Spring time is here, and there are a lot more players out and about on the course - especially newer, more recreational players - than I saw over the winter. It's great to see so many folks braving the mud and the puddles, and I've played with quite a few new-ish faces recently.
Which brings us to: there is definitely some Sling Shot Disc Golf technique cropping up on courses this Spring. How can you identify this species? No, it's not "Leaves of three, let it be." It's the exaggerated off-arm swim move. I've never seen new-ish player technique with such an emphasis on the off-arm punch/swim move/ what have you. And boy, it is sprayin' shots city.
"But I was stuck at 400." [Punches off arm down] "This got me to 550."
Screengrabs are from the "PULL with your OFF arm" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8NkhWp0Myg
It's got ~ 42,000 views, and my experience is of course anecdotal. But I did ask two of the players with this exaggerated off-arm move if they were familiar with Sling Shot Disc Golf on youtube, and the answers were a resounding "Oh yeah, love that guy."
Really, this post is pretty much just player hatin', but at a certain point you can't keep it all bottled up inside: "Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate."
Which brings us to: there is definitely some Sling Shot Disc Golf technique cropping up on courses this Spring. How can you identify this species? No, it's not "Leaves of three, let it be." It's the exaggerated off-arm swim move. I've never seen new-ish player technique with such an emphasis on the off-arm punch/swim move/ what have you. And boy, it is sprayin' shots city.
"But I was stuck at 400." [Punches off arm down] "This got me to 550."
Screengrabs are from the "PULL with your OFF arm" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8NkhWp0Myg
It's got ~ 42,000 views, and my experience is of course anecdotal. But I did ask two of the players with this exaggerated off-arm move if they were familiar with Sling Shot Disc Golf on youtube, and the answers were a resounding "Oh yeah, love that guy."
Really, this post is pretty much just player hatin', but at a certain point you can't keep it all bottled up inside: "Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate."