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Standardizing tee pads materials is tough due to course specific conditions. At Brewster Ridge and Fox Run which are 100 yds apart, they have curated the best pavers for Brewster where a tee pad might not see the sun all season and turf pads at Fox where the pads are in the open. For the record new turf pads seem of a superior quality and are nice, but it goes to show each course has its own challenges. Size should definitely be standardized to 40yds for Conrad's run up
We need to talk baskets and approval of baskets. Chains weight, diameter how they’re set. I think PDGA needs to set a regulatory or standard. I personally like innovas disc catcher he best but once the chains get used and abused they need to be replaced.
Tee pads for PDGA events need to be standardized and approved a year before the event takes place.
There should also be a size requirement for all teepads. I hate going to some local courses where the teepads are small than other courses.
Also the teepads should be flush with the ground.
Maybe it was said but is he talking about the courses used for the pro tour courses vs other courses? Here's the thing…People need to realize where the sport is at….We are very much beggars and not choosers….So what do I mean….Jarva once considered the best DGC in the world had to be saved from being turned into a cemetery!! PM and Dylan Cease luckily were allowed to purchase the TDTM course after plans to turn it into housing were unveiled….Heck…the CEO of Disc mania just announced that the future of the beast (the last major) is questionable because of approved construction plans to build, I think an ice ring. DGC's are very much expendable…..Even the DGPT's future was in jeopardy because of mounting legal cost…..I say this because there's a lot of media content being produced based on the current "did you see what happened" WITHOUT any or little contextual background. Yes, it ok/necessary to point out the flaws in the game but you also got to provide a real tangible solution on how to possibly correct it…..or at the very least "food for thought" …..instead of the proverbial "we just need to do this"…
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Really scraping the bottom of the barrel for things to complain about these days, huh? But I guess if you're 980 rated we should listen, and not, you know, be mindful of the conditions you are playing on, right? Next thing you'll want to drag around your own platform to throw from cause you don't like the type of grass on the fairway…
get rid of temp courses
Standardising teepads is a non-starter of an idea – sorry!
Teepads are very expensive to do well, and it is not possible to force designers, or funders, or installers to use a specific teepad. Disc golf is an informal sport, and teepads need a specification (which already exists) which should be followed by anyone who has ambitions for the game to grow in their region.
Me and my company have designed and installed 13 courses now, and last year those courses saw over 200,000 rounds of disc golf, so I think I know what I'm talking about.
Even standardising baskets is a bad idea. The basket has a specification and baskets are required to be PDGA approved, just like discs. It's up to the designer and funder to buy and install good baskets.
What constitutes a "good basket"? Easy – if the chain arrangement hasn't had at least 6 iterations, it's highly unlikely the chains will catch the shots they should.
Here in NZ, RPM are on the 8th iteration of basket design, and the 13th iteration of the chain arrangement.
Normally TDGW videos are top notch – but this one is pointed in completely the wrong direction and you're barking up the wrong tree.
If you truly want to make great tee pads for disc golf, start making them circles instead of rectangles!! Especially with courses with multiple pin positions!!
1. Standarize baskets. – All the same size – Same chains – Same height – No square advertisements that deflect disc – Nothing under the basket
2. Standarize Tees Pads – All the same size – All the same material (whatever that may be)
3. Make the trophies more traditional and professional for pro tours
These are the basics that ALL sports have (all serious sports).
Why have any talks about taking Disc Golf to the next level if we aren't considering the above???
Without coming close to these options, Disc Golf will stay in the "craft beer" section at the supermarket and never be taken seriously. It will remain a novelty sport because we can't agree on standardizing the game's essential functions.
Standardized basket is needed. It’s like having a different basketball hoop brand for every game.
Don’t see many torn ACLs from baskets that spit out
Pavers are the best. Grippy texture even in rain. Properly installed pavers on a sand base have drainage and never puddle up. If the front is worn you can litterally pop them out and swap bricks. Also temporary vs. Concrete easily affordable to move. Way cheaper than concrete. Turf is the worst. Slippery and once tracked with mud a death trap. Plus wears out super fast.
there are plenty of courses i play on the grass next to the teepad because they're terrible and sometimes dangerous.
Who do you suppose is going to upgrade every tee pad and too whos specifications. This is beyound rediculus. How about par 4 and 5 holes where you have yo throw from where ever you are? What about that? Also, the shoes they wear make a differance.
Baskets are another story as far as the tour events are concerned.
How we gonna fix the ground for my upshot?
The hypocrisy in this video is overwhelming. You want/demand consistency with tee pads but baskets can vary. You want to hear from everyone and ratings don't matter but at the end you're willing to discredit someone with a lower rating and yours is valid because you're 980 rated? Pick a lane, make up your mind and face reality, THE MOST IMPORTANT aspect to get consistent are the targets. In Flagstaff at Masters Worlds par was 61. That meant that only 29.5% of the throws were from tee pads. Every other throw was on unpredictable footing but the most important 29.5% have to land in baskets. You don't see oval basketball hoops or different sizes of goal posts. In baseball the bases are all the same and soccer goals don't change sizes. There's trees and wind and terrain, all the variables in the world but the targets need to be standard.
How is Kevin Jones eating s*** and making an ace not in this video?
I don't quite get this. Is someone actually complaining about tee pads? Fish wasn't really complaining about the surface material either, so what's the issue?!
I feel like the turf is the preferred option for most, but none work well on muddy courses when it's wet.
This content is manilupative and such should be viewed as garbage. Also if you are not ashamed consider searching about hidden narcists behaviour.
We have all these basket manufacturers but the course owner is the teepad manufacturer. Maybe a business idea there??? I also have a another gripe about teepads not addressed here, they should be proportionally long to how far they expect you to throw. You only need a 6' pad for a 200' shot, 8' for over that, maybe some 10' ones for 400' and up. I have seen 3' long pads for 400' shots, 6 foot pads for max distance throws. That's just dumb. Everyone has different lengths of footsteps and x-steps, when your timing puts your lead foot x-step just before the pad and your trailing foot having to come up on the pad you're asking for trips.
Ahem… Natalie Ryan issue needs to be solved. Sooner the better
If we are talking every course then Turf, concrete or paver it doesn’t matter what’s best. A lot of property admins (NOT disc golfers) prefer one path verse another, or want something that is not permanent, or have a certain budget. It really depends.
If this is strictly Pro Tour or Major PDGA events then sure why not create standards. But that would limit where events are played which closes the door on a lot of great courses.
Did you mean to repeat some of the audio, or was that an editing oversight? @ 3:40