This chart, provided by Lucid Software’s analysis team, can be a little bit hard to decipher, but it basically takes the average elevation of all the survey participants that answered for each distance. Did you ever wonder how much elevation figures into distance? While higher elevations often make disc flight paths more overstable (and the reverse for lower elevations), the abilities to throw further seems to favor those who live at higher elevations. Now, for a little something you’ve never considered, we have a breakdown of the claimed distances from survey participants versus the elevation of the states in the USA where those players are from. Only when you start to hit the charts for 61-70 and the 71+ age groups do the distance abilities begin a dramatic drop-off, landing more of those older players in a range under 300 feet. As you scroll through the age breakdowns, you’ll notice that the middle ages have a much higher number of survey participants, but the averages stay pretty close… AGE 12 – 17 So here is a very chart-heavy report, but we hope that you enjoy seeing how age influences distance. We thought it would be fun to take a look at the results broken down by age groups. Only 2.1% of those surveyed claimed to be able to through 451 to 500 feet and a minor sliver of. That means that if you add together those three categories with a distance from 251 – 400 feet, that covers the vast majority of players while much smaller groups claim 400+ feet. Close behind that is the 351 to 400 foot range at 22%. The next largest percentage claims a distance between 251 and 300 feet, at almost 27% of those surveyed. That distance represents almost 31% of players. You’ll notice that the largest percentage of overall players claimed a distance between 301 and 350 feet maximum. When looking at the overall field of players that responded to the survey, here are the percentages that claimed specific distance abilities: During the 2019 State of Disc Golf Survey, we asked players about their average throwing distance on drives.
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