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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
In some tests today, we found a correctly launched frisbee flies perfectly well, upside down or right side up.
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Being an Ultimate Player, I can say that disc's do fly differently if they are upside down. When a disc is upside down, it tends to not fly as far and floats more. Also, a Frisbee thrown upside down tends to wobble to either side.
Because of this, a disc is only thrown upside down in Ultimate if the thrower wants the disc to float down slower. This technique (either through a hammer/thumber/scoober) is often used to get the disc around/over a cup.
When we go to competition, many of the human players will be throwing these types of throws in order to get the disk over the 8 foot high wall. With the float these throws generate, it is extremely difficult to get the disk into a vertical target. This makes the chance of a human player scoring next to nothing.
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