Best Disc Golf Roller Discs
Well, the holidays are over, and it is the dreaded disc golf off season! But we at Infinite Discs are doing our best to make the snow and cold more bearable! It is time for the next article in our best discs series. Today, we are announcing the nominees for The Infinite Discs Best Disc Golf Discs: Roller Disc. It has been a couple weeks, so just to review, the two key words we always use when choosing our best discs are popularity and utility. The utility part of this equation is a little tougher when it comes to roller discs, because a roller shot is generally a skill shot that is executed by more experienced disc golfers. However, we will try to include popular discs and ones that are good for learning how to throw the roller. This is a difficult category, because the roller can be executed in a variety of ways with a variety of discs. All that being said, here are our nominees!
Prodigy F7
The Prodigy F7 is considered THE roller disc in the Prodigy lineup. It is their most understable fairway driver, and it is available in lots of weights and plastic blends. Prodigy is sometimes considered not beginner friendly because their discs tend to be less understable, but the F7 is a great choice for learning the roller, and continuing to use as your game improves.
Discmania FD
The Discmania FD was nominated in our best beginner discs, and in that post I mentioned how the D-Line FD is noticeably more understable than the other plastic types. A lighter weight might be too understable for roller shots, but a heavier D-Line FD is a great choice for learning the roller shot and executing it with consistency.
Latitude 64 Fury
The Latitude 64 Fury has become somewhat of a forgotten disc in the Trilogy lineup of discs with all the new releases they have come out with in recent years. But the Fury remains as one of the great understable fairway drivers in their lineup that is great for air shots and rollers. It is a great roller disc for golfers of all skill levels.
Westside Hatchet
Similar to the Fury, the Westside Hatchet feels like a somewhat forgotten disc in the Trilogy lineup of discs. But for those who have been using both of these discs, many would find it hard to replace them. The Westside Hatchet performs a bit more understable than it’s flight ratings indicate. It is a fantastic fairway driver that disc golfers of all skill levels use not just for rollers, but also long turning air shots.
Innova Leopard
This is the third nomination for the Innova Leopard. This is one of the most popular fairway drivers for beginners and experienced disc golfers, and it can be used in a variety of ways. The Leopard is a great choice for learning and executing the roller shot that is available in a variety of plastic blends.
MVP Orbital
The MVP Orbital is an extremely understable distance driver that works well as a distance roller disc. This disc is a great first distance driver for newer golfers. Then as those beginners’ arm speeds improve, the Orbital can then be used by those same players as a roller disc.
Westside Queen
The Westside Queen is by far the highest speed disc on this list. Generally Fairway drivers are chosen for roller discs, but the Westside Queen is very understable for how fast it is, and it allows for a lot of air time before it makes contact with the ground and begins its roll, which makes it a good choice for longer distance rollers and ones in a more open fairway.
Innova Sidewinder
This disc was also nominated in our beginner discs post, and in that blurb I mentioned that it has grown in popularity as a roller disc. The Innova Sidewinder has been a popular choice for players of all skill levels for a long time. Newer players may have a hard time rolling a max weight Sidewinder, but they should be able to work with the lighter weights. Part of what makes the Sidewinder so popular is its use for hyzer-flip air shots and roller shots.
THE INFINITE DISCS BEST DISC GOLF DISC: ROLLER DISC
This is the Innova Sidewinder‘s second nomination and first win. Like was mentioned above, this category is especially subjective, but for disc golfers of any skill level who want to learn how to throw a roller, the Sidewinder is a great choice. The Sidewinder is an understable driver that offers a nice smooth turning flight pattern that can easily be manipulated for rollers. So whether you are new to the roller or a roller veteran, the Innova Sidewinder is a fantastic disc to throw.
Share Your Opinion
Do you throw rollers? What discs work best for you on your roller shots, share your opinion in the comment section below.
The Orbital is crazy under stable and would be a great choice, it is almost impossible to use for anything else
The Vision from Lat.64 is a great choice for rollers. Stable, but workable
Uh, the Roadrunner!
I use a 169 G super flat star Roadrunner for my rollers. It doesn’t take much to get this disc to turn over into a roller. Rip it flat and it turns over and hits the ground rolling. I also use this disc for a lot of anyhyzer shots and really tight hyzer flips in the woods.
Discraft heat, discraft sting, discraft archer, buzzz ss, honestly I dont think of any disc as particularly better for rollers, I use all my discs for rollers depending on what I need it to do, obviously more understable discs turn into rollers easier, but any disc can roll and they all roll differently. Rollers are like a little bonus for me when I can throw them, I’m not sure why, they’re just a lot of fun!
I’ve never owned one but my buddy let’s me throw his Roadrunner and it’s MONEY for roller shots!!!
So I have never been very good at rollers then I discovered the infinite disc Sphinx. This disc has become my go to roller disc
love my P-Line FD!
I really like the MVP signal as a roller disc. It is very workable for a beginner roller disc being extremely understable at such a low speed. You will not get the same distance as the others on the list but it is a great entry disc into throwing rollers.
TOBU has a disc specifically for roller shots. It’s a super understable disc called the Power Roller available in the Infinite Discs shop.
I use a titanium avenger SS, doubles as hyper flip
Im not really good at rolling, but when i do i would use a sidewinder. After further reading this article. I might have to switch, to a lighter disc. Thanks guys.
Roadrunner, all day everyday. I also throw a beat in DX Beast for a roller.
I enjoy rolling a champion Mamba because it’s very easy to turn over without much effort. This is a disc I think many people can learn the roller with, especially if used in a lighter weight. It’s just so easy to flip over!
I love to roll a champion Mamba because it is very easy to turn over without much effort. I think that it is a great disc to learn the roller with because of this, especially in lighter weights.
Sidewinder is my go to!
MVP wave for distance backhand rollers. And the kastaplast Berg is the best utility forehand roller by far. For more distance on forehand rollers i like the MVP Resistor
Gstar roadrunner is money
For me it would have to be the MVP signal. Its understability combined with its low speed requirements makes it an ideal entry level roller disc. also excellent for learning to hyzerflip.
The Dynamic Discs Trespass is great for those long distance rollers!