By Kevin Fournier — For Rattling Chains
If you love playing disc golf, chances are you want to help spread the word and create stronger disc golf awareness.
It is an amazing time to be involved with the game. Disc golf is beginning to take off, both competitively as a sport and recreationally as a healthy activity. This makes today a great time to be involved and gives each player an opportunity to make a difference.
Although the majority of the public has not played or even heard of disc golf, according to the PDGA, 10 million people played the sport last year. This is an amazing statistic that should encourage you to push for that viral awareness the sport needs.
So what can you do as an individual to help promote the sport of disc golf? Here are a few ideas that will be very effective.
Play or practice in public Take your basket to a public park and start putting.
Setting up a basket in a public park or somewhere else can help attract people to the sport. (photo by P.J. Harmer)
Get right out in the open and let the sound of those chains be heard. Bring some extra discs with you for others to try out if they approach you. Also, be prepared to talk about disc golf in a short, but effective, speech. Have some information memorized so you can tell others where they can play or purchase gear.
If you don’t have a basket, just do some field practice in the park. Maybe you just throw your putters or practice short anhyzer shots. The point is to get people exposed to what you are doing and hopefully pique their interest. I know from experience that people are quite curious about disc golf and get excited
to try and make a shot.
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