Innova Leopard
Choose the Leopard if your drives are still learning to stay flat and you want to see turn without jumping to a faster disc. Throw it on a little hyzer if it turns too much.
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Leopard vs Teebird
Newer players are often told to buy a Teebird because better players love it. That advice skips the arm-speed problem.
Innova lists the Leopard at 6, 5, -2, 1. This is the Leopard, not the Leopard3. The turn number is why slower arms still see it move right, for a right-handed backhand, before it fades. Innova lists the Teebird at 7, 5, 0, 2. It is a stable fairway: less turn, a reliable fade.
A Teebird thrown without the speed it wants often hyzers out early and looks like a disc that cannot fly. A Leopard thrown with too much speed, or on anhyzer, can turn over and never come back. The right first fairway is the one that shows a full flight on your throw, not the one a touring player bags.
Innova Teebird
Choose the Teebird if your Leopard already turns over when you throw it flat, or you want a fairway that finishes left for a right-handed backhand. It is a second disc more often than a first.
What actually differs
| Difference | Innova Leopard | Innova Teebird |
|---|---|---|
| Flight numbers | 6 / 5 / -2 / 1 | 7 / 5 / 0 / 2 |
| Speed | 6 | 7 |
| Turn | -2, understable | 0 |
| Fade | 1 | 2 |
| Not the same as | Leopard3 (speed 7) | A distance driver |
Questions about this choice
Should a beginner skip both and throw a putter?
Often, yes, for a while. A putter shows release angles without the speed. The putter-versus-midrange page is that decision. A fairway is for when the putter is no longer the disc you are learning on.
Does premium plastic change this?
Premium plastic beats in slower than base plastic. A new DX Leopard will change faster than a Star Teebird. Compare molds in plastic you will actually keep.