Holy cow, I'm sore.
The sun came out to say hi this weekend and I took full advantage of its presence. On Saturday I drove down to SeaTac Disc Golf Course and played a full round with my wife and her cousin. Sunday was devoted to field practice.
I mentioned my plight before regarding empty fields in this area. It seemed impossible to find an open area without human targets when blue filled the sky. Well, I may have finally discovered my secret throwing ground.
The practice session started with choosing which discs I was going to throw out of my bag. I went with two Elite Z Nukes, two Star TeeBirds and a Champion Leopard.
I stretched for a while and then threw some easy upshots to the area I wanted to tee off from. This swath of grass looks like an old football field that hasn't been groomed in a while. The field goals are vintage and there are no bleachers in sight.
Standing under one of the goal posts I looked out at the other one across the field and wondered if the distance was regulation. I believe the measurement between football goal posts should be about 360ft. I felt like I would never reach the other side.
And I didn't.
I probably drove 50 times and stopped, because I was tired and didn't want to push it. I thought about hitting up Terrace Creek Disc Golf Course afterward, but figured it wasn't a good idea considering how my entire body was feeling.
The beginning of the session was sort of weak sauce. I wasn't warmed up yet. I finally started snapping off some good drives near the middle of the session and toward the end I was petering out.
I worked on so many different aspects of my drive, but the one thing that seemed like a constant hindrance was my footing. The soft ground made me feel heavy and the unkempt grass below my feet made me feel slow. Of course I realized I was reaching for excuses that justified my inability to get any of my discs to land near the goal post.
Reality quickly took over. I am slow. I am heavy.
But I'm getting faster and I'm getting lighter.
The highlight of the weekend came on Saturday and was easy to pick out. Pictured above is hole 14 at SeaTac DGC. According to Disc Golf Course Review this hole measures out to be 545ft and is a par 4.
I hyzer flipped my 169 Elite Z Nuke through all the trees and landed in a prime spot for an easy upshot. I nailed my second-shot line and made the chains sing with my putt. I never thought I would shoot a three on this hole... just like I think I will never reach that other goal post. Hmmm...
I love inspiration.
Good going John, I hope u are using a 360 turn, if not, get with it slowly and then once comfy add the speed, u will throw further than u ever have, you have arm speed, no hyzer drives, an-hyzer with a 360 turn do it, brother $Bill
ReplyDeleteHi, $Bill. Thanks for reading my stuff. I'm extremely curious to find out if I can control a 400 footer. I want to be able to hit my target without worrying too much about huge anhyzers. I'm finding that this process is helping me develop better throwing form in general regarding hip movement and snap. I would like to learn a smooth 360 run up, but I'm wondering if I should wait on that for when I want to reach 450. I hope you're not in too much pain and are healing quick. I want to see you on the course when I come out to visit. Otherwise I'm just going to have to come knocking on your door. :)
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