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    trotter 12:58 pm on May 5, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: , Disc Golf Updates, , e-mail updates, E-newsletter, email updates,   

    Newsletter E-mail List is no more… New Mo’ Better E-mail Update Feature Takes Its Place… 

    Subscribe Via E-mailIt is no great secret that we rely on a lot of FREE applications and services to keep the Disc Golf coming at you…  Unfortunately our old E-mail Newsletter Plug-in is no longer supported.  So for safety and security reasons we are going to let it go…

    In its place we have a mo’ better e-mail subscription available so you don’t miss a post from on  the disc golf centric websites that wants to keep you informed of the new and the now that is going on in disc golf.

    Please take the time to subscribe to the service by entering your email over on the sidebar.  If you were signed up for the ol’ newsletter (Over 700 of you were), we are not going to automatically sign you up for the email updates because it is a completely different animal – we ask you to sign yourself up again.

    We hope to you take advantage of this new service and as always…  Throw Well,  trotter | TALKdg

     
  • trotter

    trotter 11:13 pm on April 1, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Just Because You Can… Doesn’t Mean You Should. 

    Your thoughts?  5,000 PDGA events a year,  can one of them be the Deaf Nationals?

    Details at the link…  The Link.

     
  • trotter

    trotter 4:42 pm on March 28, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: donorschoose.org, In Honor Of Frisbee   

    In Honor Of Frisbee – Please Help Us Help This Teacher Make A Difference… 

    Classroom PhotoHelp us help this teacher share the passion of disc sports.  We have nine days to help this teacher make her sponsorship goal of $1,046.20.  She has raised $50.00 to date and there are only 9 days left…  Share your love of the game, share the passion of disc golf with the next generation…

    DonorsChoose.org is the real deal – this money will make it to this teacher and the money will be spent on discs and lids.  Your $10.00 or more could make a difference…

    Please give and share this with your disc golf and ultimate friends.

    We don’t ask for much here at the ol’ TALKdg… but we sure would appreciate it if you could support this teacher and her efforts to share the great sports of Disc Golf and Ultimate with her students.

    My Students: The empty pie plates of the Frisbee Baking Company, prototypes for the modern day Frisbee developed by Morrison have evolved tremendously, but even plastic versions falter. Students are challenged by the design of the traditional Frisbee and envy those with advanced design.

    My students are diverse in needs in regards to physical education. There are very gifted athletes, those who solely get their activity through my P.E. classes, and many students that have special needs. They are competitive, and eager to learn about sport. They embrace the ultimate Frisbee/disc golf unit mainly because it is different and many had not practiced the sport. It put them on a level playing field where I witnessed even the most uncoordinated extremely proud of her success. My students are teens who still love to play, and are still learning lessons about their ever changing capabilities, and working toward respect and social responsibility. These students vary in their ability to afford athletics outside of school, so in close, they would be extremely appreciative and grateful for new materials.

    My Project: My students will be able to actively participate in a disc golf/ultimate Frisbee unit where they will learn overhand, underhand, and side arm throwing of an aerodynamic disc. Having these lessons allows the teaching of both offensive and defensive strategies, also they help students to match personal preferences in their physical activities that hopefully will remain a part of their lives. Lastly, the lessons will help them to accept responsibility for their individual improvement especially in regards to keeping track of their scores for disc golf. They will specifically learn in ultimate frisbee that there is no physical contact and that the teams playing are the only “referees” of the games. This will help them to negotiate rules and hold them accountable for the rules of the game. Ultimately, it will allow them a fun cardiovascular workout in a non traditional sport.

    The obesity rate in our country is staggering, and traditional sports are not always the right fit for all students. The opportunity for students to realize their potential in ultimate Frisbee or the calories they can burn on a nearby disc golf course could be the positive difference in a student’s life. When a project of this type is funded in the area of physical education, it is telling the students that their health and well being is the key to staying balanced academically and socially. « hide

    My students need frisbee discs to develop coordination in overhand, underhand and sidearm throwing while learning strategy and teamwork in both ultimate frisbee and disc golf.

    In Honor Of FrisbeeClick on the “Make a Donation” button or the picture at the top left to donate directly to fundraiser hosted by DonorsChoose.org  Thanks and Throw Well,  trotter | TALKdg

     
    • Big Hyzer Bag Co. 8:25 am on March 29, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      Big Hyzer Bag Co. donated $100 to help with this wonderful project. Please join us in helping this teacher grow our wonderful sport!

    • trotter

      trotter 9:08 am on March 29, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      A big thank you to Zing Mini Flyers and Big Hyzer Bag Co. for donating to this cause… Again, thank you.

  • trotter

    trotter 5:11 pm on March 10, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: Disc Golf Article, , Disc Golf Manufacturer, , Disc Golf Personality, , Disc Golf Tournament Director, Disc Golf Website, Online Disc Golf Reseller, ,   

    R U Disc Golf Centric? Open Invitation 2 Participate @ TALKdg.com… 

    TALKdgWe cannot tell you how pleased we are that many disc golf manufacturers, resellers and media outlets are taking advantage of TALKdg to let you the reader know when they have something new that is disc golf centric to share with you.

    If you have your own website, blog, tumblr or other medium like a facebook page we welcome you to contribute here at TALKdg.com too.  Just reach out to us at talkdiscgolf@gmail.com or @trotter_talkdg on Twitter for details and we will get you squared away.

    As always, thanks for your time and throw well…  trotter

     
  • trotter

    trotter 7:59 pm on March 9, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: , , , , , SP Line, Terry Miller, the DiscGolf Guy   

    Threw a DGA Breaker Today… Not Exactly a Disc Review But Nonetheless: 

    So a friend of mine was out in California and stopped by the DGA shop and they gave him a handful of the new DGA Breakers while he was there.  One of them ended up in my bag today…  It didn’t do much for my drives, I’m kidding, but what a great approach disc.

    What was once one of the gaping holes in the DGA line-up may very well become one of the strongest offerings from the DGA stable – it’s that good.

    I cannot express to you enough how comfortable the handle of this disc is and how consistent its flight was during today’s round with a mix of calm conditions, steady sustained winds and the occasional gust that would sneak up on us as we played.

    Make sure you try to throw one of these this season…  End of pseudo review – I liked it and I am looking for more.

    If you are looking for more detailed information or the insights of a pro player, I suggest watching this little video put together by Terry Miller with DGA sponsored pro John Baldwin:

    Even more info can be found over at the DGA website.

     
  • trotter

    trotter 6:05 pm on February 12, 2013 Permalink  

    Please Welcome Discmania Golf Discs As Our Latest Advertiser 

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  • trotter

    trotter 9:57 am on January 27, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Please Welcome dgNOMAD.com As Our Latest Advertiser 

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    dgNOMAD Ultralight Portable Disc Golf Targets & Glow Chain

     
  • trotter

    trotter 8:58 pm on January 15, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Subscribe to our E-Newsletter for Chance to Win Vibram – @vibramdiscgolf 

    E-Newsletter

     

    Sign-up to receive our every-now-and-then newsletter by the morning of Tuesday, January 22nd for you chance to win your choice of Vibram Disc Golf Swag from our box-o-stuff…  one piece of swag for one winner – choice of Vibram Dry-Fit or Proto Obex on hand.

    A winner will be chosen from among the newsletter subscribers at the time of the drawing.  You can subscribe to our newsletter at the very top of our sidebar by simply entering your email…  Enter Early, Enter Once and Good Luck!!!

     
  • trotter

    trotter 10:09 pm on January 13, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Please Welcome DoDo’s Disc Golf Golf Shop As Our Latest Advertiser 

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    DoDo’s Disc Golf Shop

     
  • trotter

    trotter 8:23 am on January 13, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    STATE OF THE SITE UPDATE: TALKdg now has 99 registered contributors who provide information and updates when they have new content to share at their own disc golf centric websites… We’d like to add your disc golf centric website to the mix, just ask us how…

     
  • trotter

    trotter 11:46 am on January 5, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    With all the goings on in the sport right now… maybe you want to submit your own opinion – Use the form at this link to submit a post… http://talkdiscgolf.com/something-new-for-the-new-year-user-submitted-posts-only-if-it-is-disc-golf/

     
  • trotter

    trotter 5:19 pm on January 2, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Just a quick status update… want to thank all the contributors who participate here at TALKdg.com, especially Avery Jenkins @Aviar7495 who provided our 500 post to date. #MileMarkersInLife

     
  • trotter

    trotter 9:52 pm on January 1, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    AS SEEN ON TWITTER – FIRST REPORTED ACE OF 2013 

    Not exactly official… but witnessed and reported by Sara Nicholson

     

    Saw my 1st ace of 2013 today during @Killerbdiscgolf dubs bowl. Hoping next ace I see will be mine.#Acelove#DiscGolf http://t.co/vBwv3B3B

     

    Make sure you follow the link to see the great picture Sara posted…

     

     

     
  • trotter

    trotter 2:02 pm on January 1, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Toot Your Own Horn… Use the Disc Golf Virtual Bulletin Board – TALKdg 

    Toot Your Own Horn

     

    TALKdg exists so disc golfers can come to one place and find relevant and recent disc golf news hassle free.

    We aren’t gonna interview you… we aren’t gonna write a story about you… we are gonna open up our house and hope you make yourself comfortable – a readership time share, if you will.

    Disc Golf Bloggers… we are here for you – We want to share what you are doing… For selfish reasons, mostly, we love to read disc golf blogs ourselves. Together let’s make it easier for folks to find you. Put up a new post at your own blog and leave a snippet and a link back to your site here. We want disc golf blogs to succeed so they are there for us to read

    So you and your disc golf club took the time to create a fundraiser disc for a new course or you started and are running an online store or you make the best damn disc dyes on the planet…  you are welcome to promote your fundraiser disc here, let’s get that course built together one sweet hotstamp at a time.

    Run a Brick & Mortar – we surely want to share your story – An investment like that needs to be nurtured and who is better to tell your story than you?

    Talking about investments? Your company is introducing a new disc – why not share it your own words… Introduce it to marketplace in your own words, make your own first impression.

    Say you are a travelling pro and want to keep people up to date as to what you are doing on tour – or maybe – you are looking for a place to crash, so you can afford to stay on the road for a couple of more tourneys. We are here for you…

    Maybe you are a disc golf promoter or tourney director and there was a killer final nine at your last event… paint us a picture, throw in some snapshots or even better embed some video.  Make us all feel like we there right along with you – maybe more of us will want to be there at the next event right along side you experiencing that final 90 foot run for the win…

    YOU love disc golf pictures – WE love disc golf pictures – YOU share disc golf pictures – WE share disc golf pictures – … YOU take GOOD disc golf pictures – WE host GOOD disc golf pictures…

    It kind of works like that… People don’t want War and Peace (hardly every) – they want that instant reminder of why they love disc golf – If you are an artist or photographer, we welcome you to showcase your talent here… We know we want to see what you are doing in the medium and we are sure others do too.

    A podcast?  A youtube channel? An internet channel?

    Anyone with a disc golf centric website is welcome to post a snippet and a link back to their own website. There are many folks who want to stay up to date on disc golf and really are interested in what you are doing for their shared passion of disc golf.

    Let’s make it easy for them to find out the latest… we are game if you are.

    We can get you set up and get you contributing – it’s pretty darn easy. You can reach out to us here at the site. On email at trotter@talkdiscgolf.com. On twitter at @trotter_talkdg. Or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TALKdg

    Let people know about your efforts all things disc golf and let them know here.

    Thanks and Throw Well,

    trotter
    TALKdg

     
  • trotter

    trotter 7:18 pm on December 31, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

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    What is… MARTdg?

    We are your #1 disc golf classified ad listing site. Become a free member and start listing your classified ads within minutes for only 99 cents per ad. Or you can choose to become a paid member and place unlimited ads for no additional charge.

    • For only $3.99 you, as an individual, can post an unlimited number of ads for a full year.
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    Manage all ads from your personalized dashboard.

     
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