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Why is Brodie Smith Playing Disc Golf?
Brodie Smith opens up about his unexpected transition from Ultimate Frisbee to disc golf, sharing a personal journey of self-discovery and sports adaptation. As an athlete who has played various sports including golf, tennis, cross-country flag football, and tackle football, Brodie reveals how his love for Ultimate Frisbee led him to prioritize his body and future activities. After struggling with multiple injuries, particularly a 2012 knee injury that didn't fully recover, he made the switch to golf, leveraging financial stability to pursue this new passion. With an honest look at his athletic experiences and the wear and tear on his body, Brodie shares his insights on finding alternative sports and activities as we age.
Brodie Smith shares his journey into disc golf, from high-level tournaments to staying inspired. What drives him to excel? Watch now!
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all right so let's just jump right into this you know we'll start we'll ask questions you know from the viewers later but why disc-golf what what happened you know that changed your mind or you know what what really happened to where disc golf just became you know everything that you do yeah I mean I fell in love with Ultimate Frisbee first obviously I I played pretty much everything growing up from golf to tennis to cross-country flag football I never actually I don't think I actually ever played tackle maybe peewee okay but but I was more a flag football guy from like 10 to 12 10 to 13 but once I got into college I really kind of fell in love with the Ultimate Frisbee and then I did Ultimate Frisbee for up until I mean obviously up until like a couple of years ago and it wasn't really until my injury started kind of piling on that I needed to actually start thinking about my body and like just my future like how do i how do I want to be in 20 years from now do I want to be able to actually run around with my kids or do I want to be that guy that's in the chair that like you know yeah so ultimate really had a lot of wear and tear on my body and it really started with my first injury in 2012 up until that point I just had a couple Nicks and stuff nothing to really actually keep me out of playing and then once I had 2012 I don't think I ever really fully recovered from that ended up messing up my other knee and they're not messing up my knee again and it just you know it we've all played sports injured and it's literally the or sick everyone's played a sports sick it's literally the worst you guys feel slower you're like oh man I used and effing Utley do that but I can't do it today so at that point I needed to make a switch I always wanted to go into golf at some point in my life and I was financially well-off enough to do that because Golf is one of those sports where unfortunately you need kind of a decent amount of money that you're just willing to spend because...
