Recent content by luke.baker

My hypothesis is that disc golf is still young and still figuring out what the best techniques are. While watching the Feldberg video, I was often reminded of things that I was taught when learning to shoot a basketball (e.g., keep the number of moving parts to a minimum to eliminate the number...

Hmm, are you sure you need to compensate for your hand size? I've found in the past people think they're unique in some way that prevents them from holding a disc like everyone else and often they're exaggerating differences that they may have. You may be the exception and actually need to...

I'm still working through my own issues with throwing drivers, but I also felt like I was in a similar situation (putters going fairly far and drivers not much farther). For me, I think part of the disparity between putters and drivers was due to the fact I was throwing them with different...

I crawled dgcoursereview.com and used Yahoo! PlaceFinder to convert from lat/long to county names. I didn't do much filtering of the data on dgcoursereview, so there may be some data oddities in there.

http://lukebaker.org/archives/2011/03/08/disc-golf-courses-by-county/

Stupid question: What does E* mean?

Thanks that was informative for me. I'm not sure I understand why mini-markers are used instead of regular discs as the marker. What's the motivation for having mini-markers in the first place and why can't you use a disc from your bag as a marker instead? (I realize it's against the rules...

I don't have a bag and play with 3 discs: Roadrunner Teebird KC Aviar

Yep. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlkXyxPDDR8#t=1m19s

I think it took me several weeks before I felt comfortable with the push putt and started being able to work on ways to add distance. The motion just felt off for me for the first couple weeks. In any case, I agree that there's more wrist involved on these throws than they let on in their...

http://www.discgolfreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2730

Long time lurker, first post. I used to throw almost exclusively forehand, but I'm trying build a dependable backhand drive. I've been trying to work on the right pec drill. How am I doing? What areas need work? Video #1: http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/11851006_m3P8c#837990638_cibzt-A-LB...