A hand held disk launcher is constructed of one piece molded plastic material having a handle portion and a flat head portion and attachment means for a flexible member on opposite sides of the head portion whereby a flexible member may be detachably connected to the head portion on either side thereof to facilitate the use of the launcher by a left handed person or a right handed person. The flexible member is provided with a hook portion at the free end thereof for engagement with a complementary recess in a disk. The flexible member may be in the form of a completely flexible strap or a semi-rigid, flexible, resilient arm.