Post by slowroll on Mar 1, 2010 11:32:58 GMT -5
I just figured this out yesterday, and wanted to share it with you. I believe that it made all the difference in the world for me and maybe since it's such a small and easy thing to do, it might help you out in your future rounds.
So I went to Smyrna doubles after church yesterday, and for only the 3rd time in my life, found myself as "Clint". For those that don't know, Clint is the individual who is odd man out if there are an odd numbers of players at doubles. As Clint, you get one extra throw per hole (a second drive,putt,etc), but other than that you are playing singles, against all the doubles teams. While everyone else gets to take 2 (one from each player on a team) shots from every place, your team gets one, and the one additional per hole.
In the past I was always disheartened being stuck as Clint. Discgolf is my cheap entertainment, and part of the fun for me is having someone to pal around with while walking the course. It also has bothered em that there would be no one to pick me up if I started to struggle. I'm not saying these are important to you, but they were issues to me and kept me from ever playing well when left on my own.
I had a mental breakthrough yesterday, and I think it's worth mentioning enough for me to prattle on for several paragraphs now, so I'll finally just say it. Yes, you are playing singles against all the other teams, but... You get the opportunity every single one of us that has ever played in a tournament at any level has longed for. You get to have your do overs! How many of you playing your fun rounds go to putt, miss a close one, pick up your driver or whatever and immediately sink that same putt? Well, now you can do that legally. I can't tell you how many times playing intermediate that I threw a drive, watched the wind (that I hadn't even stopped to consider) mash my disc left, right, or straight down, and been mad cause if I had only known I would have thrown this other thing.
Now it's not all flowers and rainbows as Clint, I will also warn you that you will feel as if you had played 2 rounds by the time you finish as Clint. Do try to pace yourself and simply slowing down in my run up not only made me play more under control, it also helped me to still be strong as we were finishing out the round. I still had 2 bad holes where even with the extra shot I ended up with a 4, but the mindset of me having the built in mulligans all the other guys wished they had, made all the difference for me.
I don't know if this simple nugget of wisdom will have the impact on you that it did on me because it was my experience, and it really resonated with me when it clicked. But something as simple as how I was chosing to look at things made all the difference in the world for me and led to me dropping a whopping 7 down at Sharp Springs with over half the holes there set up long. By far the best I've ever done, topping the 5 down I posted when they were all short. But I don't think this is about results, I think it was all about getting over my own fear, and making a negative into a possitive. Hope this helps at least one of you.
So I went to Smyrna doubles after church yesterday, and for only the 3rd time in my life, found myself as "Clint". For those that don't know, Clint is the individual who is odd man out if there are an odd numbers of players at doubles. As Clint, you get one extra throw per hole (a second drive,putt,etc), but other than that you are playing singles, against all the doubles teams. While everyone else gets to take 2 (one from each player on a team) shots from every place, your team gets one, and the one additional per hole.
In the past I was always disheartened being stuck as Clint. Discgolf is my cheap entertainment, and part of the fun for me is having someone to pal around with while walking the course. It also has bothered em that there would be no one to pick me up if I started to struggle. I'm not saying these are important to you, but they were issues to me and kept me from ever playing well when left on my own.
I had a mental breakthrough yesterday, and I think it's worth mentioning enough for me to prattle on for several paragraphs now, so I'll finally just say it. Yes, you are playing singles against all the other teams, but... You get the opportunity every single one of us that has ever played in a tournament at any level has longed for. You get to have your do overs! How many of you playing your fun rounds go to putt, miss a close one, pick up your driver or whatever and immediately sink that same putt? Well, now you can do that legally. I can't tell you how many times playing intermediate that I threw a drive, watched the wind (that I hadn't even stopped to consider) mash my disc left, right, or straight down, and been mad cause if I had only known I would have thrown this other thing.
Now it's not all flowers and rainbows as Clint, I will also warn you that you will feel as if you had played 2 rounds by the time you finish as Clint. Do try to pace yourself and simply slowing down in my run up not only made me play more under control, it also helped me to still be strong as we were finishing out the round. I still had 2 bad holes where even with the extra shot I ended up with a 4, but the mindset of me having the built in mulligans all the other guys wished they had, made all the difference for me.
I don't know if this simple nugget of wisdom will have the impact on you that it did on me because it was my experience, and it really resonated with me when it clicked. But something as simple as how I was chosing to look at things made all the difference in the world for me and led to me dropping a whopping 7 down at Sharp Springs with over half the holes there set up long. By far the best I've ever done, topping the 5 down I posted when they were all short. But I don't think this is about results, I think it was all about getting over my own fear, and making a negative into a possitive. Hope this helps at least one of you.