Disc golf: In defense of the phrase, ‘It’ll hold any line you put it on’

The “it’ll” in the phrase refers to a disc. You likely figured as much, but I wanted to make sure. This utterance is one you hear all the time in disc golf, usually during a disc review on YouTube.

“It’ll hold any line you put it on.”

Word-for-word, the exact saying appears zero times on this blog. But within the copy of our own disc reviews, the sentiment is all over the place. I don’t mind it one bit. If you’re new to disc golf or deaf, more often than not, the popular remark refers to a stable, neutral-flying golf frisbee.

In other words, thrown flat …

It flies straight.

Put a stable disc on a hyzer or anhyzer angle, and it should hold the line fairly well – nothing extreme, of course. Don’t expect the aggressive fade of a Z-Line Raptor or turn of a Star Rollo. But a true “any-line-you-put-it-on” frisbee will do as you tell it to do – for better or worse.

Let’s name a few …

• The Dart, Luna and Envy are all great putters.
• The Hex, Roc3 and Buzzz are known for line-holding.
• The Saint, Exodus and Leopard3 are fast, but do the same thing.

* Note: Due to their speed, there aren’t many distance drivers that fit the bill.

And countless others …

An abundance of workable molds is a good problem for disc golf to have.

The biggest beef disc golfers have with the whole “It’ll hold any line you put it on” tidbit is that it’s painfully overused. I get it; I really do. However, my problem with that manner of thinking is that if that’s truly the disc’s most notable characteristic, what’s the issue with making it known?

Seriously, by the same token, disc golf would need to find substitutes for “overstable” and “understable,” which exist – but they’re not nearly as good. If I’m unfamiliar with a mold’s behavior, don’t get cute with your verbiage when describing its flight characteristics …

Tell me what it does.

Furthermore, it’s THIS kind of disc that’s arguably the most sought after by serious disc golfers. Yes, I’m aware of the overstability epidemic with which the world’s largest disc manufacturers have infected the greater disc golf population. But disc golfers who know a thing or two about the game can’t function without a Comet, Compass, Wombat3 or Pathfinder in their bags.

In fact, so in-tune do said “disc golfers” get with these kinds of discs that they’ll frequently drop the lengthy descriptor and replace it with a title far more brief – one word gets the job done …

Workhorse.

Could it be that those who quickly tire of the expression in question (and are vocal about it) haven’t yet found one for their own bags? To know an any-line disc is to love an any-line disc. 

Find one. Throw one.

And when someone asks you about it, you’ll know what to tell ‘em …

“It’ll hold any line you put it on.”

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