Almost smashing an ace is arguably more exhilarating than actually nailing one …
You know the feeling:
- The disc looks promising off the tee.
- Your line has the correct trajectory.
- She dive-bombs like a Kamikaze.
- You listen for disturbed chains.
- Nothing – high-fives, though.
It’s the anticipation that makes it exciting.
What’s less fun is finding your disc after a near-perfect throw, only to discover it’s 65 feet long of the basket – and behind a tree. And with any luck, nestled in a bed of poison oak. #DeLaveaga
Here’s what I’m getting at …
Most aces are bad throws.
They just get lucky – and look good on camera, too.
Allow me to demonstrate …
Baskets are three-dimensional targets – the whinier Tour Card-toting pros often forget this. For them, as long as a putter penetrates the plane of entry, it’s the basket’s responsibility to make the catch. As you well know, however, a successful putt is one that comes to rest in the tray below.
[Expletive] and moan all you want about basket quality …
But the sooner you stop putting like Nolan Ryan, the better off you’ll be.
It’s the SAME concept with ace-runs …
Speed matters.
The same speed control that’s required to hit a 22-foot putt is what’s needed to nab easy, stress-free birdies from the tee. As such, whether intentional or accidental, when it’s nowhere to be found, what you’ve got on your hands is a bad drive that banks on the basket as a backstop …
It (almost) never delivers.
One clear-cut exception to this rule is a disc golfer calling an ace – and then making it happen. Because if you’re trying to ace, who gives a rat’s rectum if you blast 150 feet past the basket?
Simon Lizotte does this ALL the time – and on camera, to make things even nuttier. Somewhere there’s a contract in German which names Beelzebub the rightful owner of the dude’s soul …
It’s the only logical explanation.
Lizotte can do this. Ricky Wysocki can hang, of course. Paul McBeth’s been known to get bold in front of a camera, too. Heck, Eagle McMahon once called a roller ace – and then drained it for kicks and giggles. For most of us, however, regular aces are mere evidence of living right …
Not skill.
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