Flippin' Discs

Watch, Listen, Learn I've been catching up on a bunch of disc golf videos lately on YouTube, mostly the usual, tournament coverage, and the sensation following Brodie and McBeth as Dark Horse takes on the disc golf world of sorts. But there was one group that got  the internal gears cranking again, as Noah of Daily Disc Golf played a challenge round against Simon Lizotte and the related Vlog with Simon talking about the differences between a 975 and 1040 rated player , referring to the previously mentioned challenge. Now, Simon and Noah rattled off about a dozen different things that separate a "good" player from a "great" player in Lizotte's Vlog. I'm going to completely ignore the fact that in this scenario, we're defining "good" as a 975-rated player...well, not completely. Actually, we're going to filter the vague-ish rattling on about what can be described as a casual round, and recap, and broaden the scope beyond the 6 strok...

You do you If the King's Cup XV in Kinston had been held at a basket inside Circle 1, I probably would have missed it...and maybe the comeback too. But it was good to get back to the place that my competitive disc golf rounds began a year ago. I wanted to have a positive increase from my previous performance, some validation, some redemption, and perhaps come out with a win. (Too soon?...too soon.) Despite being encouraged by those who had played with me before, I stayed in MA3. (HP is right. It sounds so much better than Rec.) My PDGA rating allows it, at a generous 844, that meanders from the lowly 768 (KC 14 rd. 3) to the head-scratching 944 (DUO rd. 2) with some semblance of order in the middle of the 17 rounds from 2019. I had every opportunity to play smart, solid, par-driven golf through these four rounds. Like Ron White, "I had the right...but I didn't have the ability. I love to break down stats. While numbers can be manipulated in just about any way y...