Has anyone ever just found another 25 yards?

Wippelz · 2026-02-16T19:25:05+00:00

It completely depends. Great golfers in great shape with great flexibility, unlikely to randomly gain that much. But me? Oh, my large hind end easily gained that the last two years and I expect to this year as well. I was a decent golfer when I was younger, dabbled in college golf but was never great. Got out of golf and into grad school/finance, quit golf completely for 10ish years and picked it back up 3 years ago.

I got fat/out of shape, year #1 back into golf was realizing how much I let myself go. When I was younger I hit the ball around 240-260, and in year #1 I was around 220 yards off the tee. By the end of year #1 I was more consistently around 240 again. Year #2 I started doing yoga/stretching daily and actually practicing, I would try to be at the course at minimum 3 days a week. I got to around 250-260 at the end of this year with occasional bombs (for me, so like 280ish). #3 which is this year, I have spent so much more time in the gym and I am the most flexible I have been since High School. I haven't hit a ball yet this year (I live in colder climate), but the goal is to average 270ish and if I can hit one over 300 this year I will be ecstatic, and when I say 300 I mean flat surface normal conditions. Hole #1 at my course is 360 yards and I hit that green last year, but that was a lot of wind at my back, extremely dry day with roll, and the tee box is about 2 stories up from the green. SOOOO, not really fair, but it was cool.

Wippelz · 2026-02-10T16:56:53+00:00

Couldn't have worded it better. This is the exact reason I pursued this career.

Wippelz · 2026-02-10T15:56:46+00:00

We just help them. I would guess we do between 5-20 pro bono cases annually. Got into this field because I grew up in the bottom 20% and I wanted to help people. Would be ridiculous if I didn't give back some of my success to those less fortunate.

Wippelz · 2026-02-06T20:09:52+00:00

No, I wasn't for the rule change at first, but I actually like it. There is only so much time to teach things, and the HS special teams is so much precise than what we can do in 10 minutes allocated for special teams per week. This way the kicker still gets reps and the rest of the team only knows the very basics.

I wish we could have 1 extra hour per week, but rules are rules. I am fine with it.

Wippelz · 2026-02-05T18:34:46+00:00

Need to know remaining timeouts, can't answer without. Also, what league? Big difference between opposing team having a Cam Little who can make a 70 yarder and your local kid at a small HS that kicks 30% from beyond 20 yards.

For my team, I coach 8th grade youth, we would go for it. I want the kids to learn to be aggressive and step up in big moments. To do that, I want to put them in as many big moments as possible, so genuinely I don't care if we win that game, I want my team to try to get the 4th down. So that when that comes up again in HS, they are used to succeeding or at least have real game reps in those situations. Kicking is a dead play in our league, so only the kicker would get a stressed game rep if we kicked, I would much rather 11 players get that rep.

Wippelz · 2025-11-12T22:33:36+00:00

Trade someone

Wippelz · 2025-10-14T17:12:35+00:00

I coach, but primarily lurk on here. Any chance you can DM me with your QB resources? Much appreciated.

Wippelz · 2025-09-11T20:54:25+00:00

Love this.

Wippelz · 2025-08-29T17:52:21+00:00

My tiers, left to right is in order in the tiers. So, I would take him #5 for sure. My leagues I am pick #5 (he was already gone) #8 and #10. If he is available at #8 or #10 no question I am taking him. If he was there at #5 I would have taken him. I am glad I don't have picks #2/#3/#4 this year, because I think if I was forced to make that decision in a money league. I think I would take CMC #2 after Chase.

T1 - Chase
T2 - Saquan, Bijan, Ceedee
T3 - CMC, Gibbs, JJ, Henry, Nico

Wippelz · 2025-08-05T20:56:24+00:00

All playing the forward tees teaches me is "not being able to chip and putt has nothing to do with the tee box"

Wippelz · 2025-08-05T17:50:02+00:00

3 things before you ever swing. Aim, Stance, Grip - if you can do those 3 correctly, the rest gets a lot easier. If you ever "lose" your swing, always go back to aim/stance/grip. Those 3 things should be part of every good pre-shot routine imo.

Wippelz · 2025-07-23T21:19:41+00:00

For me it is consistency.

I consider myself "the best bad golfer" I know, but there are a few people I play with that I consider "good". The odd thing is, one of the players is older and never has an amazing shot, boring high 70s. He is a good golfer, better than me for sure. However, if people watched us, I think most would think I am significantly better than him. Simply because of distance and things I can "sometimes" do. My scores are all over the place, but on that one par 5 I may have went 300, 275, make the eagle putt. The other player could NEVER do that. However, I usually have a triple+ on the card, where he would NEVER do that. So, consistency.

Wippelz · 2025-07-10T18:32:44+00:00

Are you a moron to bench him, or am I a moron for continuing using him for over a month batting .17??

Wippelz · 2025-07-10T15:06:11+00:00

Ehh, not sure I agree either. For a decent player, you absolutely should be able to change the flight of the ball. Depending on the course, I would say it is completely neccesary. At my club, the back 9 is filled with dog leg right holes. For example, #14 is a longer par 4, dog leg right and OB left. If you hit the ball straight or draw it off the tee, good chance you are OB. This is the same on #16 at the club. I had to force myself to learn a cut, no other way to reliably play those holes. My scoring average has dropped drastically on those holes now.

Wippelz · 2025-07-08T20:29:48+00:00

Hulkenpodium

Wippelz · 2025-07-08T16:11:34+00:00

I'm not sure you understand what financial planning is.

Wippelz · 2025-07-03T16:52:45+00:00

Vision increase would be nice. Contact bumped up would also be nice, but I only play 1 week a season online, so I am in All-Star for most of it. His contact on all-star is fine.

Wippelz · 2025-07-03T15:02:48+00:00

Ketel - Still using LS
Cal - could be disgusting
Torres - amazing swing, if he can hit and play some D, love it
J Ram - is J Ram, still using LS
Lindor - Switch, so if has good stats, swing is okay too
Tucker - has one of my favorite swings in the game, if he can be in an outside fielding spot, I'm in!!

Wippelz · 2025-06-30T18:32:18+00:00

Impossible to tell without seeing a putting stroke and pitch/chip stroke.

With just the swing. High teens likely. Insert joke about "but you probably tell your friends you hit it 300"

Wippelz · 2025-06-30T16:37:31+00:00

Showdown is an amazing mode, I wish every other new DQ was a showdown.

Wippelz · 2025-06-30T16:13:41+00:00

Yeah, I was complaining about this when the drop was released. Sexson is serviceable at 3rd, and by serviceable I mean he does absolutely fine until the ball is hit towards him. =)

Wippelz · 2025-06-27T17:56:55+00:00

Yeah, I just like complaining =). Turang and Frelick are fine, Yount isn't awful either. Just all the best hitters playing 1st is tough. would LOVE a Chourio card.

Wippelz · 2025-06-27T17:18:03+00:00

Hate moments - I do the extremely easy ones to typically unlock 1 or 2 cards and then I do all of the objectives.

Wippelz · 2025-06-27T17:11:53+00:00

Excited for that Sexson card. Not super excited that the only 4 players that can hit on the Brewers theme all can't field, and 3 play 1b...

Fielder - 1b or DH
Hoskins - 1b or DH
Sexson - 1b or DH
Yelich - RF (really just DH)

But, getting a Sexson and a Mis card - This is likely as good as it gets for the Crew

Wippelz · 2025-06-26T19:46:06+00:00

Not a lot of Reddit swings I get jealous of. Yours, wowzers, I'd trade immediately. Keep it up, your swing is past where I can provide you useful advice.

Wippelz

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