Tripper
Double Eagle Member
It's easy enough to just reply "Don't feel self-conscious"...but that's easier said than done, right?
Just keep doing it until you feel comfortable. I'll bet you'll find people will be more curious and you'll find more kindred spirits than judgmental ones as time goes by. If you free yourself from the meta-criticism in your mind, you'll be relaxed and having fun, and that energy will project. You might be thinking that they're saying, "look at that weird guy" but really they're probably saying, "whoa that looks fun, I wonder what that is?"
I think as disc golfers we forget how cool a 8-10m putt, for example, looks to people who have never played. Even if it's not as impressive to us, it can be an eye-opening thing for them to watch.
Absolutely right. I was just playing with 46YearOldSlinger yesterday a Zebulon DGC and there were a couple of groups that were fascinated watching Slinger putt.