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Luck or Skill ??

Often it seems we attribute a 50ft putt to luck, or more often it seems a nice 100-200 ft shot to luck. and of course those Ace;s all of you seem to be getting..to luck.
But I always seem to think ..well, if you threw in the general direction of the basket and maybe closed your eyes it might be luck, but otherwise if you were aiming for the basket and it goes in in any situation ( ok..maybe unless it skips in or bounces off a tree..) then it was skill!! right?

Ok. so then what about all those missed shots? do we suck that bad? or is it not as easy as some make it look? haha..ok, maybe its just me!

Do you contribute a nice long shot or putt to skill or luck? I say skill.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Stephens on May 8, 2008 at 2:48pm: It takes skill to harness your luck potential. We all have the same amount of potential of luck buried deep within us. You need skill to harness it and put it to good use.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by eric beich on May 8, 2008 at 2:53pm: hmm.. I like that, "luck potential".; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jamie 'gr8rocshot' Ruane on May 9, 2008 at 9:33am: Yes, great way to describe it.... "Luck Potential" ....well said.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by matt51776 on May 8, 2008 at 4:45pm: Made shots pure skill, missed shots.....the wind.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Hootie on May 9, 2008 at 8:30am: Funny that the winds around even when its still? lol; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bruce Brakel on May 9, 2008 at 8:32am: There is no such thing as luck.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by mark ellis on May 9, 2008 at 8:38am: It is skill to come close. It is luck whether it goes in or stays in or not. The better you are the luckier you will be. The more confident you are the luckier you will be.

The more pissed off you get the less luck you will have.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Eirik on May 9, 2008 at 1:38pm: I can shoot at a basket for 30 minutes, the first half I get close, the second half I keep nailing them. I think luck is minimal if you are consistent that makes it skill. Consistency only can even begin to happen for me when I am well warmed up. I am pretty new to this so it takes an hour or so to get feeling right about jumping on the course.

So skill! the swat shots that go in are luck.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Disc Player Sports on May 9, 2008 at 8:52pm: Agree, there is no such thing as luck.
Luck is when your good shot becomes great.
Tell me, don't you try to make that long putt.
Don't you usually want to hit an ace.
My last ACE WAS DELIBERATE! It wasn't luck just a really perfect shot.

It wasn't lucky when in basketball, having played countless hours, knew when it was in.
Practice makes perfect.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gary Burdick on May 9, 2008 at 11:35pm: All 150 feet of it!!!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Disc Player Sports on May 10, 2008 at 7:20pm: Long position "B" Pad Hole 15 is not 150 feet.
Around 200 something water through trees to be exact....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chris Brophy on May 9, 2008 at 5:29pm: I've had aces that were very lucky (i.e. bounce off a tree), but a few I would consider "absence of error" since the disc did EXACTLY what I wanted it to do. I actually have been mildly offended in the past when a perfectly visualized and executed shot gets called "lucky" when it was simply a mistake-free moment.; ▶ Reply to This