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    Review by Janbobbo in course Serpent Hill

    4.50 star(s) - Many challenging holes and all in all the course challenges you in most aspects of the game. - Most holes have big and nice concrete tees, and decent tee signs. - Some of the more open holes are rather scenic as well as challenging. - Contains several signature holes such as #2, #7, #10 among...
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    Aiming with the body vs visual targeting

    Aiming is something you do with your run up and orienting your body in that process. There's simply no time to aim that fraction of a second right before the hit based on the visual input you're getting at that point.
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    1st Time playing in the rain

    I set a course record yesterday in some rain. To me the key is staying dry, that means having atleast 5 towels, a good umbrella and some good clothes. Of course once the rain reaches a certain degree of intensity it will start affecting your game regardless of your equipment.
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    Designing Your First Course: Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned

    Try to get the perspective of both lefties and righties in your design. It's not just about trying to have an equal amount curves to the left and right, but consider also where the curve is and how easy it is for the lefties and how hard it is for the righties and vice versa. Avoid overdoing...
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    Arm speed vs strength

    I'm not sure what you're really asking, arm speed translates pretty well to disc speed and distance. Strength can potentially have an effect on your arm speed though. But if you're asking who will potentially throw the furthest, the person who's the strongest or the person with the highest arm...
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    HOD 12/04/12: Serpent Hill #6, Luleå, Sweden

    I've seen several big arms succeed in bombing over the trees to land just short of the bunker. I'd probably play that way if I was a righty. Blue rope is indeed OB, and what's most nasty about it is that it's only about 4-5 feet from the OB. Try parking the second shot and you might either end...
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    HOD 12/04/12: Serpent Hill #6, Luleå, Sweden

    Glad to see my home course up again, though not glad that it's one of the worst holes on the course :p Serpent Hill Hole #6 Par 4 390 ft A short par 4 with a sharp dog leg to the left. The sweetspot is at about 210 ft from the tee. The basket is guarded by a nasty OB-bunker. Hole map...
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    Design Fails

    I have a few design elements on my home course that makes me go "what was I thinking?", yes, I helped design it. One is kind of what you describe, a sharp dogleg hole where the landing zone is something like 200-230 feet away. There are some slim chances for cutting the corner with luck and...
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    Critique my Technique.. Friend Addition

    Sure, look at this picture: It shows a simple 2-step run up, but don't mind the numbers, consider it instead being the last 4 steps, or last 4 foot placements in the run up where you have the throwing direction to the right in the picture. You see that all steps except for the x-step (the...
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    Critique my Technique.. Friend Addition

    The most obvious issue I see is that the final foot being way too much to the right relative to the throwing direction. That causes the hips to open up too early, and can cause balance issues and lack of distance. A good rule of thumb is to take the last 4 steps in one line except for the x-step...
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    Trouble with Hyzer Flip

    I think that what you generally would want for making hyzer flips that come back at the end are beat in overstable discs. Beat in discs tend to lose their high speed stability but remain almost unchanged in lower speeds at the end of the flight. I currently use beat in champion bosses for that...
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    Who else thinks Will Schusterick has the best form in the world

    Amen to that, and I'm not even religious! Christian Sandström's drives look extremely effortless. He's put alot of time and effort into improving his drives and distance. Not only by improving his technique but also tons of physical exercise. Infact he's done better in the physical tests than...
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    Backhand form help?

    I think you have the basics nailed down quite well. I would just generally suggest that you try working on having a better posture through your run up and just try getting more control on your body. Bend your knees slightly less than you do and you will have better control of your body and a...
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    PDGA ratings are up. How'd you do?

    +10 and now for the first time a 1000-rated player, or to be exact, 1001! Very proud of reaching that mark :D One tournament is missing though, namely this one: http://www.pdga.com/tournament_results/95471 Do you know why, Chuck?
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    HOD 8-5-12: Serpent Hill in Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden

    It's a rather unique hole and painfully hard if you do something that you're not supposed to do on it! But I don't think it's one of our better holes actually. But if you guys ever find yourselves in the north of Sweden, feel free to play the course and let me know so I could guide you around! :D
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