Just Throw – Episode 3 – Casual

Episode three is ready for your ears.  We talk about our experience planning a casual disc golf event, not a tournament.

Episode Theme: Casual

Episode Length: 01:07:39

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• Introduction
  
  
  
  • We are competitive, but not all of our friends appreciate the fine arts of tournament play and playing to win.
  
  
  • Some of our friends just want to hang out and have some fun.
  
  
  
  


• Life application: know your audience
  
  
  
  • Communicate on terms that the audience understands
  
  
  • What if you don’t know your audience?
  
  
  
  


• What is Natalfest/Disception
  
  
  
  • Started as a birthday gathering
  
  
  • Intention is to get some friends together and have some casual fun
  
  
  • 18 holes on your own
  
  
  • 18 holes with your doubles partner, chosen by singles placement
  
  
  • Overall winner is best total score and gets to sign/care for the trophy
  
  
  
  


• What have we learned?
  
  
  
  • Advertise earlier
  
  
  • Expect people to drop – schedules change
  
  
  • Cost
    
    
    
    • Figure $5 per person for food
    
    
    • Leaves $15 for discs and prizes
    
    
    • (spoiler alert, this isn’t enough and you should either charge more or reduce to 1 disc per person)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Discraft misprint boxes are fun
  
  
  • Reduced disc rounds are fun
    
    
    
    • Trilogy Challenge
    
    
    • Dynamic Discs Two Disc Challenge
    
    
    • Learning the discs is easier when you only have two for a given round
    
    
    • Strategy for choosing your discs
      
      
      
      • Consider course layout 
      
      
      • Mid and driver, no putter?
      
      
      • Drivers only?
      
      
      • Will your desired disc be available at your “draft” position?
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Product Reviews
  
  
  
  • Discraft Buzzz / Buzzz OS
  
  
  • Discraft Undertaker
  
  
  • Obsidian Discs Splinter
  
  
  • Be sure to check out Zen and the Art of Disc Golf by Patrick McCormick
  
  
  
  

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Intro Music: Down by Against the Gray

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