Albert Tamm went from Badminton to Disc Golf?! | Catch with Brian Earhart
Catch up with Brian Earhart as he sits down with Albert Tamm, who shares a surprising career pivot from badminton to disc golf. The conversation touches on Albert's current form and fatigue, despite a busy stretch of tournaments, including his experience at Estonia week. As the disc golf tour has seen a rise in illness among players, Brian asks if Albert ever worries about getting sick, but instead focuses on recognizing early warning signs and managing stress to stay healthy. Albert shares his thoughts on competing back in Finland after a major win last year, highlighting the unique challenges of media attention and high expectations. The conversation also takes a trip down memory lane as Albert reminisces about playing at the historic Song Festival grounds, which holds special meaning for Estonians.
Former badminton pro Albert Tamm trades rackets for discs, competing in PDGA with Catch's Brian Earhart.
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[music] [music] [music] [music] Thanks forin. to me, buddy. >> No, thanks for having me. >> It's been kind of a busy stretch of disc golf for you guys. How you feeling? >> Oh crap. Uh uh I would say I've been a little bit tired, but for the most part I feel okay. Like Estonia week was pretty busy for me, but I did a I had a pretty strict regimen going on that like focus was on sleep and uh uh having a pretty strict schedule that I didn't pick up anything new during the week. So, I was kind of just following through and focusing on uh good quality rest. >> It seems like everybody's been getting sick on the tour. Do you ever get scared of that? Do you ever like get really c like cautious about people when you're on tour about sickness? >> Uh, not really. I would say like I have some signs that like I know when my immune system is kind of like taking a hit. Then I just uh whenever I notice that then I will just like notice it uh take down the load or take try to get rid of some stress that whatever has been going on lately and then usually that takes care of it but uh I don't really worry about it. Whatever whenever it comes it comes. So Nick last told me that this week is going to be insane for him coming back to Finland playing a major. What was it like for you as an Estonian going back there for the major? Oh, it was awesome. Uh, I knew that the event staff will have uh higher goals than they did last time because last time was the first time I had the lead series uh going on there. But uh unexpectedly I had more like media load than I expected. So it was it was fun for me to try that and also try to compete at the same time. But uh I like the challenge and I think I came through really well. One thing that made the last week special was the venue, the song festival grounds. Uh has has a pretty historic meaning overall for Estonians. And the week before the event, we had uh or actually two weeks we had the song festival happening itself. It happens...
