Honestly, the worst thing about being a DG coach (even a part time online video maker) is the silly competition vibe I get. Maybe it's only a small part, but sometimes I feel there are petty ownership disputes here and there. I've gotten my share of plagiarism accusations, claiming that all I do is copy americans (Seabass and Aderhold) and claim it my own. Truth is, I rarely watch any form videos of other coaches. I'm not interested in them, really. I guess it sounds weird, but my feed is full of social and cultural commentary, not disc golf. I follow Josh.
And at some point people wanted me to make videos about Slingshot (which is tempting, but not my style) and so on, and so on.
I just don't feel it's best code of conduct to come to other coaches channels to post your own tips and videos. And it gets weirder since there are nothing else but the titles of these videos, allegedly targeting the same issue but I guess, better and way before me. This is the vibe I get anyway.
I'd rather post stuff and let it be until I post more stuff. Like the olden days when there was no social media, and you had to order a DVD to see what's new in sport.
FWIW: I'd like to keep talking rather than people being shut down.
I think it's impossible to keep track of the sheer amount of "content" coming out these days. So I am understanding when someone doesn't notice a specific thing, or even sees the "same" thing and doesn't recognize it as such.
Probably one of the things that can be challenging is when someone claims something is new or novel, and someone who had said or shared it before sees it and says "hey, I said or shared that before."
This literally still happens in top journals in neuroscience. the same dynamic plays out more or less publicly sometimes. You'd think that social media would make it better, but it's just worse because you have a weird combination of (1) more access and visibility but (2) less time to consume the overwhelming amount of content. I do think there is the (usually) small minority of (3) people
intentionally passing off things as "owned" or new.
Personally I try to avoid this issue by never really trying to say I'm saying something new unless I'm 100% convinced it is, and I've realized that this is almost impossible in disc golf because I can't possibly see it all. I also don't mind it when I say something and someone points out something similar they've seen or done before. In my day job I usually just say "thank you", acknowledge the source in the future, try to learn from it if I have time, and move along.
One thing I personally think is going on is that sidewinder had probably the largest and most developed set of content and drills before it became popular to do that on YouTube. It is very rare that I see something that wasn't at least mentioned or shown in some capacity in there, but it does happen. And on the other hand, I am alarmed at how often I go back to something I already saw and noticed it only on the 20th viewing.
So where is the onus for "novelty" claims? Should there even be one? Didn't sidewinder also build a lot of his content and theories on other sources and adapt them for disc golf? Would I forgive him for an omitted citation? I don't have an answer for that since this is all in the public, free domain. But because it is free and public, some people will talk about it, inevitably.
FWIW too: I've mentioned a few things about instructors around here but I think the majority of coaches are pretty politic about avoiding public "hit pieces." I'm here and elsewhere to learn about mechanics and coaching, personally. It's all I care about. Others may have different goals, and that's ok with me.
I'm hoping when it comes to learning to throw frisbees we all know that at some level it's a silly and joyful thing. So I'm in some sense really just replying out of a spirit of learning and community whether or not any given individuals are going to get along or not.
