Practice Round With Nick Hanson At The Charlie Vettiner Open
Nick Hanson from Gatecuber Media puts his skills to the test at the Charlie Vettiner Open in Louisville, Kentucky. As a blind competitor, Nick is navigating the challenging course without prior knowledge of its layout. He shares his approach to playing with precision and strategy, often referencing the "Joel Freeman way" of practicing and throwing. In this video, Nick provides an intimate look at his thought process as he practices and prepares for his first round at the event. With expert insights from Gatecuber Media, fans will get a unique perspective on the skills required to excel in blind cubing competitions. The Charlie Vettiner Open is part of the Gatekeeper Media Presents series, powered by Prodigy, and showcases Nick's ability to adapt and overcome obstacles in a high-pressure environment.
Watch Nick Hanson's practice round at the Charlie Vettiner Open. Expert techniques and strategies on display.
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hello folks nick hansen with gatecuber media here i'm here at charlie vetner park practicing and seeing the course for my first time this weekend we're playing the gatekeeper media presents the charlie vetner open powered by prodigy we're here in louisville kentucky and we're gonna get in my first round here and you know i'm playing blind so we'll see what happens let's get to the action sound pretty good all right first hole a little 220-ish downhill um nice tight line here short but technical so you know it's not a gimme by any means but the pros are going to be wanting to get it all right get it up hey player one start with a birdie it's always a good look so what i'm doing here is when i practice i like to play what i call the joel freeman way so something joel taught me where he plays two rounds out fully um so that way he sees where he might need to scramble from he sees you know different shots he sees tree kicks you know that when you're practicing and throwing a bunch of shots you might not play from a bad one and not actually have to scramble on a hole to like save par so you don't know some of those distances you might throw from that you're gonna have to throw from during the round so onto hole two oh that's not good very very early um i'm curious where that one landed it felt like the right distance but when you're playing blind it's hard to know where your shots are actually landing not sick i don't know how i missed that well it's what you want i guess um this is this is good player b getting a birdie on the second hole we got a flat hot battle what does it say next tee this front tree looks like about 2 30. back tree looks about 280. so i'm trying to throw something that i can throw straight for about 2 40 and then go left this is a part four feels good down here nice and cool there's not water running give it a little better vibe you could say all right so both my shots got you know across this valley at least so the chance for scrambling for three is there on the one...
