jupiterboy
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One thing about aging out of higher speed discs is a smaller bag.
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It would be logical to assume that, but I bet this disc junky adds more of everything else to compensate. The promise of new plastic is irresistable.One thing about aging out of higher speed discs is a smaller bag.
I'm your age but with a tad more power. If you want to throw flatter, try standing up straighter. Also, try discs 5-10 grams lighter. That lighter weight should increase your arm speed and get the flippy discs to actually flip. I recently found the Gateway Spear(9/6/-2/1) gives me the turn I want, but it's still stable enough not to burn over.I'm 61 and have the same distance with most of my discs. My mids go 250', 8 speed TL3 about 275 and 13/14 speed drivers about 300". The question for each hole is the variance of a 13/14 speed driver worth the extra 25-50 feet for the current hole?
At Throw down the mountain at Olympus I nearly Aced hole 9 by hitting the band with my 5 peed Hex. I threw the entire tournament with 6 discs. Putter, Dart, Hex, TL3, Lace and Unlace. Had a few very long drives with the Lace that were greatly added by big elevation changes downhill. I'm working on breaking my habit of throwing everything on a Hyzer flip. It helps with keeping distance up but it's impossible for me to get anything to go right, turn. My Unlace, Mamba, Leopard, Sail, all go straight. Anything stable or OS goes left, just depends on how much. This makes holes that dog leg right harder then need be. Working on form to throw flatter release.
I'm with you on both guitar and disc, but I also know I never put in enough work to be great at either. If I'd taken the time I spent reading technique debates on here and instead actually practiced sidewinder's drills... If I'd locked myself in my room and played guitar for 8 hours per day like EVH...I'd still be nowhere near his level, but I'd be a lot better than I am.Unpopular opinion but Ed and Dave held the sport back with patent infringement lawsuits or lawsuit threat nonsense. But then again you're complaining about too many people on the course and too many disc so…..
At almost 51 playing for 25 years, I think a 14 year old throwing further then me or mastered the guitar (something I've been working on for 40 years) is straight up bullshit lol
This hits my story. Less with guitar i've picked up borrowed ones or my daughter's baby neck one so many times over the years and put it down thinking damn I should have started this in high school. The internet makes it sooo much easier to pluck along and F around though.The internet has really changed everything, both for Disc Golf and guitar...and a few other things too, lol!
Yeah, thanks to the internet, and specifically Sidewinder22, I can now throw a serviceable backhand! Never could playing from '89 to about 2018.This hits my story. Less with guitar i've picked up borrowed ones or my daughter's baby neck one so many times over the years and put it down thinking damn I should have started this in high school. The internet makes it sooo much easier to pluck along and F around though.
With Disc Golf I played sporadically and poorly from ~'94 to '98 and gave it up because I had no resources to improve really, and I had other hobbies I was actually good at. Then fast forward about 20 years after having basically forgot it existed, a new course was installed near my home. Borrowed discs and just like before throwing 120' newb hyzers but its now 2015. I was able to go to google and search 'how to throw a disc golf disc'. That quickly lead to this place and a long rabbit hole on form and throwing. Still a work in progress.
Any of you old farts have Masters World's experience? I forgot to register when it opened yesterday and I'm 19th on the MA60 wait list. Am I screwed with the field capped at 60?
Congrats on your retirement. It is FANTASTIC!! Every day is Saturday.A bit off topic...but...I'm retiring next week and am looking for anybody that can/does play during the week in the Austin/Georgetown Texas area...any retirees or others interested? I've been flyin' discs since the early '90's, mostly in the DFW area, with various Life breaks, but now call the Rivery disc golf course in Georgetown my Home Base now...I like Wells Branch as well...I'm still fairly viable and promise good rounds...if interested, hit me up here and I'll provide cell info...would like to check out the other Austin/Round Rock/Plugerville courses that I didn't have time for when I slaved...er, worked for a Living...
Bona Fortuno,
Snapp
Indeed...you betcha ass I'm looking forward to it...to paraphrase Eddie Albert from Green Acres...The Leisure Life is for me!Congrats on your retirement. It is FANTASTIC!! Every day is Saturday.
Leagues, tournaments are sometimes good places to run into other retired golfers.
All the way up to 16 now. Certainly not counting on it but will give it about a month to see where I'm at. Emporia is only a 3.5 hour drive, would be cool to get in.You might not be screwed. It all depends on the 18 people ahead of you do, do they drop or not?
I wouldn't make any travel arrangements. At most I would think 5% of the field that register would drop for this national tour event.
Au Contraire! I love jazz, especially the 50s jazz. A quiet round is preferred.I do not mind people talking while I throw, but music bugs the dickens out of me, especially the heavy metal, Hip Hop etc the youngsters play. I could probably tolerate slow jazz or Bee Bop, but nobody listens to jazz at a disc golf park.
Stroll? Wander? A meandering hike into the wild?The term "drive" no longer seems appropriate for what I'm doing from the teepad. It's better defined as the lay up that precedes my lengthy approach shot which leads to my circle two putt which leads to my tap in bogey. I need a new term that's more than four letters long.
A nonarrivedrive?The term "drive" no longer seems appropriate for what I'm doing from the teepad. It's better defined as the lay up that precedes my lengthy approach shot which leads to my circle two putt which leads to my tap in bogey. I need a new term that's more than four letters long.
Those are excellent suggestions. A stroll if it finds the fairway, a wander if it finds the rough, and a stumble should it find the first tree or the ground within 100' of the tee pad.Stroll? Wander? A meandering hike into the wild?