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Brodie Smith Idlewild Open Practice Round
Brodie Smith showcases his expertise at Idlewild Open Practice Round, sharing valuable insights on throwing techniques and course navigation. The professional disc golfer counts down the throws for a challenging backhand line shot, emphasizing the importance of release timing and speed. He discusses the need for specific discs to tackle different holes, including the necessity of a new disc for this particular hole due to its tricky tree arrangement. Brodie highlights the dangers of missing trees on approach shots and emphasizes the importance of perfecting the soft backhand technique. The video also touches on course etiquette and safety measures in place at Idlewild Open, including the absence of signage barriers. As Brodie navigates the course, he shares his thought process behind different throws, from stable rollers to precise drives. Fans of disc golf will appreciate Brodie's expertise and strategies for tackling tricky holes like this one.
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foreign one of the best things i learned count how many dish you're gonna throw one two three four 240 definitely definitely more backhand line than forehand ah early release reason i might actually need that page pierce i might need that page pierce this that i literally just took out my bag more of a flippy putter yeah like doing a buzz i feel like is way too fast i can't throw it hard enough to where it's flat all right i think i need a new disc for this hole i didn't have enough discs in my bag already i gotta add another one all right because you just have to miss these three trees because if you make it through these two trees you're probably gonna hit these last two you shouldn't first pets of the day definitely come back to this hole because it is a uh one of those few straight shots with a soft backhand gotta get that dialed in all right so we're gonna go that one that one or this one what is the distance to the are they not playing barriers there this year they used to have they used to have like the signage stuff there that kind of stopped people from uh going too far forward all right so it's it's 99 yards to the tree right in front of us so this should be good or slip right on my hand wow wake up body i love it better inside now we see how those turned out okay you really don't have much here no but i think there's a side to miss on if you're going to mess up do i do it dirty did i bust it out the sting is this where it comes in play i can't see the basket i still can't even see it yeah i think you can oh it's way down there yeah oh yeah so this is kind of like if i'm here i'm just kind of trying to play for four the sting baby that's not a bad play the only other option i could have is like throw a nasty roller down which let's try it because i might have to do it so i want something that's gonna be pretty stable but not too stable so it finishes left but it goes straight a lot landed...
