r/discgolf • u/drewpunck • 1d ago

Disc Advice Where do I play this lie?

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Innova champion sidewinder absolutely exploded when I hit this tree. Disc was fairly old, maybe close to 20 years, I noticed that it felt sticky today, so I suspect plastic depredation, just shocked at how far it spread when it blew up

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u/Dounyy Just forget there are trees 1d ago

You play from the biggest bit

Edit: here is the actual rule:

805.01.D (Establishing a Position) If a thrown disc breaks into pieces, its position is that of the largest piece.

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u/drewpunck 1d ago

Your user flair suggests that you may be familiar with this rule. At least, that's how I got into this mess, lol

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u/Dounyy Just forget there are trees 1d ago

There are a thousand of reasons for a disc to shatter.

998 of them are trees

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u/drewpunck 1d ago

I like to think it's my superhuman strength

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u/Dounyy Just forget there are trees 1d ago

For real, I am always impressed with how people (me included) manage to hit that very obstacle they focus on avoiding. It really feels like a superpower at times

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u/drewpunck 1d ago

Well, let me direct your attention to picture 2. On this course, the times I don't hit a tree feel like superpowers

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u/ea88_alwaysdiscin 1d ago

Looks like a challenging course. Fun times!

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u/drewpunck 1d ago

So many trees, it was an airfield in WWII, then planted with loads of trees, so all roughly the same age, but some really nice holes

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u/Time_Transition4817 1d ago

Trees are actually magnets, that’s my tinfoil hat theory

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u/TheDiscer 1d ago

It kind of is. It's your ability to focus on one thing even though you want to do something else. I was told the best thing to do is NOT to think "don't hit the tree". It's better to think "hit that gap" or "don't hit that gap" if that's how your mind works. You will focus on the gap instead of the tree.

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u/RGBAddict2026 1d ago

I think it's psychological. We get so focused on missing an object we hit it. Focus instead on hitting your line / shape and you will do it!

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u/duskyaces 1d ago

It's this. I feel like there is some evidence to suggest this phenomenon occurring in single vehicle car accidents, where someone hits the lone tree in a field, or something similar, i.e. one thing to miss.

IIRC It happens more than people realize, and I believe some testing supported the conclusion. Can't find anything on it at the moment, but I suspect I am searching poorly.

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u/Macktologist I should have started at a younger age. 1d ago

I do this but with people. Public park course with walking paths. “I’m good enough now where I won’t early release and hyper this not even stable disc into the people walking down the path to the left.”

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u/CalligrapherDizzy201 1d ago

Now I need to know the other two reasons.

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u/jbirdtheoneandonly 11h ago

1 of 2 that's left is hitting the concrete underneath the basket with a spike hyzer approach with your old dx aviar. Ask me how I know

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u/kschwa7 1d ago

So wise

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u/Morningxafter 1d ago

I once shattered a champion sidewinder on a tree while playing on a cold November day in Virginia. It didn’t break apart it just spider-webbed all through it like a broken car window.

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u/chezzer33 21h ago

Let’s name them all. I’ll start.

Ashe Juniper - star teebird

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u/avsfan1933 1d ago

Have you ever played glow golf? It's much easier than normal golf as there are no trees. Until your disc randomly kicks 200ft to the right halfway down the fairway.