Vaino Makela Shares His Tour Schedule, Traveling The US & Training Camps (TEXAS)
Vaino Makela shares his tour schedule and experiences from traveling across the US to Texas, including training camps and competition prep. The disc golf pro discusses how his recent travels have made adjusting to new weather conditions easier than in previous years. Vaino compares the warmer American climate to his usual Finnish home, noting that spending time in Spain during a training camp helped prepare him for the changes he encountered upon arriving in Texas. He also touches on the importance of staying active and adapting to the local environment by practicing exercises at the gym and playing as much as possible at each course.
Pro disc golfer Vaino Makela shares his US tour schedule & training camps. Exclusive interview with one of the sport's top players.
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and joining us now is vino maculoff out of finland rated 10 27 and just a moment ago we were talking about your travels you got here how many days ago i think it's like 10 or 11 days ago and i guess i'll follow that up with does it feel hazy are you all adjusted what were your travels like what was it like getting here to be able to play and compete travel was way more easier than last time because last time we we need to be in a cro croatia two weeks but this time it's it's a straight up travel to here yeah it's kind of it was kind of easy and now we are uh we are good after jet lag and everything so we are ready to go talk to us about the weather conditions and the changes you mentioned jet lag which it sounds like you've had enough time but what was it like adjusting to the weather and have you had any challenges yeah yeah the weather is way more different than in finland but but uh i i spent couple like training camps in spain this uh this winter so it wasn't that that a big difference than like that to come here to play in this uh this weather i'll follow that up in training camps describe that's not that's not a phrase we'd use here in america when it comes to disc golf yeah we'd use it for our professionals football and and basketball and all their other big professional sports but that's not a phrase we'd use related to disc golf what does that mean to you to me it's uh it's just because we needed to like play uh with no with no snow because well you are competing here without snow so you need to practice where where you are going to compete so well uh we used to like draw mods we we went to gym and so i do every like exercises and yeah that's that's uh like what we are doing the training camps and so when you're going is it just going to courses and playing as much as possible yeah yeah i'm feeling in other tournaments or and is it a group of people yeah yeah we uh we spent their time with a couple of our friends and with...
