Widdershins
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- Jan 15, 2010
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If you are not learning then you are not getting better.
Each of us goes out to the course and has that constant, undeniable urge to improve. To do better than yesterday. In the process we figure stuff out. From the rawest beginner to the most advanced Pro we all learn new things. Some of them may be small, some may be game changers. Some may work only for you or be helpful to many. Some new things may not seem worthy of a new topic by themselves but this thread is a place to mention what you just figured out and might, just might be helpful. Because whatever level you are right now there are lots of players who visit this website who are right where you are, trying to figure out the same things.
This is a general topic, not limited to equipment or technique or gear or whatever. If it works for you it is good enough.
Ok, I will start. Somebody has to.
I have gone back to Glow Golfing after years away and learned: Packing tape is not a secure way to tape on an LED Light. An early hard hit will knock it right off, leaving the light easy to find and the disc somewhere in the dark. I have heard that duct tape is made in CLEAR. Has anyone tried this?
In daylight small stumps are difficult to see. In dark they are invisible. Sturdy toe protection is good. Flimsy running shoes are bad.
Retrieving your disc out of the bushes can get you poked in the eye in the dark. Enter cautiously with a hand in front of your face.
In the winter the skin on my throwing hand thumb, index and middle fingers will dry out and split in multiple spots and quite painfully. Although I keep moisturizer (hand cream) in my car I did not start using it early and often enough. My thumb has already split. Now I am using it every time I get in the car. What is the best hand cream?
I found lightweight mittens in Smartwool, which is some kind of wool blend. Really like them. The market for mittens for Men has evidently died and they are very hard to locate. The fold-back half gloves, half mittens are flawed since they are difficult to take on and off when your hands get wet, which they will in cold weather golf. Does anyone know where to find lightweight mittens? The huge thick mittens are still out there but way too hot to use except for Very cold conditions. Lightweight mittens are the shizzle.
Winter hats all look weird, of course. Worse they bother me when I putt with a hat on. This makes no sense. I can putt in the summer with a baseball hat on. Why does a winter hat mess with my putting?
I was looking to make up a Glow bag and so searching my collection for discs to tape lights on. Through the years I have lots of back up discs. Lots and lots. The disc I can't keep in stock? The Z Crush. I have been a Crush guy for years but can't hold on to them. Players ask for recommendations for overstable discs which are strong but not so strong they can't glide so I keep passing on Crushes. In my last order from Discraft I purposely stocked up on Crushes and already many of them are gone.
Each of us goes out to the course and has that constant, undeniable urge to improve. To do better than yesterday. In the process we figure stuff out. From the rawest beginner to the most advanced Pro we all learn new things. Some of them may be small, some may be game changers. Some may work only for you or be helpful to many. Some new things may not seem worthy of a new topic by themselves but this thread is a place to mention what you just figured out and might, just might be helpful. Because whatever level you are right now there are lots of players who visit this website who are right where you are, trying to figure out the same things.
This is a general topic, not limited to equipment or technique or gear or whatever. If it works for you it is good enough.
Ok, I will start. Somebody has to.
I have gone back to Glow Golfing after years away and learned: Packing tape is not a secure way to tape on an LED Light. An early hard hit will knock it right off, leaving the light easy to find and the disc somewhere in the dark. I have heard that duct tape is made in CLEAR. Has anyone tried this?
In daylight small stumps are difficult to see. In dark they are invisible. Sturdy toe protection is good. Flimsy running shoes are bad.
Retrieving your disc out of the bushes can get you poked in the eye in the dark. Enter cautiously with a hand in front of your face.
In the winter the skin on my throwing hand thumb, index and middle fingers will dry out and split in multiple spots and quite painfully. Although I keep moisturizer (hand cream) in my car I did not start using it early and often enough. My thumb has already split. Now I am using it every time I get in the car. What is the best hand cream?
I found lightweight mittens in Smartwool, which is some kind of wool blend. Really like them. The market for mittens for Men has evidently died and they are very hard to locate. The fold-back half gloves, half mittens are flawed since they are difficult to take on and off when your hands get wet, which they will in cold weather golf. Does anyone know where to find lightweight mittens? The huge thick mittens are still out there but way too hot to use except for Very cold conditions. Lightweight mittens are the shizzle.
Winter hats all look weird, of course. Worse they bother me when I putt with a hat on. This makes no sense. I can putt in the summer with a baseball hat on. Why does a winter hat mess with my putting?
I was looking to make up a Glow bag and so searching my collection for discs to tape lights on. Through the years I have lots of back up discs. Lots and lots. The disc I can't keep in stock? The Z Crush. I have been a Crush guy for years but can't hold on to them. Players ask for recommendations for overstable discs which are strong but not so strong they can't glide so I keep passing on Crushes. In my last order from Discraft I purposely stocked up on Crushes and already many of them are gone.