Any advice, suggestion, comments? How did you do your first couple times on a course? Suggestion on what i should work on to improve, advice on technique i'm likely unaware of that will help? Anyone?
Thanks Juan for the note.
I'm still learning myself after 3 years of playing. But the advice I wish I had gotten from the beginning was:
Keep away from distance drivers for a year. Putters and Midranges will help you improve your form. Fairway/Control drivers are okay, but wait a bit before you start using them.
Start with stable to understable discs.
Find out where your 'weakness' is. What gives you the most issues when you play? Putting? Approaches? Drives? Forehands? Backhands? Elevated baskets? Over water throws? Uphill/downhill throws? Once you've identified areas you have difficulty with, you can focus your fieldwork/training on that - and we will have a better idea of what advice to give you.
Don't try hard....this is my big issue. The harder I try to get a certain score, the worse I do.
Lastly, have fun....always have fun.
As for other groups on the course, introduce yourself, let them know you are learning and ask if you can join them and if they'd give you advice on improving. If you find yourself slowing them down, you can always make changes to your game to help keep the pace up. It took me a while before I could throw decent distances. I'd tell the group, I'm going to throw my tee shot for practice, but if it doesn't go far or well, I'll pick it up and throw from where you all end up so I don't slow you down. If I did that, I wouldn't keep score and would look at the round as a learning round. If I had trouble putting (missing a lot), I'd tell my group I'm limiting my putts to 2. And I would also let them know I'm not keeping my score. I found most groups were happy to have me join them and several times I was told to use every throw...they didn't mind the extra delay and would even give me advice on my throws or disc choice. (One time, I was picking my disc to throw an upshot and another player asked what I was going to throw....told me it was the wrong disc - based on seeing my throws the rest of the round - and handed me a disc he felt would be better for me on that shot....I parked the basket and ended up buying one).
