HOW TO PLAY A COURSE BLIND WITH GATEKEEPER MEDIA!! (Mic'd Up Practice Round)
Gatekeeper Media presents a unique practice round experience as they attempt to play a course blind at the Preserve at AGA Farms in Pennsylvania. In this special episode of Mic'd Up, Gatekeeper Media discusses how to approach playing a course without visual aids, relying on their own vision and instincts. With the help of a special guest, Avery Jenkins, Gatekeeper Media shares their thought process and strategies for navigating the challenging holes of the Preserve. As they take on the 2020 Lost Valley Open, Gatekeeper Media explains the importance of simplicity in practice rounds, embracing the value of only throwing one shot per hole to minimize decision fatigue. With a focus on technique and mental preparation, this video provides valuable insights into blind playing, course strategy, and the mindset required for success in disc golf tournaments.
Watch Simon Lizotte play a course blind with Gatekeeper Media in this mic'd up practice round, navigating challenging holes & sharing expert tips.
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what up everyone welcome back to the channel welcome back to the third edition of mic'd up with gatekeeper media and we are out here preparing for the 2020 lost valley open in pennsylvania and i'm here at the preserve at aga farms i am playing this course blind this is a special episode because this is a practice round at the same time as it is me trying to explain how it is playing a course for the very first time and i have a special guest shout out to avery jenkins bought me anna back and all i have here is the t signs and my own vision to judge these holes and i'm going to walk you through what i'm thinking about and how i prepare for a tournament around so let's do it all right so first off i've heard nothing but good things about this course first impression is always the t-pads this is some turf looks like from like an old soccer field or hockey field or whatever but uh grip feels really good it's pretty nice out low winds high 70s and this shot is just i don't know it looks like i have to throw like a 350 maybe pushing 400 foot shot and avoid the right side so i'm just going to try to throw a pretty safe hyzer to the left and see where the basket is because i haven't seen the basket yet that's pretty much a safe play right there maybe a bit shorter than i wanted it but we'll have a look at the basket from there so i'm only going to throw one shot all around usually during practice rounds i would of course throw multiple shots but for the sake of a fun video we're doing one shot only and sometimes actually a one shot only round can be much better practice than if you throw multiple shots because if you throw like five shots on a hole that just gives you too many options to think about sometimes keeping it simple is like the recipe for success and if i make mistakes i know how to correct them and if i throw good shots it's even better let's go with that all right so we made it to the drive pretty much exactly what i thought from the t-pad and i have like a...
