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That may be a very good assumption. I was a pitcher and to display any emotion was basically to admit weakness or at least a crack in the armor. I play most sports with very little visible emotion as a result.
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People who play like disc golf zombies
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That may be a very good assumption. I was a pitcher and to display any emotion was basically to admit weakness or at least a crack in the armor. I play most sports with very little visible emotion as a result.
Hampstead
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The loud celebrating, profanity yelling, music playing dude bros are the worst part of this beloved little activity. Give me an unexpressive zombie any day.
Fair way to look at my comments, but I'm not really trying to shambler-shame. I think maybe it sounds like I care about it more than I do, or that I'm criticizing or making ugly fun of people more than I meant to.
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Just curious, do you ever listen to music on the course? I did a lot last year, but I'd turn it almost all the way down if I was trying to pass a group ahead of me. But otherwise it seems fair game. It really doesn't bother me one way or the other if others are doing it. Honest question.
I wasn't so much criticizing, as pointing out that there are other possibilities. By "this thread", I meant more than the original post -- I include many of the posts that follow.
I play rounds with a wide range of players -- from beginners to pros -- and have been doing so for a quarter century. I've learned that disc golf can be enjoyed in many different ways.
As I and Moose33 digressed a bit, I also have a baseball background -- as a coach -- where controlling emotions, and not displaying them, is part of the game. So if someone parks a drive, or hits a 70' putt, and displays nothing more than a small smile, I figure they're internalizing the joy.
Which isn't to say that's the right way to enjoy disc golf, either. Just that, whether I see someone boisterious or someone subdued, I figure, that's their way to enjoy it.
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I'll never tell, tee hee
That's funny. When we hooked up for a round at Akira's, round at Aita's, NAP told me he thought you played like an adolescent girl.
Guess he thinks you lack his maturity.
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Hampstead
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I love music and listen to it just about everywhere. Except when I'm playing. I prefer nature.
I actually like people walking around with music. It gives the park a bit of a festival feel.
However not all music is appropriate for all locations. A few summers ago this college-aged kid was showing up every day during our lunch rounds. You could hear him from at least three holes away, and the lyrics can't be posted here. I did see one guy leave with his kids after being stuck in front of this guy one day.
I couldn't listen to music. I'm listening too closely for which tree or sticker bush I've thrown into.
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Sounds about right.
Casey 1988
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This doesn't describe me. I'm swearing all the time.
Or me, I am screaming the mistake like one time Grip Lock! very loud if really bad or just loud if not as bad. I usually know the mistake I made during the throw 80%-90% of the time. Wind and weather is an Issue I do not bring up in yelling unless I forgot to factor in the steady wind. I am also seen talking to myself just to figure out where I went wrong on my bad holes.
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Well, that's because cool guys don't look at explosions.
That's a heckuva way to get an ace though. It surely beats the usual play-thru type shots of 100 feet off the fairway into the bushes :doh:- Joined
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Encountered it again yesterday. It was an older couple this time.
I'm usually pretty mindful of who is playing behind me, but I let this couple slip up on me. I'm standing at the tee on a hole with a walking path in play. People on are on the path, so I'm waiting. This couple walks up to me, each with a disc in hand. They look determine, so I begin to offer to let them play through. Before I get that out, with both of them about 10 feet from me, each fires off a throw mid-stride, one aiming left of me, one aiming to the right. Both of them throwing like they were trying to pull a belt out of their pants really quickly. Disc goes about 50 feet forward and about 15 feet to the left. Each walk to their disc, pick it up and throw again, never stopping their stride, and throwing with no regard to what is around them including each other. They threw over top of the other one multiple times. Hole is about 470 and wide open and it took them about 8 or 9 shots to get to the basket and 3 or 4 putts when they got there.
I'm usually pretty mindful of who is playing behind me, but I let this couple slip up on me. I'm standing at the tee on a hole with a walking path in play. People on are on the path, so I'm waiting. This couple walks up to me, each with a disc in hand. They look determine, so I begin to offer to let them play through. Before I get that out, with both of them about 10 feet from me, each fires off a throw mid-stride, one aiming left of me, one aiming to the right. Both of them throwing like they were trying to pull a belt out of their pants really quickly. Disc goes about 50 feet forward and about 15 feet to the left. Each walk to their disc, pick it up and throw again, never stopping their stride, and throwing with no regard to what is around them including each other. They threw over top of the other one multiple times. Hole is about 470 and wide open and it took them about 8 or 9 shots to get to the basket and 3 or 4 putts when they got there.
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I wonder if the Zombies look at us and think, look at those fools with their huge bags and 30 discs. They take forever to play. They think it's the Worlds Championship but it's just a Sunday afternoon on the local rec course. Why do they take so long?
jakebake91
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Ive actually had one of them ask me, very seriously "with all those discs you are carrying, and how far you just threw, you must be like a professional, right?"
I had 8 discs in my Innova starter bag and had just come up 20' short on a 300' hole.
Yep. This is what a pro looks like!
We stopped to let a group of hackers play thru, while waiting we threw a few off the tee. It was a slight down hill hole about 260 or so. After the hackers threw we all walked down the fairway together, they saw how close we were to the basket (most were pin high) and were amazed that could happen.
It's all about perception.
It's all about perception.
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Given that they are landing shots less than 10 feet from baby strollers, I'd say they aren't looking at all.
jakebake91
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It's even better when they realize you just threw a putter and they mashed their destroyer/ape/xcal/zeus
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I've gotten the opposite from park goers.
A guy stops as I'm about to throw, says "let me see what this disc golf is about." It is about a 230 foot uphill throw with about a 15 foot gap about 200 feet out and angled away from the tee. I throw my best ever shot on that hole, flying just to the right of the gap, fading into the gap with just the right amount of forward push, and sliding up about 3 feet from the hole.
Guy shakes his head in disgust and says, "Keep practicing, pal."