Perk No. 6: Disc golf gets people on their feet (and outdoors)

Basement hermits:

This post is for you.

Anybody can disc golf.

From the chiseled chest of Ezra Aderhold to the aged wonder that is JohnE McCray and the mountain of people in-between, YOU can disc golf – and with great success, might I add.

But today, I don’t want to talk about strategy, lowering scores, raising PDGA ratings or robbing others blind at your local C-tiers. Instead, I want to focus on disc golf’s bare minimum …

Simply doing it.

Nothing more. Nothing less.

Do you remember when Pokémon GO came out back in 2016?

Around that same time, during a round of disc golf with my beautiful wife, I distinctly remember commenting on how dumb the whole thing was. Much to my displeasure, at the park-style course we were playing, there was an army of odd, greasy-haired dorks clogging up the fairways.

I then went on a minute-long, get-off-my-lawn-type rant about all of this – about how the game was ruining the enjoyment (and solitude) of a good round of disc golf. Again, this was years ago, so I’ll butcher the quote, but my wife hit me back with something to the effect of the following:

“But isn’t it better that they’re outside getting some exercise? That’s why we’re here.”

Per the norm …

She was right.

Of course it was better.

And seeing as how it was a public park, they had just as much right to use it as we did. To date, as a disc golfer, I’ve still got some beef with Pokémon GO, but that’s a topic for another time.

My main point is this:

• Disc golf gets people on their feet.
• Disc golf gets people off their phones.
• Disc golf gets people out of their homes.

And here’s the best part of all …

Anybody can do it.

I mean it.

Take a good, hard look at the above-three bullet points again. The exact same can be said of hiking, triathlons, skateboarding, rock climbing, mountain biking, “hardcore parkour,” etc.

The difference, though?

NOT everybody can do them.

I’d hate to brand disc golf the “Pokémon GO” of the sporting world, but for an activity filled to the brim with benefits, this is undoubtedly one of them. I don’t care what you look like: Old or young, short or tall, fat or skinny, squishy or firm – disc golf can (and will) work for you.

Are you a current couch-potato anxious to get active in a non-intimidating environment?

Welcome to disc golf.

We’re happy to have you.

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