After 4 months of writing updates, daily practice, constant day dreaming, and posting incessantly on social media about my preparation for the GBO, the big day is here! I get in the car and head for Emporia later on today! When I started this journey, I had one goal. I wanted to roll into Emporia … Read more
The room was dark and smelled of incense. This was not the cheesy incense your college roommates used to use to cover up the fact that there was a 3 month old pizza under the couch. This was the aroma of mystery itself. Walking further into the room, a sense of something ancient overwhelmed … Read more
If you are a racing fan, you are familiar with the phrase, “slow is smooth and smooth is fast”. Variants of that phrase are used in many sports. I’ve heard it in bowling, ball golf, and baseball to name a few. It might seem counterintuitive, but it’s true every time. It’s not until a race … Read more
In one week, just 7 days, I’ll be packing the car and heading to Emporia, Kansas for the 13th annual Glass Blown Open. If you’ve been following along on Facebook, you’ve noticed that I’ve been struggling with my performance lately. Not only have I not been improving as of late, I’ve actually gone backwards in … Read more
I still think Bruce Lee would have been one hell of a disc golfer. It’s amazing how knowing how to be a master of one thing translates directly to knowing how to become a master at many things. So many of the tenets and principles are the same in all things and carry over from … Read more
Several hundred reps at the practice basket. Another couple hundred drives in the field. Pretty common recommendations for practice, right? Read this blog or a number of others and you’ll see this type of practice regimen prescribed repeatedly. Then one day you say, “All right, I give in! I’m finally going to commit to that … Read more
In a previous tip, we talked about seeing the line. Actually looking, in your mind’s eye, for the flight line you want your disc to take. While that works well, there’s an additional aiming aid that, when combined with seeing your line, will have you shooting lights out in tight quarters before you know it. … Read more
I had a girlfriend once that didn’t let me have the TV remote when we watched TV. It wasn’t because I channel surfed. It wasn’t because I wanted to watch things she didn’t. It’s because I’m a tinkerer. Regardless of how good the picture actually was, I would constantly pull up the menu and fiddle … Read more
It’s here, it’s here, it’s here, it’s here!!!! It’s finally here! Happy spring everyone!!! OK, so we still have some cold and crappy days to deal with (a couple came this week), but we are finally putting winter in our rear view mirrors. One week ago today was the official first day of spring. I … Read more
If you had told me that one day I’d be quoting Naomi Judd in a disc golf blog, I would have laughed at you. Loudly. Multiple times. Then I would have slapped you and told you to come back later when you were talking sense. But here we are, me quoting Naomi Judd. This one … Read more