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February 2011 Blog Posts (5)

Congrats Paige Pierce, Pro Rookie of the Year

Team D's Paige Pierce of Plano, Texas wins the PDGA Female Rookie of the Year: With a dominating performance in 2010, Paige pretty much had the honor wrapped up by Worlds. Her stats were so good for her pro rookie season that she just missed making it as one of the top seven finalists for the Female Player of the Year award.

The award will be presented in August at Pro Worlds in Santa Cruz. Congrats!…

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Added by Discraft Disc Golf on February 24, 2011 at 10:44am — 3 Comments

Mind control in disc golf- first step: thinking about what you're thinking about

How many times has any of the following happened to you?

* You miss badly on a tricky and/or risky putt, and almost immediately after it leaves your hand you realize that although you thought you had decided to go for it, the disc comes out weak and unsure- maybe wobbling more than usual and way too low.

* You hit a tree right after you made not hitting the tree your primary focus

* You catch yourself thinking about your overall score, and the impact your last throw had or… Continue

Added by frisbeebrain on February 21, 2011 at 2:09pm — 4 Comments

ice bowl 2011 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

just finished my first ice bowl, not to mention my first club event. What a blast and can't wait to the regular season.

Although after 30 holes of going through almost 3 ft of snow it was a challenging day.

Added by jim jacques on February 20, 2011 at 9:24pm — 2 Comments

The Vibram Disc Golf Review 'Preview'

When I began playing disc golf more than 20 years ago, all discs were basically the same in terms of material. They were all plastic, and they were pretty much all the type of plastic we now refer to as DX (Innova's term) or Pro-D (Discraft's). Yet despite the fact that the market for golf discs is now inundated with a continual flood of new models - most available in at least three grades of plastic - one thing has remained constant: They've always been made from plastic. Until… Continue

Added by frisbeebrain on February 4, 2011 at 5:08pm — No Comments