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August’s $20 gift cards to www.infinitediscs.com go to:
Ryan Lewis & Melissa Martin
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Todays podcast is brought to you by some of our amazing and generous podcast contributors:
Jeremy Ziakis – Kentucky
Melissa Martin – Ohio
Royal Daniel – Texas
Todd Sisco – Kansas
Timmy Andersson – Sweden
CHRIS – FOLIO PORTABLE STUDIO
TIM – CENTRAL COAST DISC GOLF – CLINIC WITH WILL SCHUSTERIC
Pat – Disc Golf Unchained APP – fun and addictive!
GIVING AWAY A SIGNED COPY OF ZEN & THE ART OF DISC GOLF
June’s $20 gift card to www.infinitediscs.com goes to:
Calvin Negrete!
Funny thing about podcasting… Success costs money. As we continue to reach record numbers of listeners the costs rise with syndication, web development, and GIVEAWAYS, I am constantly plagued with the question, how can I keep the podcast self-sustaining.
The answer: $1. That’s it.
If you love the ZEN DISC GOLF PODCAST, please consider donating as little as $1 a month and help keep this show alive, going and growing.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!
By supporting, you will be entered to win a $20 gift card from Infinite Discs. You will get one entry per donated dollar per month (i.e. Putter level =1 entry per month, Distance driver level = 3 entries per month). Cancel anytime!
$1 per month – Putter Level $2 per month – Mid-range Level $3 per month – Distance Driver Level
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Todays podcast is brought to you by some of our amazing and generous podcast contributors:
Jeremy Ziakis – Kentucky
Melissa Martin – Ohio
Royal Daniel – Texas
Todd Sisco – Kansas
Timmy Andersson – Sweden
Worm Dye – Tim’s Disc Dye recommendation
Brake Parts Cleaner – For getting rid of that pesky factory stamp
“A great low speed disc to learn on – Innova Leopard” – Tim Steward.
Pat recommends Gstar Plastic.
Tim recommends checking out 2016 Masters Cup at DelaVeaga
PAT SWIMS OUT TO RETRIEVE HIS WESTSIDE GIANT – HOLE 3 AT SCHUMAKER PARK
TIM – ROSEDALE DOWN UNDER DISC GOLF COURSE (Kansas City, KS)
PAT – NEWPORT NEWS DISC GOLF COURSE (Newport News, VA)
TIM – ERGODINE – CHILL-ITS COOLING TOWEL
GIVING AWAY A SIGNED COPY OF ZEN & THE ART OF DISC GOLF
CONGRATULATIONS PARKER SANDS! PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR YOUR PRIZE!
If you are a disc golfer, then BUY THIS BOOK! If you are a student of Zen practice, then BUY THIS BOOK! If you want to live a better life, then BUY THIS BOOK!
Patrick McCormick has written a short but deep look into playing disc golf, practicing a Zen mindset, and tapping into the potential to become the best possible “you.” McCormick’s words are like syrup, they hold such thick value that sometimes it takes a little while to digest them fully, but when those words do finally sink in, it is truly an enlightenment. Suddenly, everything makes sense and things that may have been cloudy before are now perfectly clear…
Although I am a relatively new disc golfer, I come from a background of playing regular golf for most of my life and struggling with the mental side of playing at a competitive level. In fact, several years ago I played regular golf competitively in college in Southern California, but became very frustrated, depressed, and ultimately burnt out from my tireless efforts to elevate my game to the next level. I WISH I would have had McCormick’s book at that stage of my life. Nevertheless, I’m very glad I have this book now. I have read it cover to cover several times, and always keep it close by if I feel the need to refresh myself before I go play, or even go take on the day.
Reading “Zen and the Art of Disc Golf” has made me appreciate the time, effort, skills, and enjoyment that comes from playing and participating in all the sports I play, and even my occupation as a middle school mathematics teacher. I now have a renewed interest in getting the absolute most enjoyment I can from my work and leisure time activities, challenging myself to constantly improve my game and myself, and even enter competitive tournaments again.
Thanks Patrick. Your book is truly awesome and profound!
Funny thing about podcasting… Success costs money. As we continue to reach record numbers of listeners the costs rise with syndication, web development, and GIVEAWAYS, I am constantly plagued with the question, how can I keep the podcast self-sustaining.
The answer: $1. That’s it.
If you love the ZEN DISC GOLF PODCAST, please consider donating as little as $1 a month and help keep this show alive, going and growing.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!
By supporting, you will be entered to win a $20 gift card from Infinite Discs. You will get one entry per donated dollar per month (i.e. Putter level =1 entry per month, Distance driver level = 3 entries per month). Cancel anytime!
$1 per month – Putter Level $2 per month – Mid-range Level $3 per month – Distance Driver Level
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Todays podcast is brought to you by some of our amazing and generous podcast contributors:
Lyn Henriksen – California
Ryan Lewis – Ohio
Roger Crain – California
Joel Bautista – Texas
Benjamin Wonders – Ohio
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Funny thing about podcasting… Success costs money. As we continue to reach record numbers of listeners the costs rise with syndication, web development, and GIVEAWAYS, I am constantly plagued with the question, how can I keep the podcast self-sustaining.
The answer: $1. That’s it.
If you love the ZEN DISC GOLF PODCAST, please consider donating as little as $1 a month and help keep this show alive, going and growing.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!
By supporting, you will be entered to win a $20 gift card from Infinite Discs. You will get one entry per donated dollar per month (i.e. Putter level =1 entry per month, Distance driver level = 3 entries per month). Cancel anytime!
$1 per month – Putter Level $2 per month – Mid-range Level $3 per month – Distance Driver Level
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Todays podcast is brought to you by some of our amazing and generous podcast contributors:
Scott Comeaux – Florida
Melissa Martin – Ohio
Royal Daniel – Texas
Todd Sisco – Kansas
Jeremy Ziakis – Kentucky
In Zen & The Art Of Disc Golf, I talked at great length about how your disc golf bag can be seen as a metaphor for all the baggage that you carry around with you from day to day and how if you do not place your bag on the ground (“dropping your baggage”) you severely decrease your accuracy and ability to achieve your goals.
Today, I would like to talk to you about what we place in our bags and how we hold onto discs and equipment that serve no other purpose than to “fill out our bags.” It’s very interesting to meet and talk to so many new players who begin playing disc golf and starting with the same habits. I believe a psychologist could make a reasonable study of disc golfers to extrapolate trends in human behavior. We often talk about how newer players tend to buy high speed drivers in hopes that the numbers on the disc alone will put our tee shots where we want them in the fairway with little attention paid to our throwing technique, but another habit that we have is being pack rats or maybe “bag rats” would be a better term.
Dave’s YouTube Channel – Tuck4s1
Dave’s Facebook Group – Big Daddy Disc Golf
Disc Golf Lessons With Philo Brathwaite – teamphilo.com
Blenders Sunglasses – Use TUCK4s1 for 30% off!
CHRIS – PRODIGY F2 $14.99
TIM – IRON MIND – CAPTAINS OF CRUSH $29 – EXPAND THE HAND BANDS $15.95
DAVID – UP CART $89
PAT – KNIGHT MAGIC BOX II $32.99
events.stjude.org/mindbodydisc
Every little bit counts, please give what you can. Together we can make a difference.
Remember, kids are the future of our sport. And for many kids, St. Jude is the key to their future.
How your donation helps:
Funny thing about podcasting… Success costs money. As we continue to reach record numbers of listeners the costs rise with syndication, web development, and GIVEAWAYS, I am constantly plagued with the question, how can I keep the podcast self-sustaining.
The answer: $1. That’s it.
If you love the ZEN DISC GOLF PODCAST, please consider donating as little as $1 a month and help keep this show alive, going and growing.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!
By supporting, you will be entered to win a $20 gift card from Infinite Discs. You will get one entry per donated dollar per month (i.e. Putter level =1 entry per month, Distance driver level = 3 entries per month). Cancel anytime!
$1 per month – Putter Level $2 per month – Mid-range Level $3 per month – Distance Driver Level
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Todays podcast is brought to you by some of our amazing and generous podcast contributors:
Kevin Kugler – Wisconsin
Adam Kubiak – Pennsylvania
Adam Gowland – Ontario, Canada
Jørn Idar Kvig – Oslo, Norway
Christoffer Pettersen – Kristiansand, Norway
I was playing a doubles round with some friends of mine the other day when we got to hole number 8 at Newport News disc golf course and I had a new revelation.
Most of this group are players I have recently introduced to the game and even though they had played the course several times from the short tees had never played from the long tees. We decided to try the long tees for some added variation and also decided that doubles would be a good starting point for playing a slightly longer course.
We paired up stronger players with weaker players to ensure some balance in the game and everyone was playing extremely well. I fully believe that switching up the tees, baskets, or even the course is a great way to step outside of the box and really see what you can do. For some reason, forcing yourself outside of routine seems to help you break out of complacency and help to influence the mindfulness and focus that disc golfers need to play well.
Disc Golf Yoga – Pre-round warmup from Youngblood Productions on Vimeo.
Megan Nance is a health and fitness coach, helping people start their fitness journeys and providing the tools to be successful. Using an online platform, she helps people find fitness and nutrition programs that will work for their lifestyle, and connects them with support and accountability. Megan is a certified yoga teacher and has a passion for sharing the physical and mental benefits of yoga with others. Her husband has shared his love of disc golf with her and as a certified yoga instructor, has developed a customized yoga practice for disc golfers. She lives with her husband and daughter in Austin, TX.
“I have been playing disc golf since the early 1990s. I played throughout college and post college. I fell in love with sport and would play as much as I could back in the day. Now I’ve got 3 kids and work quite a bit so finding time to play is not as easy. I used to play many tournaments every year, but now I may pick 3 or 4 events each year. I don’t play many courses even casually due to time constraints, but will still do field work and putt in my backyard to keep my skill set sharpened. I have grown to really love field work, especially once I got into yoga. Yoga helps physically, but my mental focus is undeniably better with yoga training. This can be said on and off the course.
Since I still wanted to be involved and even give back to a sport that I loved playing, I started a company called Black Zombie disc golf in 2013. It was easier to work on my laptop and develop all these ideas to ‘color’ the sport I love. I instantly had aspirations to be BZ of DG much like Op was to surfing. I have never surfed in my life, but i’ve had Op wallets, shirts, shorts, and more. I look back at Op and they were able to capture the spirit of the ocean waves. I wanted to capture the spirit of the outdoors as it applies to disc golf. The image of intensity and accomplishment via the flight of a disc driven by a player. Black Zombie has been nicknamed BZ for obvious reasons, but more importantly the idea of being ‘busy’ outside is my focus. I try to motivate people to get off couch and get outside and what better vehicle than disc golf. I think disc golf was lacking, and still lacking more brands that inspire people outside of disc golf to take another look all while keeping disc golfers excited and engaged through cool graphics and positive energy.
BZ has gotten very popular and the idea we are the disc golf infection has totally been embraced. As us disc golfers know, disc golf is a sport that is infectious as we begin to play more and understand the flight of the disc against the elements.
I have been doing yoga for over 10yrs myself. I really stepped up my yoga when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. To counter my stress levels I was able to increase my yoga in reflection to my stress. I whole heartedly feel that yoga was the best ‘medicine’ during this time before my mother passed from the cancer treatments. Cancer treatments and their effects on the elderly is a whole other soap box i’ve gotten on, but that is for another discussion. Between the FDA, big pharma, and the profit digging on our elders is disgusting. But, that was my stress and yoga was an amazing natural remedy.
For BZ, we are an apparel line first, but have designed our first putter with Gateway Disc Sports. It was a 4month process last year and our putter, the Chainsaw, was approved January 2016. You can add our website www.blackzombie.com so you or others can check out what we have to offer. We launched our website recently and are still adding march we have.”
-GARIN WOOTTEN
GARIN – Chainsaw Putter
MEGAN – http://www.megnancehealthandfitness.com
CHRIS – QUEST TURBO PUTTER
TIM – INFINITE DISCS APP
PAT – INFINITE DISCS LARGE BAG
The Infinite Discs Large Disc Golf Bag is the perfect bag for disc golfers who have a lot of discs, and like to carry around some accessories with them, but don’t want to spend a fortune. This bag is made with premium 1680D fabric and quality YKK zippers.
Bag Features
Every podcast we give away an item to a random person who has left a 5 STAR review on Amazon or iTunes!
events.stjude.org/mindbodydisc
Every little bit counts, please give what you can. Together we can make a difference.
Remember, kids are the future of our sport. And for many kids, St. Jude is the key to their future.
How your donation helps:
Funny thing about podcasting… Success costs money. As we continue to reach record numbers of listeners the costs rise with syndication, web development, and GIVEAWAYS, I am constantly plagued with the question, how can I keep the podcast self-sustaining.
The answer: $1. That’s it.
If you love the ZEN DISC GOLF PODCAST, please consider donating as little as $1 a month and help keep this show alive, going and growing.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!
By supporting, you will be entered to win a $20 gift card from Infinite Discs. You will get one entry per donated dollar per month (i.e. Putter level =1 entry per month, Distance driver level = 3 entries per month). Cancel anytime!
$1 per month – Putter Level $2 per month – Mid-range Level $3 per month – Distance Driver Level
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Todays podcast is brought to you by some of our amazing and generous podcast contributors:
Joel Bautista
Sam Dickinson
Seth Jensen
Benjamin Wonders
Roger Crain
In Zen & The Art Of Disc Golf, I coined a simple phrase that we also end every podcast with which is “Most Importantly, Just Throw,” but I have never really delved into attempting to describe what I mean when I say this, mostly because I want it to mean what you need it to mean. Whatever the meaning you need to derive from it in the moment you are in.
In some instances it could mean simply – Just get out and play! Stop reading about it, stop listening to us talk about it! Just get out there and play. Of course, selfishly, it is not my wish that you disconnect from the podcast or my writing entirely but that chances are if you are reading or listening then you love this game and the hardest part of playing disc golf for most people is to simply drop what you are doing and play disc golf! Now, of course most of us can’t play disc golf all day and night, at work, while driving a car or riding on an airplane, so reading books, blogs, and listening to podcasts is a close substitution because through media it connects you to other like minded players out there at least mentally. But reading, listening to podcasts, and watching youtube videos about becoming a better player will never be a substitute for playing the game.
David Mawr is a former school teacher and newer to the game of disc golf, but his love for the game as already grown into an addiction that has led he and his wife on a journey to sell all their things and backpack Colorado and Kansas, playing every course and tournament he can along the way. His effort is partially to meet and learn from as many people as he can but also help get disc golf into local schools. He will be documenting his trip on his blog and through his YouTube channel.
David, sounds like one of our long lost brothers and was a perfect fit for the cast. During the episode he opens up about some of his own adversities that he feels disc golf has become the perfect medicine for.
David mentions the following links in our interview
DGnomad – Portable Disc Golf Targets
David’s Go Fund Me – Disc Golf In School
Steve Harvery – Jumping To Success
TIM – DIRT BAG BY DYNAMIC DISCS
DAVID – FRICTION GLOVES
CHRIS – NITE IZE LED DISCS
PAT – WESTSIDE SEER
Every podcast we give away an item to a random person who has left a 5 STAR review on Amazon or iTunes!
Every month we give away a $20 gift card to one of our amazing podcast contributors.
This month’s gift card goes to Dustin DeMatteo!
events.stjude.org/mindbodydisc
Every little bit counts, please give what you can. Together we can make a difference.
Remember, kids are the future of our sport. And for many kids, St. Jude is the key to their future.
How your donation helps:
Funny thing about podcasting… Success costs money. As we continue to reach record numbers of listeners the costs rise with syndication, web development, and GIVEAWAYS, I am constantly plagued with the question, how can I keep the podcast self-sustaining.
The answer: $1. That’s it.
If you love the ZEN DISC GOLF PODCAST, please consider donating as little as $1 a month and help keep this show alive, going and growing.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!
By supporting, you will be entered to win a $20 gift card from Infinite Discs. You will get one entry per donated dollar per month (i.e. Putter level =1 entry per month, Distance driver level = 3 entries per month). Cancel anytime!
$1 per month – Putter Level $2 per month – Mid-range Level $3 per month – Distance Driver Level
