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I think it's obvious he has the snap and arm speed. Just needs to level out that form. I think his short game will be his main assets early on.
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If you are actually interested in our sport growing, you should, at a minimum, be optimistic about Brodie's success. Failing to acknowledge his potential and judging him by his technicality after 4 weeks is laughable. Things will click and he will start finding success far faster than, well, you...
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Seems the people posting these type of comments are only aiming their thoughts towards the people who say he won't be a top rated player this year. |
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He's already succeeding to some degree. He has ball golfers commenting that they're thinking of buying some discs, and it'll probably be that Brodie Smith/Discraft starter pack:
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Suddenly my 50,000ish PDGA number doesn't seem so bad.
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Watching that video he's having a hard time hitting a soccer net.
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I found a quora question from 2013 with one answer calling him an "excellent deep thrower." A reddit thread from the same year has a respondent stating that even if he can't move, he's still an asset because of his throw (the thread was asking if he was one of the best in the world, and at the time he was dealing with a lower body injury of some kind so wasn't moving well). The thing is most of these seem to be talking about his forehand, and not his backhand... Quote:
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I'm not sure how far he can throw or if it even matters. The guy has skill plain and simple. He posted a video on Instagram of himself (and later of Paul McBeth) making ten 20' putts in under 10 seconds. In my opinion, that's pretty dang good. I think at this point he's got the skill and that will only get better as he practices. What he probably lacks the most right now is the "game IQ" of being able to shape shots and see lines that others (like me) don't see. That will come with experience, and you can't rush experience. It just takes time. |
These Brodie videos are so much easier to watch than his usual content.
Almost 57,000 views in the first 24 hours of this video...I took some flak in the "Leverage" thread, but I still feel his results will be irrelevant. Cheer him or jeer him, you can't argue with this guy's numbers. He will be getting people into disc golf, and Discraft will be moving discs because of him regardless of his results. |
Shotgunning putters is only useful in side games. Show me where he hits a 50' headwind putt with a title on the line (or just cash) and a rabbit moving behind the basket and I'll be impressed.
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Yes. 100k views is very good. . BUT it´s still very few of his +2M followers that have viewed the video. .thats only 5%
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But, in the video, he does not even seem to understand the idea of stable/understable discs. Concepts like hyzerflip need time, practice and understanding to use. I just think he is a long way from competitive MPO golf. With his Frisbee experience, athleticism and obvious competitive drive, I think his learning curve could be pretty accelerated, in comparison to the average noob. |
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There are people that have been playing for years that don't understand the terminology... or are the endless "What does stable mean" threads just a figment of my imagination...
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Some experienced players try to debate it but the fact is, we use it wrong. |
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I think at one time in the driver vid he says something about this series of vids being geared to help new players build a bag, not just his journey in doing so, right?
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These are scripted. Don't read too much into it. Carry on
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10 made putts from 20 feet in less than 10 seconds. Not one disc golfer can beat Brodie’s time of 5.66 seconds? Eagle owes him a Grip bag.
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Not in golf tournaments which I thought was the whole point of him growing the sport. |
Obviously he’s not yet where he will need to be to compete at an elite level, but there are a couple interesting things in these videos I noticed. One thing that really stood out how coachable and aware of mechanics Brodie is. McBeth tells him to adjust his angle of release by manipulating his core, and he does exactly that. Have you ever tried to get someone to this? I have. People struggle with it when they’re not used to it, and Brodie is used to manipulating the disc in his hand as opposed to changing his core/posture. I thought his ability to adjust his mechanics on the fly with seemingly no problem was impressive and a sign that he will be able to dial his form in much more quickly than a lot of people would believe.
The other thing I noticed — dude put a few high speed drivers on a rope through or very near a soccer goal over 200 feet away. How many sub-1000-rated players can do that consistently while putting around 400 feet of power or more on the disc? I will tell you I’m a 970-rated player with that level of power, and I would have only done better than that on a good day, using discs I’m familiar with. |
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I thought his attraction was his throwing, if he sucks at that you're saying people still want to see him? I didn't realize that. |
Has Brodie broken 300 yet?
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If he does suck, more people will see that than the coverage the lead card gets. |
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That might be tru, but i still think 5% is low Jomez has 171k subs. . . and their latest videos around 60-90k views , around 30-50% of their subs |
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Now whether Brodie is motivated to work hard to achieve greatness is another thing, but can anyone deny the potential? One thing I noticed from these two videos (drivers and mids) is that Paul comes across quite well, as the professional. He embraces Brodie's enthusiasm and makes small corrections, but presents well. As anyone could have expected, he continues to be a good face for disc golf (and for Discraft). Brodie, on the other hand, makes it based on Pure energy and enthusiasm. He says some things that make us disc golfers cringe, but I like his attitude more than I expected and I'm certainly curious how 2020 and beyond will go for Mr. Brodie bro. |
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