How I Practice For Tournaments - Disc Golf - Ezra Aderhold
Ezra Aderhold takes viewers along as he prepares for the Main State Championship Disc Golf Approach World Series event in Maine. In this practice session, Ezra shares his approach to tournament prep, discussing how he assesses wind conditions and evaluates potential shot options on the course. Specifically, he focuses on Hole 16 at Biddle Sweet Ridge, analyzing different line possibilities and shapes through various camera angles. The video showcases Ezra's attention to detail as he visualizes different shots, from backhand puddle shots to forehand and flex floor hands, in preparation for the tournament. With his keen eye for fairway lines and gaps, Ezra aims to optimize his performance and gain a competitive edge at the event.
Pro disc golfer Ezra Aderhold shares his tournament prep routine: practice tips, course strategies, and mental preparation for better performance.
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all right what is up guys so uh i'm in maine right now getting ready for the main state championship disc golf approach world several series event this weekend and uh i thought it'd be cool to take you guys along with me and kind of show you how i practice and kind of what i look for in practice rounds to best prepare me for the the tournament um the first thing i like to do is usually just check the wind and see if the wind during my practice round will be the same as the wind for my tournament round uh today it's actually kind of flipped but it's really calm right now so i'm just gonna play it as if it's calm and then when it is windy on the tournament day uh i can kinda just go from there and uh and figure it out um i'm on hole 16 right now at biddle sweet ridge and my main my main goal when i step onto a tee box is to just make sure that i i figure out every possible line and every possible shape um um so that i know kind of what my options are and then what the best option is when i step up to the tee box on the uh on the actual tournament day so as you can see the uh the basket hopefully you can see is down between that v tree just looking at it from this point of view it looks like i've got a like a backhand puddle shot um up on this right side and then maybe like a forehand or like a flex floor hand down this left side um and then i also see that there's like this big there's this like small kind of gap up to the left that i think i can maybe get like a uh a spike forehand through so i think that i think that i've seen all the lines from this point of view i'll have to look back when i get to the basket um but i'll throw these shots now see how they end up and then as i walk down the fairway i'll try to surround you know familiar familiarize myself with the fairway and then we'll have to see what my miss shouldn't be and uh kind of see what...
