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Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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post #8

I love disc golf. My interests have truly intersected on this post. In addition to clinics and practice ranges, this would be useful for folks that throw a lot in the field if it’s made a bit smaller and at a lower price point. I often throw 50-70 discs at a time and they’re annoying to pick up :)

Do you know how to do woodworking? You can probably build it from scratch... we pushed it by hand at first... but I think you can make a bike/ATV mountable version (and I mean bicycle)

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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Here's a disc golf app idea: Film yourself in slow motion from front and back angles throwing a disc, upload the video to the app. App then overlays you with different pros so you can see what you're doing right and wrong. You can compare angles of arms, torso, etc. I would pay for an app like this.

I would imagine the tech is already there to capture joint motion for a really in-depth analysis. Grand idea.

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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Here's a disc golf app idea: Film yourself in slow motion from front and back angles throwing a disc, upload the video to the app. App then overlays you with different pros so you can see what you're doing right and wrong. You can compare angles of arms, torso, etc. I would pay for an app like this.

Ultimate players would like this too...

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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post #2

This problem was partially involved in the 2013 season of the FIRST Robotics Competition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Ascent

As an "ultimate" (frisbee) player, calling a game based on disc golf "ultimate ascent" makes me cringe a bit! I can't tell you how many people mistake ultimate for disc golf.

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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Here's a disc golf app idea: Film yourself in slow motion from front and back angles throwing a disc, upload the video to the app. App then overlays you with different pros so you can see what you're doing right and wrong. You can compare angles of arms, torso, etc. I would pay for an app like this.

We did something similar for regular golf at Nokia, released 2006: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/nokia_n93_golf_e...

Haven't looked much at the market since, but I would guess generic sports video "record+compare" tools would be available nowadays in app stores?

Back on 2006 that video handling was quite a tech feat, nowadays should be straight forward on any modern phone.

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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post #15

Author's about page says they don't know the English name for Escalopes de veau à la milanaise . It is commonly known as just "Veal Milanese" or occasionally "Veal alla Milanese" in English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veal_milanese

Screw anglicization! That's a goddamn cotoletta, it ain't that hard to pronounce...

(It's better alla bolognese though, with plenty of cheese and ham to increase your heart-attack chances.)

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