My first question about this is what is the status of instrumented discs? Seems it would be straightforward to fit lightweight sensors to measure acceleration, spin, distance, etc., and provide essentially instant feedback.
While I can see reasons to ban that in actual competition, it could still be invaluable in practice, and enable accelerated skill learning. Is this standard and I just don't know about it (entirely possible as I'm not a disc golfer), or is it an open field?
I have one of these, they are great. For those taking their form study very seriously, they in particular can help you understand the relationship between form changes you make as they relate to spin, velocity, nose angle, and launch angle; these can be tricky to fully understand. There's a popular youtube channel (Overthrow disc golf) where they use these as part of their very thorough analyses.
While I can see reasons to ban that in actual competition, it could still be invaluable in practice, and enable accelerated skill learning. Is this standard and I just don't know about it (entirely possible as I'm not a disc golfer), or is it an open field?