Episode #15 of Down The Fairway. Uli and Simon on How to prepare for Tournaments.
Down The Fairway Episode #15 is all about preparing for tournaments with special guests Uli Fuchs and Simon Lizotte. In this episode, Uli shares his expert advice on how to mentally prepare for a big tournament by visualizing your shots and lines on the course. He emphasizes the importance of learning each hole thoroughly, aiming to birdie every single hole at least once before playing in competition. With his unique approach, which includes visualizing successful shots and trusting his instincts, Uli aims to boost confidence and performance. The duo also touches on the value of knowing exact distances for each hole, a key factor in Uli's success throughout his career. Tune in to learn from two experienced golfers who will help you develop strategies to outsmart your game and achieve a winning mindset.
Uli and Simon reveal expert advice on how to prepare for disc golf tournaments, from course selection to mental game strategies.
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what's up everybody and welcome to another episode of down the fairway in this episode of down the fairway I've brought on a special guest Simon and we're gonna be giving you our number one best tip for warming up and learning a course before a big tournament let's do it alright guys Simon Lizotte here and my warm up routine is you really want to make sure to give yourself at least one or two days to learn the course such a mental game and it's all about mental tricks visualizing your shots and your lines and the best way to visualize something is if you've seen it before so what I want to do before playing a tournament is play the course and birdie every single hole on the course at least once no matter how many takes no matter how many throws I have to throw to get my birdie I want to see myself birdie the hole which then will help me in the tournament to know oh I've seen me do it before it makes it so much easier to recreate those shots and you know that's all this stuff is trick your mind into making the game easier than it is every single hole on the course birdie at once of course to your capabilities and then go all in the tournament and just visualize the shots you've already thrown try to recreate it there you go 18 under that's my process I shot Oh beautiful all right easy birdie guys disco confidence is the key and there's more birdies you can get the more confident you'll be of course actually through two shots in this hole I'm two good shots I'm really confident for this bowl but on the other side if you feel bad shots that just means you're gonna throw great shots later it's gonna trick your brain and to always being confident one thing over my career is that I really need to know the exact distances of each hole now lucky for us in this day and age most of the tournaments we're playing we're playing the same hole for three straight rounds so it's really important to understand how far those holes are and to get the right distance of those holes not necessarily parking them but just to get a good feel for that exact distance because...
