Talk about nit-picking …
This is about as pathetic as it gets.
Routines.
On a disc golf course, everybody has ‘em.
Before an event, guys have their quirks with what they eat, how they warm-up and when they go to the bathroom to ensure no bowel-induced nightmares become a reality out on the course. It’s more of the same afterwards, too. Some cool-down throws. Maybe some light stretching.
Fun with friends.
Naturally, this is an on-the-course thing, as well. Thanks in large part to the likes of Sir Nikko Locastro, putting is best known for the (lengthy) routines it produces. Fairway drives and approaches offer up similar stuff. And of course, from the tee, you’ll find some flair.
It’s the last of the lot that frequently gets my undies in a bundle.
Generally, on the teepad, most disc golfers will do a slow walk-through to find their footing with one or two practice swings. They’ll pause, and then go for it – into the air the frisbee flies. And if you feel like spicing up your D.G. brand a bit, maybe you’ll introduce a towel into the mix.
It’s the following routine that drives me mad:
- Baby steps. The first practice swing – pause.
- Baby steps. The second practice swing – long pause.
- Normal steps. An ungodly third practice swing nobody expects.
And alas, into the air the frisbee flies.
Following that “long pause,” everybody thinks you’re going for it …
Psyche.
One of my best disc golf buddies is an aggressive swinger – practice swinger, that is. I’ve played a round with him at least once a month every month for the past five or so years. And still, to this day, unless I make a conscious effort to pay attention, I take the bait on that third practice swing.
Like clockwork, I’ll take a premature half-step up the fairway.
Total fakeout.
Find a pre-drive routine. Stick with it. Own it.
But if the timing and aggression of it all has people thinking you’re throwing when you’re not, for the sake of the more sensitive (yours truly) within the disc golf community, switch it up
That is all.
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Disc golf is pure stoner recreation. 9 or 18 extra 10 second periods of time don’t add up to much. Chill and enjoy the pace of play at that moment. Its all good. Being alive and outdoors with others is the purpose of the round.
If you are not super baked try actual golf. Ppl tend to be more into pace of play, attire, rules and there is a marshal to keep it moving. Its very anal, disc is suppose to be the opposite.
Yes for gods sakes people stop with all the fake run-ups. You are not going to throw a better shot because you ran up five times without throwing the disc. If you must do it try one and then throw. Warm up before the round starts. Same goes with framing a putt for 2 or 3 minutes. You are confusing your brain. It knows what to do just aim and shoot
This is gold, Joseph:
“You are confusing your brain. It knows what to do.”
Solid advice for us all!