ballardthedome
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- Aug 20, 2013
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Only been playing a short while, started end of July this year, but I think my favorite shot so far was my first ever drive off Top of the World (hole 27) at De Laveaga.
I had been having shoulder pain issues and decided to take a lesson from a pro in Santa Cruz (Jack). My lesson was scheduled for 2pm, so I decided to get there mid morning and do a full round at the course first. Got through 24 holes and then had to jam to go meet him at the park down the street. Spent a great hour+ with Jack, he really helped me a bunch. Changed my form to include an x-step and really got me using my body, instead of just strong arming my throws (which I knew going in was likely why I was having pain issues).
After the lesson, he went back to the course with me so I could finish up the last 3 holes. We get to 27 tee and there are like 7 or 8 guys there taking turns throwing multiple drives. Jack knew a bunch of them and they offered to have us throw before they head down.
So I'm driving using a new technique I just learned an hour ago, while 8 guys (who seemed to all be pretty good) are watching me. Ended up throwing a really nice slightly anhyzer drive, a little higher than I wanted, but also a little more right than I wanted. Ended up right in the middle of the fairway, about 50 foot from the basket! Jack threw after me and ended up like 20 feet from the basket, but I was the second closest shot of all those drives from the big group.
bda
PS. I'm two & half weeks into that new form and my shoulder never hurts after playing disc now. Woohoo!!!!!
I had been having shoulder pain issues and decided to take a lesson from a pro in Santa Cruz (Jack). My lesson was scheduled for 2pm, so I decided to get there mid morning and do a full round at the course first. Got through 24 holes and then had to jam to go meet him at the park down the street. Spent a great hour+ with Jack, he really helped me a bunch. Changed my form to include an x-step and really got me using my body, instead of just strong arming my throws (which I knew going in was likely why I was having pain issues).
After the lesson, he went back to the course with me so I could finish up the last 3 holes. We get to 27 tee and there are like 7 or 8 guys there taking turns throwing multiple drives. Jack knew a bunch of them and they offered to have us throw before they head down.
So I'm driving using a new technique I just learned an hour ago, while 8 guys (who seemed to all be pretty good) are watching me. Ended up throwing a really nice slightly anhyzer drive, a little higher than I wanted, but also a little more right than I wanted. Ended up right in the middle of the fairway, about 50 foot from the basket! Jack threw after me and ended up like 20 feet from the basket, but I was the second closest shot of all those drives from the big group.
bda
PS. I'm two & half weeks into that new form and my shoulder never hurts after playing disc now. Woohoo!!!!!