Now that I have rediscovered disc golf I have gotten all three of my boys playing. But when you have an 11 year old, a two year old and a three year old, going to the heavily wooded disc golf course with the kids is not always a good choice. It's not wagon friendly and there are way to many things for the boys to get into like fire ant hills, rotting logs and a creek.
So I decided to buy my own disc golf basket. My wife didn't want me pulling money out of our normal account so I had to become somewhat creative. I've started selling my old golf discs on Ebay. I sell the discs that I never have thrown and probable will never throw. I was able to make enough money to buy a basket about a month ago. So I now have one hole. I bought a second basket that should arrive this week. So I'll have two holes. And I hope to make enough money to buy a third hole between now and spring.
For those that play disc golf...here's the scoop:
- The first basket is a DGA M-14. With shipping the cost was $145
- The second basket is an Instep basket from an Ebay store for $80 including shipping
- The third basket with be a Innova Discatcher for $115 (no shipping since their east coast operations is an hour from my inlaws
The benefits of the DGA M-14:
- Two sets of chains
- An inner set and an outer set
- It's DGA (they invented the sport)
- It weighs 25 pounds
- It snaps together
- It's portable
The benefits of the Instep Basket:
- It's adjustable - I can lower the basket so Kallsen and Parker can get the disc into the basket easier
- It's inexpensive
- It's portable
- It includes three discs with the basket
The benefits of the Innova Discatcher
- It's made by Innova (my choice for the discs I throw)
- It's considered the top portable in its class
- I can get it for wholesale with no shipping (saves me about $80)
At our place in Seneca we have a little more than an acre and just enough trees to make some challenging 'touch' shots and enough open space for some holes to be more than 200'...which is plenty long for Joseph to be able to work on his distance game.
I plan to have three baskets one day and three tees per basket so we can have our own course. I'll post pictures of the baskets and the holes soon.
4 comments:
Ahem, perhaps it is time for an intervention...
Not really. Although it does bring back memories from days gone by where we would talk about how cool it would be to have an apartment just down the street from Acorn. I guess, if you cannot make it out to the course, bring the course home to you.
(I should note that it is wonderful you are able to fund this course thru sales of your collectible discs - who woulda thought they would one day be "collectibles"?)
Although only related to your post by the involvement of a flying disc - the other day Carrie, Tommy and myself were walking through the park across the street and some people were playing ultimate. A disc when a bit wide and a player reached, but did not intercept the disc. I chuckled to myself. Carrie asked what I was chuckling about : my response was that it took quite an effort not to yell, "layout!"
Matt - I never thought I would ever get rid of all my discs. I thought I one day would have a wall in the house dedicated (or should I say Discacated) to the sport.
When you mention wanting to yell, 'Lay Out', I have to tell you this story...
While working on my game in the yard I will spend time working on the easy putts (anything inside of 20') one day and another day I'll work on approach shots from 100' away and other days working on U-Ds or tomahawks.
While working on approach shots my goal is to give the disc a chance to get into the basket while not over throwing the hole if and when I miss. So as a player you can probable understand me yelling, 'get down, get down, get down', when I have too much height and speed going toward the basket. Well the other day we stopped by a Back to School rally at the local park and a church group was giving out free flying rings (cheap plastic discs with holes in them) and each boy got one. A little later we were sitting on a hill over looking the park and having juice boxes and letting the boys cool down (it was over 100 degrees.) I started a throwing contest with these flying rings with the boys…the goal was to throw the disc down the hill but not past the walking trail. When Kallsen would throw his flying ring and it was going to go pas the walking trail he would yell, ‘get down, get down, get down!’
That’s when I knew he was a player.
That is a wonderful story.
Cool!
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