Posted in Uncategorized on April 24th, 2009 by Alex
So today, I shot my personal best score at Grandview, a 53. I did it by not taking any risks and making pars, I took birdies when I had the chance. 22 putts also helped. Lindsley shot a 2 or 3 down. We still lost to Bearded Smurf who shot a 10 or 11 down. Paul Westphul shot horrid and ended the round with a 70.
Posted in Disc Golf, Right Peck Drill, p90x on March 15th, 2009 by Alex
Tomorrow will be day one for the drills for me. 100 throws a day to be a better disc golfer. Its right peck drill time. I am only going to work on getting rid of OAT (off-axis torque). The beginning is going to work on wrist extension only. I toss what I have been referring to Snap-drives. its a few tosses at the beginning of practice to feel snap and get timing down. 10 shots with a fairway driver, in my case my teebirds. I am going to follow up with 30 putter tosses no steps from the right peck. I’m going to work on pivoting my hips, late acceleration and wrist extension. I posted this drill a few ports ago, so look down. This will be followed with 30 putter tosses with a wizard from the right peck with 1 step and 30 tosses with a X-step. I’m also playing with Tom L and Cass C tomorrow Colfax/Newton.
In other news, I have decided to stop p90x until my schedule clears up the begining of next month.
Posted in p90x on February 27th, 2009 by Alex
So today I finished week 1 of p90x.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 10th, 2009 by Alex
So i am kind of curious if Dave Coy will read this from his news feed. He is the brewer at Raccoon River Brewing Co. He is a big fan of IPA’s and it shows. His Bandit IPA is a great IPA, and the El Bandito Loco is a mighty tasty brew. Something tells me if he was in the business of making beer he liked and not to sell beer, he would be making beers coming in at 8% and be so crazy they would kill your taste buds.
Posted in Disc Golf on February 8th, 2009 by Alex
Today I shot a round at Ewing and played the front at Grandview. I played with Cole L and Cass C. Cole is a advanced player who is moving up to open after Bowling Green. Cass is a Intermediate play about my skill level. I shot in the +20-+30 range, but it was freaking slick out there. Ewing plays on the north slope of a large hill cutting through an arboretum. The back 9 opens up to a longer section with well groomed fairways. When I say it was slick, it was freaking slick as hell.
My tourny schedule looks like this:
I forgot to mention. I have been chatting with Dan Beato about form. He has helped me work on my distance and accuracy. He has 2 short videos on youtube. The first is for driving and the second is for Blake T’s short arm putting technique. I believe that this technique is great for adding distance and accuracy to my drives. The putting technique is great for someone that needs to work on putting, but I don’t think I’ll be working on this putting sytle anytime soon.
Posted in Disc Golf on January 31st, 2009 by Alex
Last week I played in the Des Moines Ice Bowl. Finished tied for 9th out of 20 people in Intermediate with a +3 111. Driving was a little scary, but my putting was dead on all day. I sank about 8 putts outside the circle. I used about 5 molds (Champ Teebird, Squall, Valk for 1 shot, Wizard, Crush for 1 shot) for the tourney. As for the rest of my disc golf game, I haven’t been playing much.
I think I also need a smaller bag for casual rounds. My tourney bag is just a little too heavy to carry for a round. I find I am using my squalls a lot more each round and my rocs less. I like the 177+ squall as a roc replacement. Its as straight with less fade on the end. The lighter ones, 173-174, are slightly understable and hold that line for a long time. I am thinking about dropping the crush for a Predator. Maybe adding a Pro/Champ/Star Destroyer. I dropped the monarch and the rogue didn’t work and I may add a sidewinder or roadrunner. This will make my bag:
I do have a couple of goals for this summer. RAGBRAI is ending in Burlington and I might try to ride across Iowa. That’s one week this summer. PDGA worlds is out. Bowling Green Am’s is a maybe. I kinda want to tour Iowa this summer and play disc golf tournies. Before I do that, I will need to lose about 40 pounds.
Posted in Disc Golf on October 12th, 2008 by Alex
The squall was rocking the chains yesterday. Well it rocked one set of chains. Hole 2 from about 150 out for a 2. I finished 3rd in rec then won the throw off for the ace fund. $134 and it made my day. Tom won advanced and Cole took second in advanced. Roy, I think, won advanced masters. Fun day and I made a few new golf acquaintances. BTW playing in a 5-some was a pain in the ass when one guy couldn’t toss 100 ft. Keeping it short for now. Ewing tomorrow before league. Then a beer tasting at 2. League at 5:30. Tom you better be there.
Posted in Disc Golf on September 21st, 2008 by Alex
Its been a while sense my last post. Wednesday I played a round at waterworks with Roy and Tom. Roy shot a 4 down and tom was up 1. I was probably about 5 up. When I got back I found out I won a fade tourney bag. I got it on Friday. Its really nice. Room for a lot of extra stuff and holds a ton of discs. I did decide to get quads for my bag. It makes it a lot easier to carry for a round.
Over the weekend, I played in Newton for the 15th annual Newton Parks Open. I drove decently, buy not consistently. I several shots I was surprised, others I was hitting my lines perfectly. I couldn’t putt. A lot of my putting is weight transfer. I couldn’t get my weight forward. I had 3 fives my first round and ended up with a +7 61. After lunch I shot a +9 i think. Great tournament on a very nice “Iowa Park” course.
I think I have a stress fracture in my right foot. 5th metatarsal to be exact. I hope it goes away soon. I cant afford to be laid up for 3 weeks. That’s all for now
Posted in Disc Golf on September 16th, 2008 by Alex
On my way to do laundry today, I had to walk threw the basement. I realized something across the basement, this would be the perfect place to practice putting this winter. Its warm (huge plus), has an empty corner, and a 10 ft celing. I figure I can keep it inside 50 ft. for most of my shots. All that I would need is a portable basket to setup and some minis.
Second, the throwdown at Grandview is awesome. Shane really knows his shit. I was able to play with Jay (God Damn Lefty) and Mike. They are both quite good. I tried watching Mike drive as he really does a great job clearing his hips and getting all the momentum forward. I shot a +10 but did have 1 OB that cost me about 75 feet and gave me an awful angle to the pin. I also 3 putted on 3 for a 5 (ouch). I think I did have a 5 on one other hole. It did feel good to not be last on my card for a round. Mike had a even par round and Jay had a +5.
On a side not I made a mistake in yesterdays post. It is not the avenger SS I am looking at for my distance driver. It is Discraft’s Surge SS.
Posted in Disc Golf on September 15th, 2008 by Alex
After reading DGR.com forums for about 3 or 4 years, I decided that its about time for me to really work on my game. If everything is going perfectly I can controllably throw 375-400 ft. This means I am more than capable of throwing almost any driver on the market. Over the years I have had almost as many favorite drivers as I have had drivers. When I first started it was the DX Eagle, then the DX Banshee, X XS, Z XS, Z XTRA, and on and on. Just this year I am on my 3rd favorite disc. It started with a X XS. This is a driver I have thrown for years. Lately it just was not working for me. I divorced my XS for a Champ Valk. I have no idea how long I have had it, but its older. After issues of turning it over and having it never come back I left it for a brand new Champ Teebird. Its working fine for me, but its a shorter driver. What I need now is a distance driver. Group think from DGR.com has left me scoffing at the idea of a new driver. What I am now thinking about is finding someone with a XCaliber, a Wraith and a Destroyer and tossing all 3 for a few minutes in a field. I believe that the Xcal is too overstable for me. The Wraith is a disc I considered too overstable and I think I need to try it in a different plastic. After picking 1 mold, I am going to stick with that mold for a while. This will leave me with 4 tiers of discs.
Tier 1 is Putter and short approach. This is going to be filled with my Wizard. I also think I am going to work a second wizard into throwing shape.
Tier 2 is Midrange approach. This is going to be filled with demons and rocs. I really like the way a Demon can fly and fishhook. There is something special about this disc. Right now I am thinking about getting a E Demon and a S Demon to go with my beat S demon. I also have 1 Roc currently and I am going to get a DX Ranco Roc and maybe a Pro Roc. If I carry all of these molds that will leave me with 6 midrange discs in 2 molds, which might be a little much.
Tier 3 is fairway drivers. I Currently carry a Teebird and Valk. I just lost a TeeRex in a tree and a Crush in the Cedar River. I believe that I should carry 2 each of this disc and have 4 discs for the 4 flight patterns. 2 for very overstable shots (TeeRex), 2 for slightly overstable shots (Crush), 2 for straight shots (Teebird), and 2 for understable shots(Valk). I also plan to carry a Monarch in case I loose my valk. 4-5 Molds and 8-9 discs.
Tier 4 is Distance Drivers. This is going to be the Avenger SS, XCaliber, Destroyer, or Wraith. And I plan to double it up. 1 mold 2 discs.
To sum this all up, that’s 2 putters, 6 midranges, 8-9 Drivers, and 2 Distance drivers. 18-19 discs is a lot to carry for a round.
As for putting practice. I think I have 3 ideas. First idea is around the world. 8 shots from 10 feet, 6 from 20 feet, 4 from 30 feet, 2 from 40 feet, and 1 from 50 feet are setup. Standard Around the World rules apply from basketball.
The second is Up and Down. Each player places 10 discs up or down. the Down player tries to turn all the up disc down and vice versa. The game is won with 1 player gets all 20 discs facing the same direction. You putt until you miss.
The third is a game I cannot take credit for. DGR.com forums have it posted so I am not going to post the rules.
Its getting late and I have a lot to do tomorrow so I am going to stop for now. Hopefully Erin can get in here and edit these posts on Saturday or Sunday.