Simon Lizotte On Getting One Practice Round In Before The Tournament, Flight Troubles & Not Thinking
Simon Lizotte shares his candid thoughts on navigating the challenges of air travel, tournament prep, and staying focused as a professional disc golfer. The French athlete discusses his recent flight woes, including a three-and-a-half-hour delay, and how he's adapting to the unpredictable weather conditions ahead. Simon also opens up about his experiences with fan merchandise, from being handed a magazine cover to receiving trading cards with his picture on them. Additionally, he shares his concerns about traveling to new locations, including Colorado, and how it affects his performance. The video offers a glimpse into Simon's personality and approach to the sport, including his strategy for handling pressure and staying motivated despite travel disruptions.
Watch Simon Lizotte's pre-tournament practice round with flight troubles & mental mistakes, will he recover?
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all right we're closing things out here with simon lizot simon tell us the state of air travel right now just got off the plane yeah it's not great landed about two hours ago hustled to get in time for the press conference and the practice run of course i just checked the weather and looks like a storm is rolling in uh for in about two hours so i gotta get my practice around and and my flight was three and a half hours delayed just like last week for colorado so it seems like i don't know if it's a staff issue probably there's a bunch of issues in the gas prices of course so not very fun we won't get into all that we'll talk some disc golf so um you know just get handed you a cover of a magazine someone just handed you some trading cards with your picture on it what are those moments like i'm just over a bit overwhelmed right now not exactly sure what's going on i feel like i'm still in my bed in boston right now so yeah also it's so warm here like i don't even know what to think right now i can't handle the heat oh it should get back out there in just a little bit but i mean how do you kind of shake out of this and power through you know just landing it's hot everything's going on oh no that's my style i mean the heat and the wind is going to be interesting but this season so far i've been very good in the wind so i'm not worried about that hopefully we stay dry most of the weekend that's more important for me and then i don't know i got to feel that my last throw was at 8 000 feet a week ago so uh i got to see how my discs fly again i was going to ask you this question before all your travel woes and everything but are you tired with going back and forth and jumping in and out and everything you got going on i'm probably tired compared to a really awake person but i don't feel too tired all right what can you expect from this this track uh this weekend out here yeah the first time we played here two years ago...
