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what?!? always go for it! otherwise go play tetherball or something lame
what?!? always go for it! otherwise go play tetherball or something lame
This guy knows what he's talking about. Unless you are in a tournament, you should go for every shot that is possible. If it is impossible, of course your not going to take the shot.
Example: Let's say im 200 from the basket but im in decently thick woods. I have no obvious line to put my disc on except to pitch out and play conservative or there is a small gap that I could make it out of but it's probably only do-able 3 out of ten times. If you don't take the 3 out of 10 risk... you sir are a vagina.
Look at Tiger Woods. If any of you saw the first round of the Masters on Thursday, you might have seen his approach shot on 9. He hooked his ball a little left and was behind a row of trees and had an impossible shot at the green. Basically his only option was to pitch out. But he didn't, he took his time to evaluate his shot and pulled off one of the most miraculous shots I've seen in golf because he doesn't pitch out. That's why he is the best in the world.
How do you want to live your life? Do you want to pitch out and maybe save a stroke on a meaningless disc golf round or do you want to make that shot and have the mindset that I can make difficult shots when the time comes. And if you don't make the shot and end up getting a 7 on a par 3...who cares!
I don't know about heroic shots per se. If it's clearly a dumb shot, it's a dumb shot. Doesn't mean I won't take it (especially in a casual round), but when it costs me two more to recover I'll remind myself that this was the likely outcome.
Now, a tough shot in a round that counts, on the other hand, takes a little more evaluation. If it's one that I feel confident taking, I'm thinking about how bad the medicine's going to taste if the coin comes up tails. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime, etc.
But if it's a shot I think I ought to be able to make, and have made in a casual or practice round, but haven't made in competition yet, I'll lean towards going for it. I figure that in order to learn the shot in competition, I'll probably have to miss a few first to see what it feels like, so either outcome's okay.
Under the fence, over the rock, off the barn, nuttin' but chain!
Thats how I should play but I typically bogey, bird, bogey, miss a putt and double bogey and it can get worse than that depending on what kind of trouble you get into, but I guess that is why I will always be a rec player and little more.
Hole 12 right? I've taken that route.