[emmarose]

it occurred to me this last year that people exaggerate their distances. this first occurred to me when someone posted on fb about throwing 425+ feet and i was like, "girl... you throw a lot further than me... but not that far... unless it was at altitude with a tailwind and a steep downhill slope."

then i started paying attention to the distances on signs at my regular courses and was like, "dannnng. i exaggerate my OWN distance for heaven's sake," realizing i was throwing not the the 300 feet i thought i was, but more like 260'.

then i started to paying attention to what other gals (and their boyfriends, etc.) were saying they threw and was like, "hmmmm... but i've played with you and i don't throw that far... and well, i throw farther than you... so you ain't throwin' no 290/300 either, yo."

and then, a couple few times playin' with random folk, i would pop off a sweet drive and they'd be all like, "daaaammmnn, girl! that's 350, fo' sho!" now, indeed it may have been a sweet drive, and indeed, i have gained some distance over the last year as my form and technique have improved, but i know with certainty that my average these days is about 275/285 and that i cap out with a couple 300 footers (MAYBE) per round (thank you, blue lake).

so my point is, it's one of the less awesome aspects of the disc golf culture (like calling people baggers) that fairly across the board there is quite a bit of exaggeration on actual distances of actual throws (except for jeff hagerty, i can vouch for the fact that those are accurate numbers).


(in my opinion)