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April 10, 2023April 15, 2023

The 5 Tibetan Rites

I don’t know why I’d never heard of the 5 Tibetan Rites until recently. I’ve been practicing yoga for about 13 years now, and the Rites had never crossed my radar. I don’t feel too bad about it, though. I asked my partner about the Rites. She’s been a yoga instructor for longer than I’ve been practicing, and she’d never heard of them either. I guess there is so much yoga out there, that it’s difficult to know it all.

I stumbled upon the 5 Tibetan Rites while perusing the latest issue of Disc Golfer. One of the older golfers interviewed in the magazine said that he’s been doing them for years.

So, as I usually do, I searched the internet and found some information.

The 5 Tibetan Rites have been around for 2500 years. They were brought to the attention of the West in the 20th century through a book called Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth by Peter Kelder.

May 30, 2022April 10, 2023

Putting Practice: Month 5

For 2022 I set a goal of achieving 70% putting from 25 feet. That seems attainable enough, and if I go higher than that, well, all the better.

I’m reworking my putting style. There are a few reasons for that.

First, one of my disc golf pro favorites, Scott Stokely, recently decided that he needed to take a few weeks off the Tour to work on a new putting style. Heck, if he can do that, why am I married to the way I do things?

Also, I’ve been impressed with Catrina Allen’s improved putting this year, so I decided to watch how she does it. I discovered that she throws a hyzer putt that enters the basket at around a 30- to 40-degree angle. Hmmmm…

Finally, I noticed that in general I am not putting in a standard way.

April 24, 2022April 10, 2023

Putting Practice: Month 4

For 2022 I set a goal of achieving 70% putting from 25 feet. That seems attainable enough, and if I go higher than that, well, all the better..

I’m about to give up on my resolve here. I am not practicing anywhere near as much as I’d hoped to. Why?

I don’t think it’s laziness. I’m still playing a lot, so I’m getting out there, and almost all that playing is working on other parts of my game and practicing on the courses I’ll be playing sanctioned rounds in on the weekend, whether in league or a tournament.

I’m working heavily on my disc golf game, but not directly on my putting. Having said that, I’ll also say that my putting in competitive rounds has seemed noticeably better.

Let me run down the numbers for my April Challenge, though, before I go any further.

tl;dr: In April I made 32 out of 50 putts for a score of 64%, the worst since January.

But there’s more to the story.

March 31, 2022April 7, 2022

Putting Practice: Month 3

For 2022 I set a goal of achieving 70% putting from 25 feet. That seems attainable enough, and if I go higher than that, well, all the better..

I’m working my way toward that goal by practicing regularly. Perhaps not regularly enough. I’m not throwing 1000 or 2000 putts a day. That would be great. But it’s not happening.

Now that I have my own basket, though, it’ll happen more often!

At the end of May I’m hitting the road with my partner, Fálki, for a prolonged journey. We will be living in our Aliner A-frame trailer and traveling all around the United States.

With that in mind, then, I bought a DGA Mach Lite Portable Disc Golf Basket.

February 14, 2022February 15, 2022

Putting Practice – Month 2

If you read my post last month about disc golf goals for 2022, you may remember that I set this goal:

70% putting from 25 feet

I’m working my way toward that goal by practicing. Simply practicing.

I’m not going to lie: when the weather is bad, I’m not going out. When I first started playing a couple years ago, I was out in all kinds of weather, but I’m over that now. While I am fortunate to live in South Texas, and was, in fact, out playing today, February 14, 2022, in beautiful, sunny 65-degree weather, there were a lot of days during the past few weeks that were too cold or rainy for me.

So I didn’t practice as much as I wanted to.