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This handy reference provides techniques for mastering disc golf, the fast-growing sport in which competitors throw a Frisbee-like disc at a number of pins, or holes, attempting to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc. The basics of the game, the equipment used, and throwing techniques, such as those used for putts, approaches, and drives, are detailed. Rules and etiquette are included, along with variations of the game. Additional features include information on the Zen of disc golf and disc golf resources. Ample illustrations and photographs depict the nuances of grips and stances used in the game. ... Read more

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Disc Golf
A very interesting and enlightening guide book for a sport that few people are familiar with. The book does a good job of providing orientation about the game and is very instructional as well. Easy and enjoyable reading.

Great for beginners
Great stuff for the amateur. I learned how to throw an Anhyser from this book, which has helped my game immensely. The videos I have watched are not as detailed in the description of method. Plus I can refer back easily with the book. I pack it with me to the coarse.

Read me, please.
O.K.I've written three reviews of this book but withdrawn every one because my reviews are longer than the book (and I'm conscientious, too).In essence, as a dedicated amateur and student of the game, I must advise beginners against this book, if only for one reason:
The driving methods advocated by the author (namely the 180 degree and 360 degree turns) are antiquated and even counter-productive, rather than merely innocuous.The "X-step" or "scissors step" run-ups that are now used by the vast majority of good players are never even mentioned once in this book.To make matters even worse, the author illustates his run-ups by using footprints much as one might see in a dancing class.This important section is just plainly insufficient and out-of-date from start to finish.
For anyone still with me, this book is written by a playwright, director, screenwriter and someone who is an "avid disc golfer".Is that it?Does merely loving a sport entitle you to give instructions to others?I think not.If he had other credentials, I'm sure he would have listed them but he doesn't. (I guess birds gotta' fly and writers gotta' write.)In fairness, some parts of the book aren't bad and even entertaining.However, the out-dated practical information, omissions and inaccuracies are too much to ignore.Folks, I must tell you that good disc golf just ain't easy.A good throw is as tricky to attain as a good tradional golf swing.It will take a lot of practice to get to the proficiency level many of you will want.Therefore, starting with ineffective or incorrect techniques will only force you to unlearn things later on.(The 180 degree turn driving technique is an excellent example.)This is, in essence, a cutesy and folksy little book that won't be of much practical help to a beginner (except in advising you to be polite, take along plenty of water and not be a "Chatty Cathy".Wow!A Chatty Cathy?How about that one.)Finally, and importantly, the drawings are often vague, give no sense of the dynamics involved and sometimes illustrate anatomical impossibilies.
Try the internet (some good video stuff there), go to your local course and join a local club.See, in person, what works and what doesn't. I've found that people are usually very willing to help a beginner get started.(Especially with a little flattery.) Learning disc golf is true hands-on stuff!You have to see it and you have to do it.Reading about it and looking at static drawings just won't make you happy for very long.I promise.
Well ... still a pretty long review but I guess I'll go with it.By all means give this game a try, though.It can be enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities and can be downright addictive. I promise you that, too.

Great reference guide!
I first bought this book after only throwing five or six times, and man did that help me get a better idea of what I should be working on, and most importantly in what order! This book was a life saver to me as a beginner! Now that i read through it, it's nice to brush though it from time to time just to brush up on things you may be over looking. I've loaned this book to a couple of my friends I throw with, and even though they have been throwing for years, they were still suprised with the tips they were able to pick up from this guide! Also as a newbie, there is a great guide to discs in the back, really outlines the disc selection pretty well, making it easy for me to know what to look for!

great gift for the disc golfer
I got this book for my brother in law who loves to go disc golfing and is fairly new to this sport.My husband and other brother also love to play and when this was given they spent the evening testing out the moves that this book shows.This book is easy to read and gives alot of great description of how to throw each different disc.This book got much praise not only from the brother who received it but also from the other men in the house.My husband now wants one for himself ... Read more

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Fully Revised and Updated 2nd Edition: Everything You Wish to Know About All 115 Disc Golf Courses in Michigan. What better way to spend a day in Michigan than disc golfing? Whether you are a seasoned pro or a first time beginner, Disc Golf Michigan will guide you to the courses that best fit your needs. Avoid surprises - know what each course has to offer before arriving, locate new courses in your area and identify which courses are worth the trip. Maximize your Michigan disc golf experience now! You will DISCover... 27 courses added since the 1st Edition, user friendly pages with a quick reference design, where to find course maps and scorecards, complete course descriptions, a color photo section, hole lengths and distances totals, a state map marking course locations, detailed driving directions, GPS coordinates, websites for the parks, courses and clubs, contact info for leagues and course overseers, park amenities and laws, beginner tips and basic rules, a disc store directory and much more... ... Read more

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Essential for Disc Golfers in Michigan
There is an amazing amount of information in this (2nd edition) book.I use it to navigate disc golf courses all over Michigan.It has directions to every course, distances for every hole, well written course descriptions and additional info like a parks bathroom situation and alcohol policy.It really is a labor of love by Ms. Myers and that shows through from the front page to the last.If you play disc golf in Michigan this is an essential book.If you just want to see what a really well done course guide looks like and you don't live in Michigan, well, support a good cause and check out this book. ... Read more

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When Ed learns how to play disc golf at summer camp, he can't wait to play with his best friend, Harry. Soon, star quarterback Gordy wants to play too. With Gordy's help, can the boys convince the football coach that Dribble Creek needs its own disc golf team?

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Everything You Wish to Know About Each Disc Golf Course in Michigan. What better way to spend a day in Michigan than disc golfing? Whether you are a seasoned pro or a first time beginner, Disc Golf Michigan will guide you to the courses that best fit your needs. Avoid surprises - know what each course has to offer before arriving, locate new courses in your area, and identify which courses are worth the trip. Maximize your Michigan disc golf experience now! You will DISCover… regional maps marking course locations, easy to read pages with a quick reference design, complete course descriptions, lengths of every hole and total course distances, detailed directions to each course, direct web links to the parks, courses, maps, and scorecards, contact information for course overseers, color photos of select courses and more... ... Read more

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Chapters: Pender Island Invitational, United States Disc Golf Championship, Professional Disc Golf Association, United States Amateur Disc Golf Championships, Stafford Lake County Park, Millennium, John Houck, Innova Discs, Phillips Park, Riverview Park ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on July 1, 2004. The length of the article is 841 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Disc golf not just a fling for Springfield man.(Recreation)(Dave Feldberg makes the most of his skills to be one of the top professionals in the country)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: July 1, 2004
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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on September 13, 2009. The length of the article is 673 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New 18-hole disc golf course planned for Cottage Grove.(City/Region)
Author: Unavailable
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: September 13, 2009
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This econometric study covers the world outlook for disc-type stamped metal wheels for golf carts and lawn mowers across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-a-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. This study does not report actual sales data (which are simply unavailable, in a comparable or consistent manner in virtually all of the 230 countries of the world). This study gives, however, my estimates for the worldwide latent demand, or the P.I.E., for disc-type stamped metal wheels for golf carts and lawn mowers. It also shows how the P.I.E. is divided across the world's regional and national markets. For each country, I also show my estimates of how the P.I.E. grows over time (positive or negative growth). In order to make these estimates, a multi-stage methodology was employed that is often taught in courses on international strategic planning at graduate schools of business. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from U.S. Kids, published by Children's Better Health Institute on July 1, 1998. The length of the article is 346 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Discover disc golf! (game)
Author: Jeff Stanley
Publication: U.S. Kids (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1998
Publisher: Children's Better Health Institute
Volume: v11Issue: n5Page: p1(2)

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on September 4, 2005. The length of the article is 1318 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: To play disc golf, you need discs - lots.(Sports)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: September 4, 2005
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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a "borderless world", cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market.

In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another.

In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "disc-type stamped metal wheels for golf carts and lawn mowers" for the year 2009. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Parks & Recreation, published by National Recreation and Park Association on August 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1604 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Disc golf is spreading in popularity, with over 400 courses across the US. An 18-hole disc-golf course is more economical than a tennis court, and with sales, tournaments and usage fees, can be a self-supporting operation for a public park. The game and course are described and benefits are discussed.

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Title: Disc golf fever: will your park catch it?(flying-disc golf courses)
Author: Don ALtmeyer
Publication: Parks & Recreation (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 1996
Publisher: National Recreation and Park Association
Volume: v31Issue: n8Page: p48(4)

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Ultimate, Disc Dog, Disc Golf, Durango Boot, Schtick, Double Disc Court, Association D'ultimate de Sherbrooke, Goaltimate. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Le frisbee, ou disque-volant, ou discoplane, est un engin de jeu, de forme ronde et plate, conçu pour planer en tournant sur lui-même, auquel on donne plus ou moins d'effet lors du lancé. À l'origine, « frisbee » est une marque déposée de l'entreprise Wham-O. Le terme est parfois utilisé pour décrire un disque volant similaire à ceux fabriqués par cette entreprise. Ces frisbee sont généralement en plastique, d'une vingtaine de centimètres de diamètre, avec un rebord. Ils sont fabriqués de manière à pouvoir planer sur une certaine distance quand on les lance en leur imprimant un mouvement de rotation. Frisbee Wham-O Professionnel Le principe du frisbee était connu bien avant son invention « officielle » en 1948. C'est justement en observant des étudiants s'amuser à se lancer des moules à tartes de la Frisbie Pie Company que Walter Frederick Morrison , aidé et financé par Warren Franscioni, eut l'idée de fabriquer des disques en bakélite qu'il baptisa « Flying-Saucer ». La compagnie Wham-O lui racheta son idée en 1957 et commercialisa le « Pluto Platter », renommé un an plus tard « Frisbee », une référence à peine voilée à la Frisbie Pie Company qui avait inspiré la création du jouet. La forme et la qualité des frisbee varient considérablement et elles ont une influence significative sur la distance que ces disques peuvent parcourir en planant. Certains frisbee ont une forme d'anneau ; appelés parfois « aerofoils » ou « aerobies », ils volent habituellement sur des distances plus grandes que les frisbees traditionnels. Les disques de Disc golf,...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on September 13, 2009. The length of the article is 764 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Flinging for the green.(City/Region)(Disc golf is not a new sport, but a local tournament demonstrates how its popularity is growing here)
Author: Unavailable
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: September 13, 2009
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This digital document is an article from Parks & Recreation, published by National Recreation and Park Association on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2839 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Flying saucers: disc golf can bring personal and community benefits to rural America.
Author: Jason Siniscalchi
Publication: Parks & Recreation (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: National Recreation and Park Association
Volume: 40Issue: 1Page: 42(6)

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on July 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1599 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: DISC FEVER.(Recreation)(If you understand Hyzers, thumbers, pancakes and rollers, you're speaking the language of disc golf)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: July 1, 2004
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This digital document is an article from Children's Digest, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on October 1, 1996. The length of the article is 495 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Fore! (the game of disc golf)
Author: Jeff Ayers
Publication: Children's Digest (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1996
Publisher: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc.
Volume: v46Issue: n7Page: p20(3)

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This digital document is an article from Parks & Recreation, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1786 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Making space for the disc jockey.(growth of disc golf)(Cover story)
Author: Chuck Kennedy
Publication: Parks & Recreation (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 42Issue: 1Page: 34(4)

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