re: Who is into Disc Golf?

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Same, I come from a baseball background and can sling it forehand. Backhand, not so much.

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This is wild to me. I’ve thrown a baseball probably hundreds of thousands of times by now, but it never came close to translating to throwing a disc forehand. I’ve tried and it just feels so weird, zero strength or control. Backhanded just seems so more natural, but I did play a decent amount of tennis in high school and college (for fun, nowhere near competitively) and used a 1-handed backhand. Played a shite-ton of ping pong, which also probably helped. But I just never thought the forehanded throwers were doing it because it felt more natural. I just assumed it was to shape the flight of the disk differently. Huh.

Anyway, I haven’t played much in 15-20 years, but when I was actually in shape years ago, I’d go to a local course when it wasn’t busy and play 36, running to each shot. Was always a pretty good workout and a whole lot more fun than running at a track or on a treadmill. There’s a ton of different ways to enjoy playing. My kids have loved it the few times we’ve been.

Then there’s always the super competitive guy/leagues on just ridiculous courses. Any of y’all ever played Lazzarre in West Monroe? I had a buddy who was really good and played competitively all over. Took me there once. The Ouachita River ate 3 of my drives on the 1st 9, so I had to play the rest of day with just my putter. Shot (threw?) like 50 over. Good times.