Val Jenkins and Nate Doss Practicing for the 2012 Worlds Tourney

This video is another look at two pros, Valerie Jenkins and Nate Doss, as they practice for their upcoming rounds in the 2012 Worlds tournament. A good look at the control and finesse that pros develop and have to have in order to play at the level they play at. Good stuff!

Flight or Number Ratings for Disc Golf Discs

Here's a video Break down of the numbers and their meaning in the "Innova flight ratings" system.

Paige Bjerkaas Interview

Here's a Disc Golf Planet video interview of Women's Pro Paige Bjerkaas the 2010 Junior Women's Champion. An interesting look into a young person's life as a young woman pro disc golfer.

2011 Brent Hambrick Memorial Open Pro Clinic & Paul McBeth's in Town for the Rumble

In this Disc Golf Monthly TV clinic Dave Feldberg, Garret Gurthie, Paul McBeth and Brad Schick demonstrate putting, approaching and driving techniques to help you improve your game in this 30 minute video.

Approximate timecodes for the Pro's demos: Brad Schick - Approach and Roller Shots 4:30; Garrett Gurthie - Distance Driving 9:41; One-on-Ones 23:10.

Enjoy!

Paul McBeth's in town checkin' out the courses for The Rumble tournament this weekend. You might see his car cruisin' or parked near Camden, West Lake or Middle Park. You might want to make it to one of the rounds to watch Paul and the other pros play. It should be a real treat!

Feldberg, Locastro, Hokum, Gurthie Disc Golf Clinic from 2011

The video below, created by Disc Golf Monthly TV, features a Disc Golf Clinic in the Pittsburgh, PA area with Pro players David Feldberg, Nikko Locastro, Sarah Hokum and Garretr Gurthie. It's about a 50 minute video with lots of good advice and videography.

Here are approximate timecodes for the start of each Pro's demo: Nikko Locastro - Putting 4:50; Sarah Hokum - Sidearm 16:25; David Feldberg - Driving 47:40; Barrett Gurthie - Distance Driving 35:05; one-on-one segments - 38:15.

Demonstrations by Nikko Locastro on putting, Sarah Hokom on throwing sidearm, David Feldberg on putting and distance driving, and Garrett Gurthie on Distance Driving along with some select one-on-one bits with the clinic attendees. I found several points for each of the areas presented that I plan on working on to improve my game. I'm sure you'll find something in this video that will help improve your game. Enjoy!

Ask a Pro: 2013 Memorial Championship

I promised a schedule of next week's Quad Cities premier "Matt Schlabach Presents The Rumble" A Tier PDGA Tournament (April 26 & 27, 2014) so y'all would know where and when the pros are playing. All that info is in the image below.

Here's a video featuring questions gathered from women disc golfers to ask the various pro women players competing in the 2013 Memorial Championship tournament. Lot of good questions with with equally good answers!

Paul McBeth and Upshots PLUS Info on The Rumble

Paul McBeth is one of the top rated pros at present and in the video below he presents a practice technique he uses to get to know the discs in his bag with fieldwork throwing Upshots. An upshot to me means any shot taken with a mid-range disc (such as an Innova Roc, Discraft Buzz, or Dynamic Discs Suspect to name a few) from the fairway that gets me into a comfortable putting position around the basket. For me a mid-range shot is about 100 to 200 feet out from the basket. I know many players throw a mid-range and putters 300 feet. That's not me. Yet. Hopefully, some day. Bottom line is everyone's different and to know what you're capable of is important to playing your best.

Before we get to Paul's video you should know Paul will be in town playing The Rumble put on by Iron Lion Disc Golf Supply and presented by Matt Schlabach (a Federal employee and fine disc golfer). The Rumble is an A-Tier PDGA (Professional Disc Golf Association) tournament occurring on April 26 and 27, 2014. It is possible and free to go out and watch Paul and other top rated pros play this tournament at Camden 2 in Milan, IL, and Middle Park in Bettendorf, IA on Saturday, and West Lake at West Lake Park near Davenport, IA on Sunday. (Exact tee off times are not posted as of this writing but will be soon.) There are other pros signed up to play this year's Rumble and they include; Will Shusterick, Paul Ulibarri, David Wiggins, Jr., Catrina Allen, and Holly Finley.

Here's the video of Paul McBeth and his upshots practice.

Here's another Upshots video by Eric McCabe brought to you by Cool Daddy Slick Breeze.

2010 PDGA Worlds Tourney

This video is of the 2010 PDGA Worlds showing Carla Correa, Melissa Martin and Val Jenkins competing in the first round of this tournament. Little verbal description just a band providing background music and great throws by the ladies in this 5 minute 50 second video! Enjoy!

Valerie Jenkins in Slow Motion

This is a very short video of Valerie Jenkins driving. The video is slowed down and provides some good insight, imho, into her drive technique which is not all that different from a male's technique.

Now For You Ladies...

Here's a video featuring Val Jenkins, a top rated women's pro player and sister of Avery Jenkins a top rated men's player, with her "In The Bag" video produced by Spin TV. Enjoy, ladies!

Ken Climo and "The iron Leaf" Climo Impression

Two short videos below are still about Ken Climo and take a bit of a light hearted look at "The Champ."

The first video is titled Ken Climo Innova. As stated before, Ken is a Team who is sponsored by and plays for Team Innova at tournaments around the world. This video shows even a champ can miss a putt once in a while.

This video features pro player, Gregg Barsby, giving his impression of Ken Climo's "Iron Leaf" hole at a tournament. It's light hearted and, though some may get a little lost if you're a real newbie to the sport, I think you'll be able to see the humor in Gregg's impression. Enjoy!

In The Mind of Ken Climo

The video in this post contains an interview of Ken Climo where the interviewers, MurderMike, pick Ken's brain about aspects of his disc golf play, and "what goes through the mind of a pro regarding pressure, routines, superstitions, etc." It's a twist on the "In The Bag" videos that are available. Enjoy!

Ken Climo - In the Bag

The video in this post has Ken Climo showing what discs he carries in his disc golf bag and what he uses them for. Ken is an Innova team player and, as you'll realize as all his golf discs are Innova golf discs. There are a variety of these "In The Bag" videos available on the internet and you'll see no two players carry exactly the same discs. That's true even if they are sponsored by a certain disc manufacturer. That just shows that different people find different discs that work for them in different situations. It'd be nice if these discs worked the same for you and me as they work for the players in the videos but then life would be perfect and, probably, pretty boring. Enjoy the journey inside "The Champ's" bag!

Ken Climo Slow Motion Videos

A lot of players watch and learn from the videos that are available through the internet. If you've followed the previous three posts you've heard and read what Ken "The Champ" Climo has to say about various aspects of the game. The two videos below are of Ken Climo driving. The first video is totally slowed down while the second video is at normal speed followed by slowed speed.

Climo in Slow Motion at Barnett Park.

Climo Two Step Slow Mo