Why measure distance in feet?

[Cgkdisc]

Another indirect vote for the already suggested decimeter (3.937 inches).

 

[THUGNIFICENT763]

Hahaha well I'll be a monkey's uncle... Looks like I am team decimeter after all. Team Decimeter, roll with us or get ran over, you make the call.

 

[whitefedora]

If we are going to grow the sport we have to be thinking of the future. What's the most futuristic sounding measurement of length? Light years. 1.06317372 * 10^-14 is roughly 330 ft.

 

[Steve West]

Parsec/100000000000000000 is just about one foot.

 

[Savage_Henry]

Anyone know why we use feet to measure distance in disc golf in the US?

I was thinking about the recent SC coverage and wished they would have said 130 yards instead of 390 feet. I think it would put things in perspective for people that don't know anything about the sport. "Wow 130 yards, that's a football field and 3 first downs away" versus "Wow 390 feet, that's a bunch of feet"

Because we are all already used to it... Merika!

 

[nolangherity]

yards is dumb as hell. its like a half assed meter.

this thread is horrible.

 

[dysmike]

If we are going to grow the sport we have to be thinking of the future. What's the most futuristic sounding measurement of length? Light years. 1.06317372 * 10^-14 is roughly 330 ft.

Isn't that 100m? :clap:

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Isn't that 100m? :clap:

well, technically 100.584 so my rounding up skills tell me that its closer to 101m. Damn conversions.

 

[Guurn]

People still use the metric system? Get with the times.

 

[Lewis]

Parsec/100000000000000000 is just about one foot.

You're asking for centi-femto-parsecs? That's pretty trippy, man.

 

[Steve West]

You're asking for centi-femto-parsecs? That's pretty trippy, man.

That's the units my laser range-finder is set for.

 

[Andymanout]

Elementary Watson.

IMHO, The measurement of feet gives comparable numbers to ball golf. I can drive a three hundred yards and I can throw a disc 300 feet. We may not like the comparison but our beloved game did develop out of ball golf.

 

[m_Krakov]

Scale of distance is relative to the context of distance, and applying appropriate scale to real-world phenomena helps to model reality. In this case feet allows for a more accurate portayal of distance because of the smaller distances than ball golf, if we are comparing the two. Golf balls go farther, so a larger unit of measurement makes sense. Discs typically travel shorter disctances than balls (golf balls...), so a smaller unit of measurement makes sense.

And 'Murica!

 

[sisyphus]

...Golf balls go farther...

On average, that is.
Pretty sure Simon Lizotte has thrown a disc farther than I've ever driven a golf ball.

...unfortunately!


..but otherwise: spot on!