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Sound Off - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (over 1k posts!)
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rusch_bag
* Ace Member *
Good - I changed my form a little yesterday and it resulted in a visable change of distance.
Bad - My arm is sore from using muscle that I didn't use before when I threw.
Ugly - The weather.
Bad - My arm is sore from using muscle that I didn't use before when I threw.
Ugly - The weather.
Good - Got a disc back today that I thought I would never see again
Bad - Lost a very well seasoned Roc today
Ugly - Someone stole one of the baskets on a newly set up section of the course and in result the club pulled the other 8 baskets ( back to 18 holes now)
Bad - Lost a very well seasoned Roc today
Ugly - Someone stole one of the baskets on a newly set up section of the course and in result the club pulled the other 8 baskets ( back to 18 holes now)
Jaysus
Double Eagle Member
Best of luck with all that Bigs!
Good - shot +4 in a 22 hole GLOW round last night - it was awesome, what a blast! I had 4 discs with LEDs on them - only threw 3; Two Orcs, and an Aviar.
Good - I managed to stay dry during the GLOW round - the course runs parallel with a big creek - and I did not put one disc in.
Bad - 3 of those strokes above par were on the same hole :bag:
not much ugly i can think of right now
Good - shot +4 in a 22 hole GLOW round last night - it was awesome, what a blast! I had 4 discs with LEDs on them - only threw 3; Two Orcs, and an Aviar.
Good - I managed to stay dry during the GLOW round - the course runs parallel with a big creek - and I did not put one disc in.
Bad - 3 of those strokes above par were on the same hole :bag:
not much ugly i can think of right now
discmonkey42
Eagle Member
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Good - Over the last 2 days (my days off) I got in over 200 holes of dg.
Good - I was able to run 72 of those holes (36 each day).
Bad - Gotta go back to work today
Ugly - I'm on my feet all day for work and damn am I sore! Gonna have to gimp walk all day, I guess.
Good - I was able to run 72 of those holes (36 each day).
Bad - Gotta go back to work today
Ugly - I'm on my feet all day for work and damn am I sore! Gonna have to gimp walk all day, I guess.
zealot
Double Eagle Member
i feel you discmonkey, i usually play like 50 before work everyday. you'llg et hella in shape tho
good: PLAYED MY BEST ROUND EVARRRRRRRR YESTERDAY!
good: PLAYED MY BEST ROUND EVARRRRRRRR YESTERDAY!
roadkill1
Double Eagle Member
Good:
Got to play with Bigs' buddy Glen Patterson today in the first round of the Codorus pdga C-tier today and boy can he launch a disc! There was one hole that was made up for the tournament that combined a 380' hole with a 260' hole that together had to been 620-640' completely flat. He drove within 75' of the pin. On another hole I ripped a champion orc full force with a full flex about 350 and Glen was nearly 200' further with a shot that was hyzer almost the whole way!
Bad:
The second round I screwed up royally. The course was set up in a special tournament layout skipping some holes and combining others. The only way to know what hole to play next was to pay close attention to the scorecard. We played three holes that weren't supposed to have been played. It was my responsibility since I was keeping score and we all had to take penalty strokes for every throw made on the extra holes which amounted to 7-8 each. This flub of mine cost all three of us any chance of cashing.
Ugly:
This morning I woke up to find that some neighbor kids graphittied my porch and every panel of my fence with chalk. They even wrote out "this person is ugly! Ugly, Ugly, Ugly (and then about ten more uglies with sad faces)". I know the chalk will wash off but I don't know what on earth I ever did to deserve such a response as I pretty much keep to myself and don't bother anyone. Oh well kids will be kids. :roll:
Got to play with Bigs' buddy Glen Patterson today in the first round of the Codorus pdga C-tier today and boy can he launch a disc! There was one hole that was made up for the tournament that combined a 380' hole with a 260' hole that together had to been 620-640' completely flat. He drove within 75' of the pin. On another hole I ripped a champion orc full force with a full flex about 350 and Glen was nearly 200' further with a shot that was hyzer almost the whole way!
Bad:
The second round I screwed up royally. The course was set up in a special tournament layout skipping some holes and combining others. The only way to know what hole to play next was to pay close attention to the scorecard. We played three holes that weren't supposed to have been played. It was my responsibility since I was keeping score and we all had to take penalty strokes for every throw made on the extra holes which amounted to 7-8 each. This flub of mine cost all three of us any chance of cashing.
Ugly:
This morning I woke up to find that some neighbor kids graphittied my porch and every panel of my fence with chalk. They even wrote out "this person is ugly! Ugly, Ugly, Ugly (and then about ten more uglies with sad faces)". I know the chalk will wash off but I don't know what on earth I ever did to deserve such a response as I pretty much keep to myself and don't bother anyone. Oh well kids will be kids. :roll:
Good - After first round today I was in second place with a 2 stroke lead over the people in third.
Bad - After second round I jumped back to being tied for 7th...
Bad - After second round I jumped back to being tied for 7th...
lamb
Birdie Member
Jaysus said:
Tell the guys I'm sorry I couldn't make it last night.
JR
* Ace Member *
Good - I salvaged my 148 e RIDT from the pond in less than half a minute of swimming. Got in the first "field throws" after recuperation. I tested many discs I had left out of my bag as too overstable or uncontrollable and similar to eachother and found many to work beautifully with added technique and power.
I'm getting very good with my Wizard. I think I threw one shot at less than full strenght standing still and farther than ever before. My approximation is about 250'. I also learnt required angles for different distances with the Wizard. This disc changed my game and took a couple of strokes off per round on average and the round at this mostly pitch and putt course is 8 holes
My ultralight Spirit stuck a little on my pinky and wobbled a long time on an 8' high throw and went 295' and I didn't throw it at full power. Flick did an s-turn and landed 4' higher than the tee at 310'. Star Teerex went 290' after being at 30+' after having a couple of degrees of nose up. Without remembering to use my hips basically at all and very little speed from the legs and no quick elbow chopping. The technique wasn't good but the D is compared to previous results. I only threw each of these once and loved all of them. Hard to decide which to select. Got a few nice lessons with a z XS. For versatility not D. Probably going back to bag.
I noticed that I had unwittingly lengthened my plant step and that hindered my rotation speed alot. Also I have too much of my foot touching the ground in the plant creating too much friction.
I did make new personal distance record on that hole. My average D went up about 10-15' in practice. Had I stuck to only the Wraith that I can throw fairly consistently the D gain would have been 5 feet more. It's nice to throw farther each time I go out
Bad - My stamina is shot. I played for 3 hours altogether. I'm gonna be stiffer than all body cast for a couple of days :-( I was wasted after 32 holes when my friend left and I got to "field practice". The parentheses come from throwing on a 372' hole with branches up to about 30+' in height on the line towards the basket and the branches extended well left of the line to the basket. Boy did that tree bug me by catching many of my throws. The tree is at 300'.
I had so many technique issues to fight that I couldn't try everything I know. I just couldn't get quick hip explosion without concentrating hard and usually everything went to you know where. I just couldn't convert all of my theoretical knowledge into throws as well as I would have liked. A muscle started to hurt in my left side from trying too hard. I decided to quit.
I just couldn't find proper beginning hyzer angle for full power throws along with aiming point for height and enough lead to the left for max D lines for RIDT 148. With about 15 tries. I was really inconsistent because of technique issues. Consequently I was throwing 166 Wraith farther even though it was evident that once I could get the RIDT to have the correct amount of anhyzer after the apex it would squash the Wraith in D.
The best Wraith throw with moderate hip turn and hard squeeze and 180 degrees of fairly quick follow through left obviously faster than other throws and flew beautifully in an s-curve at 25+' having just turned from anhyzer to flat and holding the altitude perfectly and moving fast at a couple of degrees of nose down. When it hit the trunk of that tree in the middle of the fairway.
I might just miss having callouses in my middle finger from trying to find proper grip strenght with two finger grip. My finger is sore. I can't show it to anyone! Waah!
Ugly - If you thought that my technique was ugly don't picture a overweight guy in swimming pants in 11 degrees Celsius. I found out again that I have to clench my muscles too much with wide rimmed drivers in order to have enough nose down and hyzer. I'll have to try out a lot of thigns such as bending at the waist for hyzer. Like I suspected it takes a long time to unlearn bad habits. Like having too much arm speed too early and beginning too early with the arm. Argh!
There are more uphill battles to fight.
I'm getting very good with my Wizard. I think I threw one shot at less than full strenght standing still and farther than ever before. My approximation is about 250'. I also learnt required angles for different distances with the Wizard. This disc changed my game and took a couple of strokes off per round on average and the round at this mostly pitch and putt course is 8 holes
My ultralight Spirit stuck a little on my pinky and wobbled a long time on an 8' high throw and went 295' and I didn't throw it at full power. Flick did an s-turn and landed 4' higher than the tee at 310'. Star Teerex went 290' after being at 30+' after having a couple of degrees of nose up. Without remembering to use my hips basically at all and very little speed from the legs and no quick elbow chopping. The technique wasn't good but the D is compared to previous results. I only threw each of these once and loved all of them. Hard to decide which to select. Got a few nice lessons with a z XS. For versatility not D. Probably going back to bag.
I noticed that I had unwittingly lengthened my plant step and that hindered my rotation speed alot. Also I have too much of my foot touching the ground in the plant creating too much friction.
I did make new personal distance record on that hole. My average D went up about 10-15' in practice. Had I stuck to only the Wraith that I can throw fairly consistently the D gain would have been 5 feet more. It's nice to throw farther each time I go out
Bad - My stamina is shot. I played for 3 hours altogether. I'm gonna be stiffer than all body cast for a couple of days :-( I was wasted after 32 holes when my friend left and I got to "field practice". The parentheses come from throwing on a 372' hole with branches up to about 30+' in height on the line towards the basket and the branches extended well left of the line to the basket. Boy did that tree bug me by catching many of my throws. The tree is at 300'.
I had so many technique issues to fight that I couldn't try everything I know. I just couldn't get quick hip explosion without concentrating hard and usually everything went to you know where. I just couldn't convert all of my theoretical knowledge into throws as well as I would have liked. A muscle started to hurt in my left side from trying too hard. I decided to quit.
I just couldn't find proper beginning hyzer angle for full power throws along with aiming point for height and enough lead to the left for max D lines for RIDT 148. With about 15 tries. I was really inconsistent because of technique issues. Consequently I was throwing 166 Wraith farther even though it was evident that once I could get the RIDT to have the correct amount of anhyzer after the apex it would squash the Wraith in D.
The best Wraith throw with moderate hip turn and hard squeeze and 180 degrees of fairly quick follow through left obviously faster than other throws and flew beautifully in an s-curve at 25+' having just turned from anhyzer to flat and holding the altitude perfectly and moving fast at a couple of degrees of nose down. When it hit the trunk of that tree in the middle of the fairway.
I might just miss having callouses in my middle finger from trying to find proper grip strenght with two finger grip. My finger is sore. I can't show it to anyone! Waah!
Ugly - If you thought that my technique was ugly don't picture a overweight guy in swimming pants in 11 degrees Celsius. I found out again that I have to clench my muscles too much with wide rimmed drivers in order to have enough nose down and hyzer. I'll have to try out a lot of thigns such as bending at the waist for hyzer. Like I suspected it takes a long time to unlearn bad habits. Like having too much arm speed too early and beginning too early with the arm. Argh!
There are more uphill battles to fight.
zealot
Double Eagle Member
GOOD! I par'd the local 24 hole course (arboretum in canton, ohio) for the first time. (best game ive ever played) the course isn't exactly easy either, there's like 6 water holes and one hole that plays over 700'
good and bad - i threw my diablo dt in the water today. i didn't go get it. i found out that if i learn to control my glo sidewinder its money for d as well. i didn't want to add another mold and another plastic (gateway e) to my bag, as i'm throwing dx, star, and s plastic only at this point. so ive decided to season glo sidewinders and use them for d and anny d.
good and bad - i threw my diablo dt in the water today. i didn't go get it. i found out that if i learn to control my glo sidewinder its money for d as well. i didn't want to add another mold and another plastic (gateway e) to my bag, as i'm throwing dx, star, and s plastic only at this point. so ive decided to season glo sidewinders and use them for d and anny d.
thrillcaptain1
Bogey Member
Good - perfect weather for DG tonight. Mid 70s, no wind.
Bad - Being a server on mother's day.
Ugly - shooting 12 over par on a course that has really been playing easy for me (Griggs resevroir in Columbus, OH)
Bad - Being a server on mother's day.
Ugly - shooting 12 over par on a course that has really been playing easy for me (Griggs resevroir in Columbus, OH)
Good- shot a '-1' the other day at borderland state park, white to white, my personal best
bad- lost my z avenger yesterday in a tree, know where it is, just cant get to it
ugly- lost my x avenger today halfway through my round, i know exactly where it should be, it just wasnt anywhere to be found. left me without a distance disc :?
bad- lost my z avenger yesterday in a tree, know where it is, just cant get to it
ugly- lost my x avenger today halfway through my round, i know exactly where it should be, it just wasnt anywhere to be found. left me without a distance disc :?
Hoey1
Double Eagle Member
finally have something to add to this one.
Good-My work gave anyone who wanted to go to Mohegan Sun (casino) $50 to have some fun. Went straight to the bar to have a drink to loosen up.
Bad-didn't leave the bar until 5 hours later.
Bad-left my debit card there.
Ugly-getting up at 5:30 (4 hrs sleep) for a tourney almost 2 hours away.
Bad-took my keys and my girlfriends keys to said tournament.
Ugly-my putting and overall game that day.
Bad-envoking Lemony Snicketts "Unfortunate Series of Events" for my last few "points" tourneys when I know I'm better than that.
Good-My work gave anyone who wanted to go to Mohegan Sun (casino) $50 to have some fun. Went straight to the bar to have a drink to loosen up.
Bad-didn't leave the bar until 5 hours later.
Bad-left my debit card there.
Ugly-getting up at 5:30 (4 hrs sleep) for a tourney almost 2 hours away.
Bad-took my keys and my girlfriends keys to said tournament.
Ugly-my putting and overall game that day.
Bad-envoking Lemony Snicketts "Unfortunate Series of Events" for my last few "points" tourneys when I know I'm better than that.
Jaysus
Double Eagle Member
Good: Tonight is a TNT round (Tuesday night tags) - so I get to play
Bad: The rec course we play at is in the middle of having concrete teepads installed (which is inherently good, but not for this week) and we are moving the TNT round across the lake to the still-in-progress Pro Course which is in some heavy woods.
Ugly: Haven't played the new course yet, and I fear the 1,000' hole.
I am thinking of only playing with new discs tonight as I fully intend to introduce them to some new trees.... they could use some breaking in. haha!
Bad: The rec course we play at is in the middle of having concrete teepads installed (which is inherently good, but not for this week) and we are moving the TNT round across the lake to the still-in-progress Pro Course which is in some heavy woods.
Ugly: Haven't played the new course yet, and I fear the 1,000' hole.
I am thinking of only playing with new discs tonight as I fully intend to introduce them to some new trees.... they could use some breaking in. haha!
roadkill1
Double Eagle Member
Jay
Don't think of it as a 1000' hole. Think of it as five 200' holes all strung together.
Good luck tonight and watch your footing, it's easy to turn an ankle just walking down the fairways.
I played the new course about four weeks ago. It wore me out with all the steep hills and treacherous terrain. A little too much exertion for me on a weeknight with my bad knees.
Don't think of it as a 1000' hole. Think of it as five 200' holes all strung together.
Good luck tonight and watch your footing, it's easy to turn an ankle just walking down the fairways.
I played the new course about four weeks ago. It wore me out with all the steep hills and treacherous terrain. A little too much exertion for me on a weeknight with my bad knees.
Jaysus
Double Eagle Member
Good: I played last night, did not lose any discs, and only dropped down by one tag. Oh, and we didn't play the 1,000' hole last night! We played 15 of the new, Pro holes (par 51 for those holes)
Real Good: No ticks!
Bad: It took forever to play, there was a group in front of us that was really slowing us down... and the group behind us didn't seem to care and were throwing at us all night. I actually wound up playing the last hole with an LED taped to my disc.
Ugly: My legs - see below.
Yeah, I am beat today. Footing was rough - glad I had my good boots on. There was lots of new growth all over the place - and I had shorts on... my legs are cut up pretty bad (They just healed from the hole #14 workday a few weeks back)
Real Good: No ticks!
Bad: It took forever to play, there was a group in front of us that was really slowing us down... and the group behind us didn't seem to care and were throwing at us all night. I actually wound up playing the last hole with an LED taped to my disc.
Ugly: My legs - see below.
roadkill said:
Yeah, I am beat today. Footing was rough - glad I had my good boots on. There was lots of new growth all over the place - and I had shorts on... my legs are cut up pretty bad (They just healed from the hole #14 workday a few weeks back)
Good-Tied my best round ever at Maple Hill and took second in the singles handicap league
Good-Dropped my cap by a few strokes and moved up significantly in the league standings
Great-Hit some good putts, and felt good all around. Threw an epic about 100 feet further than my longest drive ever
Bad-Still took a four on that hole due to a poor upshot
Ugly-Yo Momma :lol:
Good-Dropped my cap by a few strokes and moved up significantly in the league standings
Great-Hit some good putts, and felt good all around. Threw an epic about 100 feet further than my longest drive ever
Bad-Still took a four on that hole due to a poor upshot
Ugly-Yo Momma :lol:
lamb
Birdie Member
Jaysus said:
Timberlands?
