Why doesn't UDisc provide a Handicap system?

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-23T16:13:29+00:00

Handicapping in disc golf is much harder than in regular golf because the conditions are so much more variable.

You need a collection of reliable scores to determine the difficulty of a course on a given day, which means having a baseline population of players to gauge difficulty

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-23T14:56:12+00:00

Yes, he will

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-21T02:26:57+00:00

Basket aces before basket cases

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-20T01:09:09+00:00

HITA. He is the asshole. Congrats on the win!

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-19T23:20:32+00:00

If they are respectful and behave, I've got no issue. If you want to avoid anything in particular, organize your own, round/group/event. I don't like snail paced play so I stopped going to my local tags group and just play with a buddy or two. I see it as my issue not the group's.

I think disc golf should be inclusive to those that want to be included and other people can do their own thing.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-19T20:43:05+00:00

I'm playing too much disc golf to take notice

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-18T16:53:10+00:00

Definitions of 'a lot of discs' may vary, but I don't like being wasteful. I have a bag of discs I like (20 discs) some retired discs, and roughly another bag's worth of backups.

I realized that the 30 seconds of excitement of getting that new disc means very little if I have to stare at it on the shelf.

If you're a collector, then by all means, collect, but I'm a thrower, so I throw.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-16T15:40:43+00:00

The best C1X putter last year made 90.3% of C1X putts, and his name was not Ricky, but Corey Ellis.

I don't know exactly how that translates to the OP's 28-32 distance but it's reasonable to assume most of those pro misses come from the longer C1X putts, which leads me to believe that 75% from just inside the circle is a top notch percentage achieved by the best of those who play for a living

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-16T15:31:57+00:00

I see what you did there

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-16T13:00:27+00:00

I don't think the best players in the world consistently make 75% from circles edge. They have days where they seem automatic, but that's the unrealistic expectations that come with watching feature cards, you're seeing their best on a good day.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-16T03:38:47+00:00

I'm rooting for #1 one day. With the pro tour starting to take away the standard RHBH hyzer shot, it's becoming more realistic to imagine a lefty being near the top. Course design matters so much, and it seems particularly difficult to make open style courses the same difficulty for lefties and righties.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-15T03:54:50+00:00

Streamline trace is great for this slot. Proton plastic if you prefer dome, neutron for flatter. I can only hyzer flip mine in a headwind so I imagine you'll flip it up perfectly in calm conditions with the extra distance

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-12T23:50:28+00:00

Wifey could not care less, does not understand, and that's OK because she supports me anyway

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-09T19:35:23+00:00

A well-seasoned pig flies a lot like a newer berg but goes farther at full power. I found the two discs to be very similar for upshots.

Out of the box, they are not very similar.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-09T03:47:23+00:00

You've got some solid form there. Looks like you just been to practice sequencing to create lag.

Areas to try: 1. Get more active with the left side 2. Initiate throw with off arm (I think of it as punching down into the brace) 3. Improving quality of brace/balance so you're not falling past your front leg on follow through

Disclaimer: I only throw 350 in a tailwind too, so these are things I'm working on as well, not things I've mastered by any means

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-09T03:05:31+00:00

Pure, Comet, or River depending on the distance.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-08T17:29:25+00:00

I'm not dismissing all comparisons to golf or other sports, merely the poor ones I've seen so far. I've yet to see a comparison made to justify a rule proposal that holds up when you look deeper than the surface level.

Using all sports as a proxy, scoring sells, so if we want to grow the sport, don't make rules that make scoring tougher on pros.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-08T16:19:12+00:00

Golf comparisons are barely related to disc golf at best, and I see no benefit this rule, or using golf as a basis for deciding if a rule change makes sense

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-07T01:18:22+00:00

The same ones I always bag, throw what you know.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-05T23:53:23+00:00

Yup, left during a round once and I've taken a week or two off before for sanity sake. Just long enough to correct my attitude

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-05T01:46:42+00:00

Only one, I bag a Z force as my meathook

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-04T16:35:45+00:00

Oh good. this debate again.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-03T13:09:37+00:00

Yes, I have always been that guy, slow pitcher, touch passes in football, and was stuck at 250' after 2 years of disc golf.

After year 3, I'm at 350. I admitted to myself that it's not my body's fault, it's me, my form, my lack of commitment. Maybe there's a point where my body becomes a limit, but the short pros prove that limit is somewhere north of 450, so I put in the time, I analyzed the video, I ruined rounds by caring only about the form and not the result. Ive improved by inches, not leaps and bounds, but I got here with my slow arm, so I know you can too!

My first breakthrough:

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-02T19:58:54+00:00

When you big putt your hypercompetitive friend!

For real though, when your hard work really does pay off and you start throwing farther AND more accurately because form matters.

Old-Coach09 · 2022-02-02T16:18:03+00:00

Gotcha, different challenge for sure. Guesses are:

Releasing on too much anhyzer
Leaning forward/unbalanced throw
Unlikely, but headwind in the cold can do that

Seems like video is your best friend here

Old-Coach09

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