DG Superstitions

[billnchristy]

I now step up to the tee and roll a bag full of chicken bones onto it.

If the two legbones point towards the trees I just close my eyes because I know where it is going.

Damn voodoo.

 

[jroll]

I'll be watching you on Saturday to see if these things happen....

oh it's totally going to happen. my other habit I want to break on saturday is hitting that tree off my drive on hole 4. I think at this point my ratio is 6 times hit out of the 10 times I have thrown that tee.

 

[jhgonzo]

I like to set up a ladder at the back of the tee box, walk under it and onto the tee, pull out a mirror and smash it on the ground, and have a buddy halfway up the fairway release a caged black cat. That way, if I have an awesome shot, I can say superstitions are BS, but if I shank it I can blame it on my pre-throw actions.

 

[sidewinding]

I wear a Harry Potter Cape and glasses when I play even though I've never seen any of the movies or read any of the books and for that matter am not even sure he wears a cape.

I can't play a good round without a baby blue Roc.

 

[Tyler]

Before I put I have to line up my thumg parallel to the wand on my Wizard I use a fan grip don't ask me why but it just fells right and when I tee off no matter hole the fairway goes I line up my feet touching each other on the back corner of the tee box on the left. I also color coordinate my bag (I.E. blue, white etc. like a rainbow effect).

 

[lko102]

i read a good chunk of this post yesterday thinking I had no disc superstitions. Well I do after playing a round. I found the two thing I do are on the teebox. When I first get on to the teebox i scrape my shoes on the tee like I have mud on my shoes. this happens everytime even if the course is dry and the bottom of my shoes are super clean. the second is once I get ready to tee off I spin the disc in my hand until my grip feels right. I can't seem to just grab and throw I have to feel out my grip first

Wow, it's like we're twins as far as that's concerned! I always scrape my feet when I get into the tee box, similar to a charging bull, lol. When I throw forehand, I set my grip, and then tap the disc against my left palm and rotate the disc until I am happy with the grip. With back hand, I spin the disc on my index finger until I get the grip settled in.

 

[Terry C]

I carry my disc bag on the left arm, as to not make my right arm tired (right is my throwing arm)

 

[Noill]

i carry one of those magic 8 balls with me and ask it each time before my drive..."will this be an Ace"... usually get an "unlikely" or "ask again"...

 

[NOStheBOSS]

I am not superstitious but I do believe in luck. I mean you throw a disc down a fairway from 200 ft and it hits the 1 tree that is out there. If the throw is 1 foot either way-great throw but now not so good. If you tried to hit that tree from 200 you probably wouldn't. Or you throw a shot that hits a tree and sometimes it kicks it into deep brush and sometimes it kicks it into the middle of the fairway. Luck is a part of all sports. But I believe you can't influence your luck with superstition, luck will hopefully balance out over time. Overall if you throw the disc well you will play well. I don't have any particular things that I do when I play. I do believe I play better when I play at a good pace so I get in a rhythm.

I agree. I have had many near-aces, as well as a couple of metal, but none closer than the other day. I was going to try and take an anny route on a hole I never had before. I threw my aviar flat and WAY too far left, it went straight into a tree, kicked and floated straight toward the hole. I held my breath as it took a beeline toward the basket. It JUST missed, it went in right at chain level but just missed wide. Total luck

 

[hippiediscdude]

I dont know if I would consider it a habit or a superstition but I grip all my discs in a certain point every time I throw them. I always grip the top left corner. Just to the left of the stamp. I have done this since I started playing. I have a 3x JK Pro Aviar that I have gripped that way for so long that it has dents where I have gripped it the same way every time. I am a creature of habit. But it works for me.

 

[G-MIL]

It's not so much a superstition as just a F'ed up habit now but I have to hold my disc when throwing with the label lined up with my hand so when I look at the label is north to south to my hand.

 

[hippiediscdude]

Cool Im glad Im not the only one that does this sort of thing.

 

[Mattallica]

I tap the disc in my off hand during run up and up until the "hit"

my roommate looks down at his feet just before the "hit", it's weird to watch

 

[G-MIL]

I can't remember when that label-grip thing started but now I look at the disc every time before I throw to make sure it's aligned, it's almost a curse now.

 

[nitegolfer]

I like to set up a ladder at the back of the tee box, walk under it and onto the tee, pull out a mirror and smash it on the ground, and have a buddy halfway up the fairway release a caged black cat. That way, if I have an awesome shot, I can say superstitions are BS, but if I shank it I can blame it on my pre-throw actions.

lol.
Nice Shot...

I'm right handed.
I always carry my bag on my left shoulder.
I always try to hold any drink in my left hand.

And,
Every new putter needs to be broken in and...not by throwing it.

 

[jartiv]

I dont like to say my score outloud... but I dont think Its so much a superstition as it is a mind set. I feel that when i start annoucing my strokes i am getting too excited and start straying from my game plan... i take my mind off the hole infront of me and start thinking too far ahead.

example:

I was shooting even through 12 holes yesterday, I have never shot better than -1 on my home course, and I havent done that in over a year... my best since then was a two. I was just playing along, and not saying anything, par par par par par... and then all of a sudden I get excited and im like "I am still even!" and then i start thinking ahead, instead of focusing on 13 which i always par, I start thinking about 14 which I usually bogey which leads me to think about where I can pick up birdies... and next thing you know it, I OB on 13, miss my putt, and I pick up 2 strokes. lame. I end up bogeying 14 anyway, and try too hard for birdies on 15 and 17 and miss long comeback putts and pick up two more strokes... I end the round 5 over, picking up 5 strokes on 13-18.

 

[Cgkdisc]

I have a Yin Yang mini. I always point the red swirl toward the basket to anticipate "hot" putting. If the putting isn't working then I switch it to the cold (blue) direction to see if I can get the putting going again.

 

[mr.smOOOth]

In regards to the 'don't talk to my disc' thing, I play with an older guy who is convinced anyone talking to his disc will jack the flight! I was like whatever, until a month ago when I was in his group as he threw across our 2nd creek crossing hole. It looked like his disc was going to bail out early and leave him with a long upshot. He says, "Sh*t!", when he sees the disc start to hyzer to the safe zone. I say, "At least you're safe." Two seconds later the disc comes rolling into view, hops over a path and rolls down into the water. I have no idea what he hit to make his disc roll so fast back into the creek. Needless to say, he was quite POed! I got the silent treatment for the rest of the round.

 

[DGChronicles]

i hold my discs, expecially my putters, certain ways every time i throw them. as well as my drive and put i have a certain routine i have to go through befor i throw...

 

[prerube]

My superstition is that all putt attempts have to hit the chains before they go back in my bag. If I pull out a second disc just to practice a tough putt, both discs have to touch the chains before I can move on to the next hole, even if the second putt was waaay off.

I am not crazy, I swear.

Also new putters are good luck.