2019-07-06 3m Spitout I played two rounds on the Wiley course today. It had about 28C and wind mainly from the west. I didn't play that well. I missed putts and hit trees. The first round was a +2 (29) with a bogey on hole 1 after a too high and thus short drive and a bad upshot. Then a birdie on hole 7 with a Teebird forehand. Ending with a double bogey on hole 9 after a horrible drive and a 5m miss-putt. The second round was worse with a +3 (30). Short miss-putt on hole 1. Then a hilarious spitout from 3m (!) ... into the rubber chains and right out again. I've never had anything like that! I still cannot believe what happened there. And on hole 6 I hit trees on two shots, both right in the middle. So much about the bad side. Let's go for a positive perspective: Putts nearer than about 5m are in almost every time. (This hadn't been this way all the time.) Putts in the 7m-9m range I do run each time now (on the Wiley course where there is no danger). (This hadn't been this way all the time.) After struggling much with longer putts (12m and such) two days ago, I tried a new kind of jump putt today, which worked well. I rotate my body left the same time my right arm goes right/forward. This turns the frontal position to a sidewise po- sition. The result is more spin on the disc, a nicer flight, more distance. Forehand throws are a common thing for me now. I can execute forehand, backhand, overhead shots as they fit to the hole. On drives I need to focus much on low and level shots. Much too often I throw too high drives. The highlight: I shot my best drive ever on hole 9 today, landing in the circle! It was a 90m drive, behind the bushes. I decided to throw the Valk backhand, despite the west wind. The flight was low and level, as it should be. It flipped up a bit, but didn't even turn a bit, before coming back. A full flex would have given even more distance! Unfortunately I couldn't sink the 9m putt into a headwind for my first birdie on hole 9. I only caught metal. Nonetheless, this drive was huge! :-) Both rounds today were played with three discs in my hand: Star Valkyrie, Echostar Teebird and D-Line P3. Two days ago, however, I played a round with Valk, Felon and P3, I wanted to see if the more overstable Felon would perform better perhaps on those forehand holes. (On the Wiley course it's usual- ly the straight driver for backhands and the overstable driver for the forehands, just caused by the hole shapes. Hole 2 is the only exception, but on that hole you can attack with any disc on about any line.) Unfortunately, I couldn't play hole 9 because people were blocking the fairway. Until then I had one bogey on hole 1 and a birdie on hole 4, the rest pars. There wasn't much difference between the Teebird and the Felon, only that the Felon felt more to be a utility driver whereas the Teebird felt more to be a workhorse driver. Maybe that's only psychological ... The birdie on hole 4 was the best drive I ever executed on that hole: I took the corner a bit tight with the Felon forehand, thus came in before the big tree, skipped on the right side of it, but not in line of flight but towards the basket, parking it! :-) For the second round on that day, I decided to play DX Eagle plus P3 only. At that time hole 1's fairway was populated as well, leaving only seven holes to play. I got a birdie on hole 3 and a bogey on hole 8 after a bad drive. Summary: The bag is fine (P3, P3, Zone, TB, EG, VL, Felon). My throwing distance has become better and is okay currently. I need my drives to fly more low and level. Accuracy is missing. Possibly because of lack playing on the course. Jump putt distance is a problem, but a solution might be found. I haven't felt well (overall feeling and mindset) these days. This likely had an influence. http://marmaro.de/discgolf/ markus schnalke