How you spend your time when playing a round with friends who got into DG recently
Posted Apr 5, 2021, 5:13 AM UTC
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I see no beer drinking or weed smoking. What kinda friends you got?
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Beer drinking is happening simultaneously, it is what gives the circle its shape
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I forgot to put in the beer. đ I knew I'd leave something out.
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Beer would need to be an outer ring encompassing the entire diagram since it's a 100% thing in that situation
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exactly, im not saying im good but we got what we call our chill holes, i even got a chair that collapses that fits in my backpack to use
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At our course the first hole into the woods us referred to as bowl hole. Almost everyone stops there for a bit since there's also a few benches. It's like they knew
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I live in Mi where it's legal and no one gives a fuck anymore. Outside of league nights though I wish people wouldn't smoke on one so as to not scare off families with kids who might just be trying disc golf once.
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It's not legal here but in my county literally no one cares. The police don't either, they're busy dealing with meth and heroin
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yeah there's certain holes where i play that are kinda coverd by trees thats my chill holes, but there is assholes that do it at whatever hole
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Probably...normal ones?
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I spend a lot of time telling them where the basket is, which they can never see for some reason.
Then I realize it doesn't matter because they can't throw towards a basket that is 300 ft away.
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That shot counting thing, though ... I can't count (heh) the times I've had a new player report their score one lower than it was. I then go through the hole with them: that tree, then over there, then past, then past again, then in. It's weird that counting shots is actually a developed skill.
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A buddy of mine who just started did that a ton - but then I realized he wasnât counting his tap in. In turn, that made me realize why he went for the lay up so often.
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Throws two approach shots and two puts, "I got a 3!"
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"I got 3" "So you just made that putt from 40 ft?" "Oh yeah!"
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For us, it is making new players watch their disc ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND (if possible) so that when we inevitably walk up, they're not beyond lost trying to locate their discs. We don't have spotters... weed and beer definitely hurt this.
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Iâve got a friend whoâs played for years and is still developing that skill.
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Explaining that they just have to get better to hit the line you hit.
I was playing w/ a newer player last week, and threw a beat in old Trespass over the top of some trees, it flipped up, went right for a bit, got passed the left trees and was about 15 feet deep. (Hole 8 at Oxbow in Windsor, CO for those in the know) It was exactly how I wanted it. I was VERY happy w/ my shot.
The newer player asked what I threw, and I said Trespass, and he asked if he needed a Trespass to do that. It's hard to explain to a newer player that they just simply don't have the game yet to do a certain shot.
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This is dead on!
Took two friends for their first round yesterday, and had another buddy go with me for his second round on Saturday.
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Im a beginner and this doesn't motivate me to play with more experienced players :(
Luckily I have some inexperienced friends who might join hehe
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As it should be. Birds of a feather. There are people that take this very seriously, from throwing form to etiquette, and they always have. Iâm not great. I barely throw 300â, but Iâd put myself in this category.
Since the big covid dg explosion, there are a lot of very casual players out there. Yes, inexperience plays a part here, but thereâs also a base level of seriousness that you come into the game with. This goes for any sport/hobby. Most people Iâve seen havenât gone from playing very casually to committing to the game as a sport. These are two different people from my experience. So how do you gain experience if you find experienced, committed players intimidating?
Research. You can learn etiquette and nearly every technique online. Google it. Put in the time ahead of time and youâll be more comfortable. Itâs not experienced players responsibility to convince you how a legitimate round of disc golf should be played. There is a specific way and it was established long ago. If you have passion for it, youâll absorb it by any means. If youâre carefree or defiant about certain aspects of the game that just seem more trouble than theyâre worth to you, youâre not going to click with the folks having a practice round before their next league night. In turn, they shouldnât feel guilty about extending themselves any further than they may have already if youâre not observing, absorbing and applying in a manner that indicates that you have the same goals in mind as them.
Everything listed in the pie chart is a legitimate issue in dg, among others. If you donât commit to playing correctly (correctly doesnât equal competitively), youâll burn out quick, because you will either come to the realization that youâre the issue or youâll blame the culture. Either way, the game will continue to be played properly throughout the world by thousands and your discs will end up in a closet permanently.
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A few years ago, I tried golf, but I never got into it mostly because of the cost, but also because of all the 'etiquette' and unnecessary rules behind it. Mind you, I am not one of those 'yolo lemme just do my thing bro'-people. I try to respect people and whatever they are doing as much as I can! I'd hate people to treat me differently.
However: there is the hobby, and there is the sport. I, myself, am playing DG as a hobby. I am not taking it seriously in the sense that I've bought 10 discs and am practicing 5 times a week (yet). Sure, maybe I'll aspire to some day participate in a c-tier competition (if I'm not shooed off the DG course), but right now I just want to throw some discs with friends, who might or might not know how to throw a frisbee themselves.
Am I holding up people on the course? I will get out of the way asap and let them play through. Did I not notice them? Assuming they are not mute, they can ask me if they can play through, and I will 100% let them.
If experienced people get tired of explaining DG to beginners (I have been there in other hobbies, trust me), they can easily refer the beginners to all the online sources there are to find. Are you playing a round of disc golf with beginners? Then you know what you singed up for when you asked them to join you. Beginners need some guidance.
Anyway, please, by all means, keep playing proper DG the way it's intended to, but I will keep fooling around on my local DG courses because as much as my lazy ass would want it, I doubt that I can learn to play DG properly, even by doing all the desk research I possibly can.
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You really hit the nail on the head. I have a friend that's only played 3 rounds in his life, but he was easy to play with because he respects the game and tries. Its my friends that are busy talking about whatever and climbing trees and stuff that make me crazy. I'll still play with them, but I have to accept that it won't really be Disc Golf.
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Don't let it discourage you. Like the other reply to your comment said, just paying attention alleviates 90% of the issues when playing with newer players. I love the game and I enjoy sharing it with my friends. Most DGers love talking about the discs, how they fly, techniques etc. Feeling like you have to babysit people is the issue, not helping a friend to learn and improve. We all suck lots of the time anyways.
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I read through the other comments and I agree I'd get tired of some of those situations pretty fast as well. Most people I know will try to play along, but if they don't, I just won't ask them to join anymore.
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I love to play with my buddies, who don't play disc golf as much as I do.
They can see how much I've developed and we can all chuck a laugh, when they shank a drive here and there.
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I feel like 'waiting awkwardly instead of asking if I, a solo player, can play through' is missing, but everything else checks out.
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I can't stress this enough.
PLAY SUPERCLASS
Buy a zephyr or something and play along with them (while they play with normal discs or superclass discs). Its way more fun than just sitting there and crushing drives of the teepad while others stand there and wonder how many throws its gonna take to reach your single drive.
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Can I add. Counting my beer supply if I can open another and still have some for the rest of the round.
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Missing joint breaks
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This seems ridiculously accurate
I dunno, I spend way more time explaining the "why your disc did that", and differences in their discs. "No, put down the driver and use the putter here, because..."
I have a bag at the ready with putter, approach disc (harp), understable mid (DD Patrol), understable fairway (leopard).
That's a good idea. In the past I've just handed whatever disc they need for their shot to them out of my bag.