Disc Sense

Thanks to everyone that stopped by to chat with us this weekend at YCC and US Open! We appreciated your enthusiasm and will use that energy as we push toward our KickStarter. Also, special thank you to VC Ultimate for sharing your space and mentoring us.

🥏 Throw like a Pro! 🥏

Get ready to transform your game with DiscSense!

We are thrilled to announce DiscSense: a lightweight sensor adaptable to any disc and every throw!
Whether you're a disc golfer aiming for that perfect drive, an Ultimate player perfecting your hucks, or a coach tailoring training plans, DiscSense empowers you to truly understand and elevate your game.

Get ready to unlock your full potential with data-driven improvement!

Kickstarter campaign coming end of 2025! Stay tuned! 🔥

Time to start training, the Disc Sense pilot is live!

Twenty people are using our late stage prototype and helping us make improvements before the KickStarter campaign.

We do have one spot remaining in the pilot. Cost is $100 if anyone is interested. Message us for more details.

We have enough interest in the Disc Sense pilot to get started but before we do, we want to put out one last call to see if anyone else is interested in participating. While spaces are limited, we can accommodate a few more people. Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in the pilot, especially southpaws. We could really use a few more left handed throwers.

Pilot details are available on the sign up survey:

Disc Sense Pilot Interest Form We're running a pilot to squash bugs and optimize the user experience before launching the product for real. The perk of participating in the pilot is you get one of our beta devices before anyone else. Our plan is to build a handful of fully functioning devices and the companion app to support Ulti...

We're making great progress!

There is still room in our pilot to be one of the first to use our device. Participation costs $100 and the sensor is yours to keep.

Fill out the survey of you're interested: https://forms.gle/4ntMwqCNzc1AYKpw6

Q: Do you want to throw like the best throwers in the game?

Of course you do, but what does that really look like?

Ten days ago we had a great weekend walking around the fields at the US Open and Youth Club Championships in Aurora Colorado. Thank you to all the people that spoke with us and threw our latest prototype. Your enthusiasm will energize us for months to come! Watching the games at this tournament, I couldn’t help but be inspired by the level of throwing prowess on display, so it seemed fitting to share our vision of how Disc Sense can help players of all ages and experiences throw like the best.

First, let’s acknowledge this sensor is a tool not a magic wand. It’s a good tool because it provides insights into throwing that cannot be gleaned from watching players and game tape or from practice alone. It is a tool that measures aspects of a throw that are critical for disc flight. We know spin provides angular momentum and stabilizes the disc, velocity dictates how far we can throw and release angle is vital for navigating the wind. But do we know what is good or bad or where we stand? If not, how do we know where to focus our efforts on improving? That is how Disc Sense can help.

We are benchmarking these metrics for throwers of various abilities and with our sensor you will be able to compare yourself to those benchmarks. With that information in hand, you can focus your efforts on improving the correct portion of your throw and track your progress over time. With that information at your fingertips you can train and improve anywhere you can throw a disc. That is how Disc Sense plans to help everyone be a thrower. The picture is our current app visuals showing an example throw in comparison to the range of data we have collected while developing the sensor. This view and others will allow users to see how they compare to top throwers, peers, teammates, etc.
If that sounds interesting let us know if you’d be interested in joining our upcoming product pilot by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/nCMrgML7s2PSTg1s8

Thanks & Happy Hucking,
Luke and Devin

Q: How can throw metrics help my game?

Hey Friends, Teammates & Mentors,

Some of us have spent decades honing our craft and wringing out every drop of improvement, so it might be natural to wonder, “what new insights can come from technology?” I’d like to share some of the insights I’ve observed on my throws using our sensor prototypes.

When I was a sophomore at Cornell my forehand was brutally bad. I remember warming up at Sectionals with my captain on a moderately windy day and barely completing a single upwind throw. My captain patiently coached me to release the disc with more inside-out angle and to snap my wrist more. From that moment onward I spent hours developing my forehand. Fast forward 20 years to today, and my forehand is far better but it seems I may have neglected my backhand. Looking at the chart called, "Spin, Luke's Throws" you can see my forehand (dark blue) has both more spin than my backhand (red) on average and has a considerably smaller range of values. Based on the data, it is not surprising that my forehand is my preferred throw.

Clearly I don’t get as much spin on my backhand as I do on my forehand, but is that relevant? How do I compare to other throwers?

Let’s compare my forehand to the forehand throws of everyone that has thrown our sensor. Glancing at the data "Backhand Spin, Luke v Everyone", it’s evident my backhand (red) does indeed lag in both average spin and consistency. While we don’t have enough data yet to do a one-to-one comparison with players that have played as long as I have, it’s clear I have room for improvement.

A quick google search leads you to many tips on YouTube and Reddit to help improve your throws. Tips specific for backhands include using power grip, over exaggerated cocking your wrist during wind-up, following through with your palm down to name a few. You can bet I’ll be trying all of these between now and Master’s Nationals. But, what YouTube and Reddit can’t provide is feedback to tell you if you are progressing and by how much. STAY TUNED for future messages to hear how we at Disc Sense hope to improve the process of improving your throws and help you SEE your progress.

If you’re interested in hearing more about our project please sign up for our email updates via the linked survey to OPT IN for future communication. (Latest survey includes potential device designs)

https://forms.gle/84JTbZBkiCnkJT2T6

Thanks & Happy Hucking

Q: What can a disc tell us about our throws?

Hello world,

We at Disc Sense want to introduce you to our project. Over the past few years we have spent more than a little of our free time working on a wireless sensor to measure various aspects of disc flight. When we first attached sensors and an SD card to a disc we had no idea what we would see. Since then we have learned each throw contains dozens of insights if only there were an easy way to measure and digest the information. We are working on a tool to do just that and believe this product has potential to help all disc sport athletes improve their throws.

What do we mean by insights? Imagine knowing the disc velocity and angle when you release the disc; knowing you can generate the necessary velocity to throw that S14 disc; knowing how much spin is on your forehand versus your backhand; or knowing how long your windup and release take and whether or not your pump fakes resemble your actual throws. Now imagine being able to benchmark your metrics to other players to help you target the best opportunities for improvement. We plan to provide these metrics and more allowing anyone that is interested the insights they need to improve.

Q: What can a disc tell us about our throws?
A: Quite a lot. (checkout App mock-up below)

With the help of friends and family we have raised enough money to build the custom electronics needed to make a sensor that is light enough and small enough to attach to any disc and to measure every throw. In a month or two we plan to have an advanced prototype quite similar to the intended final product. We would like to show this device to as many people as possible when it is ready. In the interim, we have a working version of our device made with off the shelf electronics that we are using to refine our design and algorithms. Using this prototype we are improving our data collection and analysis to ensure the metrics we capture are as accurate as possible and available to the user in close to real time.

If you’re interested in hearing more about our project please sign up for our email updates via the linked survey to OPT IN for future communication.

https://forms.gle/pDP5NxNvqfvED4tq8

Finally, because this is a side project it is taking us FOREVER to complete. If you think this idea is cool and want to be a part of our team there are endless ways to help (a little or a lot). If you’re interested please note that in the survey and we will follow up regarding what is needed and how we can compensate you for your time.

Thanks & Happy Hucking,
Luke, Devin & Josh