This is “Nathan” (go by Drew most places, hence my posting name here). Even though you didn’t have a great round, Travis and I had a good time playing with you and Sean. Definitely weren’t lying in this video when you said your putting game was on, absolutely crushed some big putts after some of your more frustrating shots. The mental game you spoke about here was very strong on the putting stroke, I know you’ll be able to carry it over to the other areas you want to work on. We’d be glad to host you out at Gracepoint DGC once the renovations are completed, will give you a shout!

@NickCarroll

23 күн бұрын

Thank you! Yeah both Sean and I absolutely love that course. Looking forward to the revamp! We'll definitely play it again. 😁

You know, I saw that wonky turn in your glitch practice round video. After the first few throws, I though "man do you have a flippy glitch". But then I noticed Sean was throwing them pretty straight with about the same amount of power. I thought maybe Sean was throwing them more nose up, since you can occasionally see the label on his tosses, but that shouldn't affect a low speed disc so much because of it's blunt rim. I finally came to the conclusion that you somehow lost some spin. That would cause the wobble and the exaggerated turn. Then I watched this video and noticed you were throwing much better. Glad to see the change to your swing is working. Elbow up, and deep in the pocket. Keep up the good work, love your videos.

@NickCarroll

24 күн бұрын

Thank you! Yeah I started working on my form recently, after taking a couple months off. Basically I reverted to some old habits in the tournament that I didn't notice, that made throwing the Glitches much worse. The wider stance, coiling more, both help. I need to work on the shoulder rotation and elbow angle next. I've always had lower spin and higher wobble, so I hope to improve both stats in the future. 🙂

FWIW, I agree completely about the mental game… my solo rounds are almost always better than group rounds because I can focus more, particularly after less ‘than desirable’ shots. I played a round at Briscoe a little over a couple of weeks ago and shot the worst round I’ve had in probably a year or more. Went back out to play it again a few days ago and shot par. The difference? Not letting one bad shot compound into multiple(s). On one hole (9 I believe) I scored a quad bogey - pretty sure it’s been a couple of years since I’d score one hole that bad. The reason? Trying to make a ‘hero’ shot after a bad one. Not that those recovery shots were ones I hadn’t been successful with before, but the margin for error was very slim and it was very hot so I wasn’t quite ‘on my game’… and errors compound. I was watching the MDG coverage of the 1st round of the Swedish Open, and Nicklas Antilla was having a bad 1st half of the round. The commentators remarked how he’s so even-keeled, even if he gets a bad break or has a bad hole, his focus is on playing each upcoming hole to his best rather than on what his score for the round is… once a hole is carded, you can’t change it x you can only card the upcoming holes the best you can. Interesting comment on focus…

@NickCarroll

24 күн бұрын

Yeah I think things just spiraled out of control. I think if I just divided the length of every par 3 hole in half, and just threw to the middle on every one of those. Then on the par 4 holes divided the distance in 3, I would have done a lot better. But most of my drives were really bad, but upshots that were somewhat open were decent for the most part. So backup planning would have been helpful. But at least for myself I couldn't adapt to the situation and I buried myself in the tournament because of it.

They don’t always go well. I was there and did not do as well as I wanted but had fun still. Luckily everyone on my card was playing on the same level. Just get back out there and have a fun round and you’ll get out of your own head about it.

@NickCarroll

23 күн бұрын

Thank you Matt! Yeah I'm thankfully over it now, but it was a rough rest of the day until I came to terms with it. I should have game planned better and had a backup strategy for the possibility I was going to have a bad round.