natural flight path. The turn of a disc is visible in the latter half of the disc and ends once the disc begins to fade. Or if the disc is spinning counter-clockwise it will fade to the right (this is the spin for a left-hand-backhand/right-hand-forehand (LHBH/RHFH). So if the disc is spinning clockwise it will fade to the left (this is the spin for a right-hand-backhand/left-hand-forehand (RHBH/LHFH)). The natural flight of a disc is to fly straight and end falling to the opposite direction of the spin. ![]() To understand what turn is, we’ll need to look at the natural flight of a disc when thrown. So, what is the turn, what exactly are you looking for towards the end of the flight? So just like the the placement towards the end in the flight number lineup, you’ll see the turn towards the end of the flight. You can see the turn towards the end of the flight, just before the disc fades to its finish. An easy way to remember its placement and effects on flight is when it exhibits itself in the flight of the disc. “Turn” is the third number in the lineup of flight numbers. Now the Turn and fade refer to the aspects later in the flight. Where 0 means it is stable (the middle), while the greater number means it is more overstable and the lesser the number is the more understable the disc is. Discraft adds another number a stability rating. While glide refers to how much loft the disc has. Speed refers to how fast the disc needs to be thrown and spinning to fly “properly”. If you want to learn more about all of the numbers, you should check out this article: “ How to Read Disc Golf Numbers“.įor the most part, there are four flight numbers Speed, Glide, Fade, and Turn. We will dive deeper into these two, and how they compare to one another. This article, is more to focus on Fade and Turn. However, it will be a brief overview of speed and glide. In this article we will touch a little on reading all of the flight numbers of a disc. The order of the numbers, how the number depicts the disc’s flight characteristics, and what they mean to my arm and throwing capabilities. And most often, keeping all the numbers straight. As a beginner, I remember having difficulty deciphering what these numbers meant. Fortunately, these numbers do provide a good idea of how a disc flies. If it weren’t for the flight numbers on discs it would be rather difficult to know how discs fly. At times it may be difficult to know which one is the right one for you. ![]() There are so many disc golf discs on the market this day. ![]()
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