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Gatekeeper MediaJune 2, 2022

Juliana Korver Recalls Her Finish At OTB Open & Competing In The Polecat World Championships

Juliana Korver Recalls Her Finish At OTB Open & Competing In The Polecat World Championships. Five-time world champion and multiple world title winner in frisbee sports Juliana Korver shares her experience competing at the OTB Open event on the longest throwing course of the year's tour. Known for her impressive throwing skills, Juliana discusses how she handled the challenging course, which featured great distance shots but also required precise course control. Despite not being considered one of the farthest throwing players, Juliana surprises with her ability to maintain a strong distance, putting herself slightly above average. With insight into how this experience prepares her for future competitions, Juliana also opens up about overcoming nerves and high expectations, sharing her thoughts on balancing motivation with realistic goals.

Watch Juliana Korver reflect on her finishes at OTB Open & Polecat Worlds, plus her competitive experience in top disc golf events.

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Video Transcript

we are back here with julianna korver five-time world champion and multiple world titles in frisbee sports juliana you're back on full-time tour yes i am how uh how are you feeling about that i feel great and i feel very blessed with the scare the health scare that jim had this off season that we can both be here amazing and last excuse me two weekends ago at otb so far on this year's tour the longest throwing course and you're not known as one of the farthest throwing players however we saw some amazing distance shots but really great course control placing third elite series event how does that prepare you and what does that do for you internally to go into the next competition well i thought that the distance might come up from two weeks two weekends ago and i i want to play my case a little bit here i i think perhaps the fact that i throw very very low my shots don't look that impressive but i don't feel like i'm giving up distance to the average of the field at all in fact i would put myself slightly above the average of the field i'm not not the farthest thrower no i'm not saying that but i'm definitely not on the low side of distance so i don't think that a long course is a disadvantage for me thank you for shedding some light onto that especially for all the females out there of all ages watching being young being in a protected age division i think that's pretty motivating so how did that inspire you for this weekend well to be honest the better i do in the beginning of a long stretch actually perhaps the more nervous i get because it perhaps makes me think i can reproduce it i can it makes my expectations go up a little bit and that can be dangerous so you know i i want to do the best that i can and i was ecstatic ecstatic with my finish two weeks ago but i actually wasn't thrilled with my play i could have done better so i'm i'm relieved that i feel like i can still play with the division sitting at home for months watching everybody play it felt like the division was just escalating and getting farther and farther away from...

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