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Game tips — Rollers
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A roller is a throw where the disc rolls on the ground during most of its time in motion. The roller shot could for instance be used on low ceiling passages, where branches from trees make a normal throw difficult. A roller only has the tree trunks as obstacles. In order to make a controlled roller, the ground needs to be fairly even. To avoid losing too much speed, the grass shouldn’t be too long.
The most commonly used roller when throwing from the tee is the backhand roller. Use an understable or a stable disc and release it with an anhyzer angle. On shorter shots, the forehand roller and the scuba roller are rather frequently used. The grips you use for those shots demand shorter throwing movements and are therefore useful when you need to get out of trouble.
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backhand roller |
The landing is very important. The disc should have the exact right angle in order to continue on the intended path. Use a disc that you can trust. Learn a standard roller throw. Only use the roller when you are certain that there is an advantage, simply because the risk of getting in trouble is quite big with this shot. In order to achieve a stable rolling path and to get far, it is important to give the disc a proper amount of spin when releasing it.
The disc behaves in about the same way on the ground as in the air. An understable disc turns over more than a stable disc and is affected by the wind in a similar way. An uneven surface with a lot of friction (high grass, etc.) makes the disc turn over more.
/Jonas Löf, translated by Jonas Lindberg
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