amcarlson83
Newbie
When I first started playing, I couldn't throw past 100 feet but I never got frustrated because my friend couldn't throw much farther. I didn't play with anyone that was actually decent until I signed up for a tournament the next year, thinking that I was good because I wasn't too much over the posted par. The day of the tournament I learned the 3-par rule, and realized I was awful. But by that point I was already hooked and just wanted to get to the point where I could finish a course at par, by threes.
My point is, my girlfriend would get very frustrated with the game because she was coming out with me as a beginner and by that point I had reached the point of finishing at par and my throws can reach 300 feet. I tried not to "coach" her (I called it giving a beginner some basic pointers that I didn't learn until my second or third year), and we started to play with some of my friends that haven't progressed like I have. That helped immensely! She didn't compare her throws to mine and feel like she sucked anymore. She started beating some of them, trash talking the whole way (gotta love her). Her confidence and drive to play the game have increased significantly. There is one friend she hasn't beaten yet, though she gets close, and when she talks about dg lately its all about beating him. More motivation to play.
That being said, she still won't go out on her own. Kind of like how most of the women in my life still look at me funny when I tell them about going to a restaurant by myself. She doesn't feel comfortable with either of those things one bit.
My point is, my girlfriend would get very frustrated with the game because she was coming out with me as a beginner and by that point I had reached the point of finishing at par and my throws can reach 300 feet. I tried not to "coach" her (I called it giving a beginner some basic pointers that I didn't learn until my second or third year), and we started to play with some of my friends that haven't progressed like I have. That helped immensely! She didn't compare her throws to mine and feel like she sucked anymore. She started beating some of them, trash talking the whole way (gotta love her). Her confidence and drive to play the game have increased significantly. There is one friend she hasn't beaten yet, though she gets close, and when she talks about dg lately its all about beating him. More motivation to play.
That being said, she still won't go out on her own. Kind of like how most of the women in my life still look at me funny when I tell them about going to a restaurant by myself. She doesn't feel comfortable with either of those things one bit.
