Brychanus
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Field Journal
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Modified my plan slightly to balance learning value: did ~20-30 warmup shots, whatever number of 80%+ drives through a gap that didn't hurt me, then played a "round" focused on skills development where putts only count on pole hits at roughly basket height.
5.22.2024
Goals: rehearse "zigzag X," try to get more athletic on my feet, push 80-85% distance out, force myself to learn new lines with Comets.
Strategy:
All Comets except putts.
1. Hyzerflip warmups at 200, 225, 250+ feet.
2. Work up to a handful of 80-90% hyzerflip drives. Move "teepad" back 10'. Get loose and freewheeling. Toss roughly at 300-320' target then try to overshoot it with momentum instead of effort.
3. Cool down with "practice round" on 225-280' holes. I had fun making a "course" that used the sparse terrain to force me to attack the relatively open "targets" by throwing contested hyzerflips and anhyzers, move up and downhill, and change the apex and power of the shots. If I missed C1, I threw the same shot again until I made it.
Results & observations:
Form
-Balance, slow down, focus. Athletic but in control. I can tell my head still rushes to target sometimes even without video and when I cut that out, I always throw better. Trust.
Controlled power:
-Working on finding angle sweet spots, which accounts for 50' variances. Max wt. Comet distance line @ 80-85% nearly 350'. Zero effort. But I got tired right after that salvo. Pretty flippin' cool. I don't want to hit cars obviously but if I ever hit that road you'll hear about it lmao.
-Only had like 10 drives in me above 80%. They feel effortless but my plant leg tired out fastest this time. I was also still a little sore after last week even with 3 days' rest. So I called it off and switched to 225-280' "practice round," felt fine.
Practice round & Coursecraft:
C1 hits 11/18. Almost all misses were on anhyzer, no surprise. A lot to gain there.
C2 hits 17/18. One epically bad anhyzer just kept going and going...
Birdies (pole hits) 8/18. Decent conversion in C1 today but can I improve at all ranges.
-I now always have more juice at low effort. It's hard to not overshoot targets with Comets. Controlling tempo and hitting apex is very important.
-Anhyzer is very touchy on Comets but will probably teach me quickly as a result. The good ones were absolutely gorgeous, coasting, majestic beasts (nothing else flies like a Comet) and I was having a great time watching them. The bad ones were still hitting C2 but not pretty. I could tell whether it was going to be a good one right out of my hand every time at least.
-Putting - if I throw it with deadly intent right at the f@#$ing pole I actually hit it a lot square on target. Keeping that up. Will putt in basket indoors too.
Favorite shot
- I made a "hole" with a contested early right side and contested late left side that called for a shallow snaking hyzerflip going slightly uphill 250'+ and either landing flat or fading slightly. The "teepad" was sloped up northwest. I shanked the first two on unintended turnovers - my balance sucked. Third one I nailed it and it was very fun to watch. Motivated me to make up more tricky shots next time. I hope it helps my balance develop too.
Conclusions:
This was a lot more fun than blanket throwing and I will probably get a lot out of it for the next few weeks. One session per week is probably plenty for now and I can get a lot of volume in quickly without needing to truck all the way to a course.
Edit: one tweak I might make is adding a few 150' at the start of warmups to keep working on touch.
I'll just edit this post each time.
Modified my plan slightly to balance learning value: did ~20-30 warmup shots, whatever number of 80%+ drives through a gap that didn't hurt me, then played a "round" focused on skills development where putts only count on pole hits at roughly basket height.
5.22.2024
Goals: rehearse "zigzag X," try to get more athletic on my feet, push 80-85% distance out, force myself to learn new lines with Comets.
Strategy:
All Comets except putts.
1. Hyzerflip warmups at 200, 225, 250+ feet.
2. Work up to a handful of 80-90% hyzerflip drives. Move "teepad" back 10'. Get loose and freewheeling. Toss roughly at 300-320' target then try to overshoot it with momentum instead of effort.
3. Cool down with "practice round" on 225-280' holes. I had fun making a "course" that used the sparse terrain to force me to attack the relatively open "targets" by throwing contested hyzerflips and anhyzers, move up and downhill, and change the apex and power of the shots. If I missed C1, I threw the same shot again until I made it.
Results & observations:
Form
-Balance, slow down, focus. Athletic but in control. I can tell my head still rushes to target sometimes even without video and when I cut that out, I always throw better. Trust.
Controlled power:
-Working on finding angle sweet spots, which accounts for 50' variances. Max wt. Comet distance line @ 80-85% nearly 350'. Zero effort. But I got tired right after that salvo. Pretty flippin' cool. I don't want to hit cars obviously but if I ever hit that road you'll hear about it lmao.
-Only had like 10 drives in me above 80%. They feel effortless but my plant leg tired out fastest this time. I was also still a little sore after last week even with 3 days' rest. So I called it off and switched to 225-280' "practice round," felt fine.
Practice round & Coursecraft:
C1 hits 11/18. Almost all misses were on anhyzer, no surprise. A lot to gain there.
C2 hits 17/18. One epically bad anhyzer just kept going and going...
Birdies (pole hits) 8/18. Decent conversion in C1 today but can I improve at all ranges.
-I now always have more juice at low effort. It's hard to not overshoot targets with Comets. Controlling tempo and hitting apex is very important.
-Anhyzer is very touchy on Comets but will probably teach me quickly as a result. The good ones were absolutely gorgeous, coasting, majestic beasts (nothing else flies like a Comet) and I was having a great time watching them. The bad ones were still hitting C2 but not pretty. I could tell whether it was going to be a good one right out of my hand every time at least.
-Putting - if I throw it with deadly intent right at the f@#$ing pole I actually hit it a lot square on target. Keeping that up. Will putt in basket indoors too.
Favorite shot
- I made a "hole" with a contested early right side and contested late left side that called for a shallow snaking hyzerflip going slightly uphill 250'+ and either landing flat or fading slightly. The "teepad" was sloped up northwest. I shanked the first two on unintended turnovers - my balance sucked. Third one I nailed it and it was very fun to watch. Motivated me to make up more tricky shots next time. I hope it helps my balance develop too.
Conclusions:
This was a lot more fun than blanket throwing and I will probably get a lot out of it for the next few weeks. One session per week is probably plenty for now and I can get a lot of volume in quickly without needing to truck all the way to a course.
Edit: one tweak I might make is adding a few 150' at the start of warmups to keep working on touch.
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