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Chris is also nice as can be.
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Brodie Smith PDGA #128378
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Chris is also nice as can be.
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I've heard that only 10-15% of people have a Tw account. Yet how many news stories do you hear, "Tw says ..." or "Tw thinks ...". Pretty small group of the population to base your story on. :thmbdown:
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TurnedOver
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Also, that 10-15% include all the journalists that write those news stories that say "Tw says..." or "Tw thinks...".
He throws it a long way, so maybe it doesn't matter, but he looks pretty stiff to me. Maybe he needs to do yoga or something? It seems to be working okay for him, but I kind of think he could take another step up the ladder if he were more fluid.
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Pay attention to how Brodie moves around setting up for scramble shots. I suspect his knees are in awful shape.
Good call. That may be the source of what I think I'm seeing.
Still a fit, strong dude who can put some moves on a disc, but with some bad knees that limit full lower-body commit makes a lot of sense.
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shakatak
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Yeah, the Twitter app on my Android phone sucks. When I refresh it, I get maybe the last hour refreshed. When I get past those new Tweets, it skips back to 24+ hour old posts.
That's too bad. I don't have a strong opinion on him, but I do enjoy seeing good disc golf. He and Ezra have shown a path for late adapters to develop quickly and what natural athletes can do in the sport.
I feel like thats just because of years of playing ultimate where you focus way more on upper body with the throw. In time I think he will break that habit and get his legs more engaged. But he has 500'+ of power and hes not even at his full potential yet, IMO.
He shredded his knees playing Ultimate; that's basically why he quit that sport.
https://medium.com/@jingley22/the-p...odie-smiths-comeback-in-the-audl-23759eedb232
He had at least 3 surgeries on the knees before they forced him out of the game.
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It is also of note that in a recent video, both he and Ezra acknowledged that they weren't getting much power from their legs and felt that they could benefit from emulating Dickerson.
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Maybe somebody here can show you how to look up stats. He was 25th/119 this weekend in a DGPT event. Where did you finish?
He's 60th in the world currently, right around guys like Michael Johansen, Zach Melton, and Andrew Fish. His average finish is 42nd and 1017 rated. The only player with a 6 digit PDGA number ranked higher than him is Ezra. So overall, he's a solid player who likely started playing too late to really climb the rankings but who has performed better than most players who started around the same time.
Sources:
https://www.pdga.com/united-states-tour-ranking-open
https://www.pdga.com/player/128378
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You have high standards
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With 3 holes to go he's having an excellent first round at the DDO. :clap:
Unfortunately, he hasn't been able to string 3 or 4 good rounds together.
With all the OB, I wouldn't think this would be a good course for Brodie, but so far so good. (it is very long though which should suit him)
Unfortunately, he hasn't been able to string 3 or 4 good rounds together.
With all the OB, I wouldn't think this would be a good course for Brodie, but so far so good. (it is very long though which should suit him)
Five way tie for third is weird, but it's 3rd.
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