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Recent content by MarkTew

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    Fat Old Newbie’s Disc Golf Journal

    Been a while.... Since I posted but I’ve been out doing field work about 3-4 times a week. I played the local course for the first time and it killed me. Front 9 I was +15 and pretty souls destroying. On the back 9 I settled and was only +6 which raised the spirits. Played a couple of courses...
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    Fat Old Newbie’s Disc Golf Journal

    First round Took my first steps onto a disc golf course after throwing in a field for a couple of months. It was frustrating, mystifying and a lot of fun. I started off nose up with everything and struggling to deal with the wind. Missed a bunch of puts I should have gotten close to. High...
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    Fat Old Newbie’s Disc Golf Journal

    263ft backhand roller with a lightweight Leopard! First trip to a course coming next Wednesday!!
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    Fat Old Newbie’s Disc Golf Journal

    Session 13 Managed to get my first disc over 250ft today. Not the conventional way, but a backhand roller with a Beast at 254ft. Archangel was 2 ft behind. Best with a normal backhand is 243ft with a light Teebird. Slow but steady progress. Had about 13 sessions throwing now. Still not ready...
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    Fat Old Newbie’s Disc Golf Journal

    WEEK 4 Saturday Took some video and geeeeez.... I’m so fat, and slow on the turn! Where did the athlete go! Anyway, added another 16 feet to my furthest throw, 230ft with a lightweight Valkyrie. The Beast and the Valkyrie were consistently the furthest all day. My Leopard is still one of my...
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    3rd session

    I use the Udisc app gps
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    3rd session

    Out again this morning for my 3rd session and again was much more consistent. I did have a problem with getting the nose up too much but my worst throws from each set were better than last weeks worst throws. Instead of only getting one to 200ft, I got a few. 214ft is the new best with a...
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    2nd time throwing

    Took the discs out for a 2nd time and after changing my grip, got much more consistent results. Managed to get my first 200ft throw (Had 2 actually but one of them was a backhand roller) with the Leopard. I’m guessing it’s not by accident at the lightest two discs I have are going the...
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    [Question] What was the first disc you ever threw?

    Today It was today. A Valkyrie and it went about 80 feet!
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    Managed to get and throw for the first time ever today. By far, the discs that I threw the best...

    Managed to get and throw for the first time ever today. By far, the discs that I threw the best and furthest were the two Leopards. Got a couple of throws out to 170ft, with control too. Struggled getting any distance out of most of the others.
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    Threw for first time

    So I finally managed to get out to the local school fields and throw discs for the first time ever. I have a Valkyrie, Buzzz. A couple of leopards, a shark, a Saint, a fuse, and two destroyers which as foretold by all of you were hard to control period. After figuring out my grip was all...
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    I have 7 discs to start with

    Totally new to disc golf. Got a basket in the back yard to practice putting. I have 7 discs: 2 distance drivers - both Destroyers 2 midrange - Shark and a buzz 1 fairway driver - Leopard 2 Putters - 1 Aviar putt and approach; 1 judge putter Is this ok for me to start with? Any advice welcome!!
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