Ask me a DG question.

[BabyTBird]

How much does he charge for this?

I was waiting for this question. He has never helped with my disc swing. He has given me some pointers on my ball-golf chip grip.

Some players if you ask them how far does the pin look from here, they wont give you a straight answer or the refuse you all together. Climo, in my experience has yet to be misleading.

You would like some lessons?

 

[BabyTBird]

So serenity? How do you get the bad shots, distractions, etc. out of your head?

I know how good I am and how likely others are going to make mistakes bigger than mine before the round ends, especially those who are not as skilled as me. My confidence can be shaken If I'm with my peers or those greater than myself, especially If I don't maintain the feeling of being able to compete with their score; that's why I play DG, to feel like I'm good at something. I have to play events to feel that. It might be an unhealthy vice just to experience that feeling but I'm willing to stick with it a bit longer.

 

[Streets]

Thanks! :thmbup:

 

[sgamerp]

Would you rather play a round only with a putter or only a driver?

 

[BabyTBird]

If someone is ambidextrous. and throws their first shot right handed, then throws one left handed and aces, is it an ace?

Yes, but I'd have a separate column in my ledger for LeftvsRight aces. I haven't hit one lefty but I have hit chains twice. You?

 

[BabyTBird]

Would you rather play a round only with a putter or only a driver?

Putter.

 

[threevok]

You would like some lessons?

Maybe we could work out a swap. Are you at all interested in learning fire sprinkler design?

If you're ever in the Denver area I would love to have lessons from you. The YouTube video of you at Roy G. Guerrero was impressive. I've watched it many times over to emulate your style. Here, I wrote a song for our future special moment:

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found
And throw "I love you" Echo Star TeeBirds down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around.

 

[rch84]

Whats the name of that song? Homo Rainbow?

 

[BabyTBird]

Maybe we could work out a swap. Are you at all interested in learning fire sprinkler design?

If you're ever in the Denver area I would love to have lessons from you. The YouTube video of you at Roy G. Guerrero was impressive. I've watched it many times over to emulate your style. Here, I wrote a song for our future special moment:

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found
And throw "I love you" Echo Star TeeBirds down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around.

You fabricate the metal used to disperse water? You run fire alarm wire? Yes, I would like to know about those topics, especially while waiting for our Echo Star T-birds to return.

 

[Romans 5-8]

I know a ton of people, including myself dream of playing disc golf professionally. Can you give us an idea of how hard it is to go pro, and what a normal week for you is like in tournament season?

 

[Romans 5-8]

Here are a couple more questions:

1. Are you a superstitious person when it comes to disc golf? Any weird things you do, or make sure not to do before an event/throw etc?

2. How would you tell the average disc golfer trying to get better how to divide up their practice time? Maybe you could give us a percentage, what would you say they should spend on driving, fairway/approach shots, and putting?

Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions.

 

[Shipley]

Brad,

Gotta ask, Austin or Charlotte, which has the best courses, and which has the best DG scene?

 

[Pwingles]

Is he a Bmx rider? I don't know him.

Yeah, lives in Austin, owns a company called Terrible One

 

[BabyTBird]

I know a ton of people, including myself dream of playing disc golf professionally. Can you give us an idea of how hard it is to go pro, and what a normal week for you is like in tournament season?

I think it's difficult. You make many sacrifices to excel at this game, those sacrifices will start to define and change your life, It's hard for people to accept them. It's reasonable that many people can attain 975-1000 tournament status. To climb higher, well... that's where dedication and patience play a big role, even more so than the 975-1000 climb. You also have to put yourself out there a bit, to play that many events, well its tough. Expect to live like a bum or camper/moocher. That's a hard image to have attached to you. Some people see it as the community coming together to share experiences, others see it as < than.


Once that Journey starts, the road journey, life can seem very stressful. Friends turn into enemies because they know how to push your buttons better. Tournament weeks are different for every group, some shop, some site see. I found that I spent way more time rushing to get to the next place to avoid hotel fees or whatever. I spent a lot less time enjoying the road than I wanted on my first few tries at traveling.

Now that I've spent those months traveling, suffering and learning, I can stay home and enjoy myself a bit more. I like to get out there too, but I don't have the money or connections to make that happen all the time.

Travel with one other person at least, have supplies and have enough money before hand. I was lucky my first time out.

 

[BabyTBird]

Yeah, lives in Austin, owns a company called Terrible One

Oh, yup. I've heard of him.

 

[BabyTBird]

Brad,

Gotta ask, Austin or Charlotte, which has the best courses, and which has the best DG scene?

I'm guessing Charlotte for the courses and Austin for the scene. Austin is a piece of ****e place to get courses in and the traffic sucks so much! We have large turnouts for our events. Our open fields are young and people really want to step their games up here in Austin. Lot's of competition.

 

[BabyTBird]

Here are a couple more questions:

1. Are you a superstitious person when it comes to disc golf? Any weird things you do, or make sure not to do before an event/throw etc?

2. How would you tell the average disc golfer trying to get better how to divide up their practice time? Maybe you could give us a percentage, what would you say they should spend on driving, fairway/approach shots, and putting?

Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions.

1: I have mental routines that aid me if I remember them before I get caught up in mental warfare with myself or others.

2: I've always believed that if your driving/approaching could constantly get you into the 15' range you'd have time to learn/make money without having to be a great putter, which you could work on later. Who cares if you can make every putt 30' and in, when you often have 50' putts because your driving is flaky.

 

[gradus]

What's your profession beyond disc golf?

 

[BabyTBird]

Electrician.

 

[burdphil]

When are we going to get an "in the bag" video? I have no idea why, but I'm all about "in the bag" videos right now.