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Complete Guide to Playing Professional Disc Golf
A complete instructional guide to throwing, disc selection, strategy, the mental game, and many other aspects of playing the greatest sport ever invented.
Available as a downloadable PDF eBook:
"A great book with valuable insights to competitive playing strategies and the mental game of one of the Disc Golf's top touring pros."
—Randy Lahm, Current World Distance Record Holder of 200.66 m (658' 3") - Masters Division
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- 150 pages of professional disc golf instruction
- Nearly 50 pictures demonstrating techniques and methods
- A comprehensive 300-disc throwing chart, rating the complete range of properties for each disc
- Pro tips
- Anecdotes from the course
- Legends of the game
- Definitions of common disc golf terms
- Information about the PDGA
- Access to the members' area and discussion board on DiscGolfBook.com
More information:
What makes this guide so unique?
The common denominator
About the author
Testimonials
Samples from the book
Sample of the disc chart
How to order
Affiliate program
What Makes This Guide So Unique?
First and most importantly, this is the very first book ever written that explains everything you need to play like a professional disc golfer. It is not a fluffy overview of a couple basic shots, rather it is a comprehensive guide to everything the pros know how to do with explanations as to why they succeed. The reason I know that what I teach in the book is right is that it all revolves around the common denominator.
The Common Denominator
After 20 years as a pro with 10 on the PDGA Pro Tour, I was granted the opportunity to compete with they very best to ever play this game. At any given time there have been 5-10 elite pros who have dominated the game. What I've done is to find the common denominators that they all share and used the group as a whole to determine what is the right as well as wrong way to play the game. The logic is simple: If all the best players do something, you should do it too. If none of the best players do something, you probably shouldn't either. Of course I also threw in the exceptions to those rules, plus a few things I knew that they didn't (although I guess they do now!)
About the Author
I'm the luckiest person to ever play this game. I've been able to make my living as professional disc golf for more than eight years, and as the only professional disc golf instructor for the past three. I've given throwing seminars in 155 cities and have an instructional video series that includes the best selling disc golf video of all time! I'm very proud of my playing accomplishments as well:
World and National Titles
4 PDGA national pairs titles
3 national mixed pairs titles
5 national tough shot titles
2 PDGA world pairs titles
2 PDGA mixed world pairs titles
2 PDGA national singles disc golf titles
2 WFDF national distance titles
1 WFDF world distance title
1 WFDF national accuracy title
State Overall Titles
Colorado (3 time)
Michigan (3 time)
Kentucky (3 time)
Tennessee (2 time)
Alabama (2 time)
Arizona (2 time)
Kansas (2 time)
Nevada (2 time)
Testimonials
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Samples from the Book
... Someday you won't be able to compete at the pro level without this shot. Of this I'm 100% sure. The good news for now is that if you learn this shot, you will have a HUGE advantage over the field.
... Remember that your run-up should move in a line towards the focal point you pick for the throw. You can ignore the target completely as all that matters is getting your disc to that imaginary spot.
... In 1994, six top disc golfers competed against six pro ball golfers on their course (our basket was next to the green). We played best shot doubles with each of our three teams going head to head with their three teams ...
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"... In all the years I've played, I've never seen another wind strategy work ... ever."
"... If you have a sidearm, you will always be able to choose the easier shot. With this shot, you aren't playing the same course as your competition; rather you are playing a course where half of the holes are easier than theirs."
"... but the trade off is that you only have to expose your disc to the rain for a few seconds. Because you already have the grip on the disc, a few seconds isn't enough time to get it wet and mess up your release."
"... There are several top pros who used to throw hook-thumbs all the time with an amazing amount of accuracy, but as they got better they abandoned that shot ..."
"... Up until the mid-nineties, the best way to throw for distance was to throw an overstable disc—like a Discraft X-Clone or an Innova Phoenix or Viper—really high with a roller angle and let itself flatten out as it flew forward. Now though ..."
"... The grip for the tomahawk is identical to the sidearm. Everything else is the same as the hook-thumb."
"... When we are afraid, we fall back on the basics of what we know and what we've learned. We try to analyze the fundamentals of the putt rather than just putting. It's seems logical because we've always been taught that when there's a problem with our game, we should go back to the basics. Unfortunately, this only applies when there's something physically wrong with our game. When there's a mental problem, the opposite is true. You see, the one thing you don't want to think about when putting is how you putt."
"... Don't focus just on those muscles that you think you need for disc golf. Over-strengthening select muscle groups is begging for an injury."
"... When you step up to a drive, imagine what the throw you are attempting will look if it's thrown perfectly. Then let the imagined flight path leave an imprint on the fairway exactly where you want the disc to fly. When you throw, let that path guide you and throw the disc right down the line. This path will also dictate the angle of your run-up."
Sample of the Disc Chart
Every golf disc made (nearly 300) from every manufacturer is sorted into a chart showing what each disc is best for, and what each disc isn't suited for.
How to Order "Scott Stokely's Complete Guide to Playing Professinal Disc Golf"
The printed version:
The cost of the printed manuscript is only US $25.95, available at TheDstore.com.
System Requirements:
For the eBook version, you will need a computer with Adobe Acrobat Reader (or another PDF reader) installed. Almost all computers come with Acrobat, but the reader can also be downloaded for free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html. You will download a PDF file. Simply download to an existing folder (or create a new folder), and then double click on the file to display the eBook. All chapters are fully printable for easy reference!
Instructional Videos:
More information about Scott's instructional video series is located at TheDStore.com.