Recent content by TheBeardedFatGuy

Thanks. I have watched both of those, but they're less practical instruction for fairway use (in fact, Simon says in the one video that he only hits the correct angle maybe 20% of the time). Also can't rely on always having a tail wind over my left shoulder. What DOES jibe is that they both...

Been watching a lot of pro tournaments lately and had a questions about something. When they have a wide open, long, straight fairway that will likely take another up and down to reach the basket, the go-to throw for pros seems to be a really high turnover shot. Disc climbs to, it looks...

Follow through is critical to not straining your back and, unfortunately, becomes less automatic when using a standing throw. The x-step creates momentum that gets partly converted into rotation of the hips and upper body, which helps with follow through. For a standing drive you have to really...

This applies less to wooded holes with tunnel shots, but there's a reason the pros love to do a high hyzer bomb with an overstable disc when the layout allows, and it has as much to do with accuracy as it does distance. Overstable discs tend to have a fairly predictable pull to the left (rhbh)...

I'm in my early 50s and have a bum ankle that sprains if I look at it crosseyed, so I don't mess around with a run-up. I do think it's important, however, to clarify what is meant by 'stand still' - it's more about weight shift from the back to the plant leg, so you're not just planting your...

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got that improved my drive was from one of Shusterick's videos he made eons ago where he advised not just reaching back, but making sure your non-throwing shoulder mirrors the reach back shoulder by moving fully toward the basket. When he pointed this out...

I learned flex shots because my first midrange was a Gator (5,2,0,4), so naturally it didn't want to turn at all. I started forcing it over anhyzer and discovered I was getting good results with it finishing straight as long as I got the correct angle and spin on it for the distance. I wasn't...

Your towel statement contradicts your previous statements. Holding the back end of a towel straight to whip it harder is the antithesis of a 'dynamic coil'. Also, I think you're on the wrong track with promoting motion outside the plane of the drive as being beneficial to the whip of a disc...

3.00 star(s) Sagebrush, Sand & Elevation Changes - Varying elevations - Variety of pars - Large concrete tee pads - Great tee signs - Putting practice basket on the only grassy area near the first hole - Local clubs do great job with volunteer care - No irrigation, grass or trees except around practice...

If true, you'd think they'd strive more for consistency. Especially in a disc that is sold as 'floats in water' like the Wahoo. I ended up buying one of the rubbery ones because I like the feel.

Our local pro shop got in some Innova Wahoo discs, all in R-Pro plastic. Odd thing is, among those discs, the feel of the plastic is very different. A couple of them are downright rubbery, while others are more like the soft-ish plastic feel R-Pro I'm familiar with. Any ideas why two new discs...

At least a few of the improvements to my drive have come from just thinking about what actually happens physically at a given moment. Take grip. I use a fairly standard nose-down power grip, with the fingers angled back under the rim slightly. I've struggled with trying to reproduce those...

How would one get elevation changes short of hiring a surveyor? GPS is inaccurate enough horizontally, it must be really inaccurate about relatively small elevation changes. By the way, the QR codes on each hole's sign takes you to info about that hole. Originally they were going to have video...

No worries. I originally thought I'd be using Google Maps satellite images so I looked up their usage rules. In the end we had images purchased elsewhere so no issues with not citing the source.

I'll bet. The name of hole 18 will probably get a snicker or two as well. Another nearby course has holes with bird names. It's quite shocking the first time you approach the tee sign of the hole named FLICKER and the L and the I look like they combine to make another letter. Juvenile? Sure, but...