Disc Golf in Support of Scouting

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Disc Golfin Support of Scouting
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You will learn

• What disc golf is
• How to play and teach disc golf
• How to take your group on a disc golf outing
• How disc golf supports the mission of the BSA.

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Disc golf is

• Like golf (duh!)
• More than 30 years old
• Increasing by 15 percent per year
• Played at over 2,750 courses around the world
• A lifetime sport

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Disc Golf Nos

• No high risk
• Usually no charge
• No expensive equipment
• No need to wait for weather

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Disc Golf Safety

• Dont throw when anyone is in front of you.
• Yell FORE!
• Listen, watch for discs.
• Dodge, or duck and cover.

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Disc Golf Safety

• Outdoors, Intensified
• Water, terrain
• Plants, insects, animals
• Structures, power lines
• Trespassing

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Lets Play!
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Youth Disc Golf Styles

• Ages 10-13
• Its just play.
• No rules just the point.
• Fast, rolling herd.
• Wacky throws.
• 6 holes of 50 to 150 feet.

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Youth Disc Golf Styles

• Ages 14
• Its a sport.
• Learn and follow the rules.
• Keep score.
• Plan shots.
• Work on throwing skills.
• 18 holes of 120 to 500 feet.

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Disc Golf Ethical Choices

• A condensed life experience
• Need to make choices
• Rules, goals
• Opportunities to make ethical choices

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Disc Golf Aims of Scouting

• Physical Fitness
• Outdoor exercise
• Training and better habits
• Mental Fitness
• Fourth-dimensional physics
• Learn the rules
• Adding scores
• Strategizing

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Disc Golf Aims of Scouting

• Character Development
• Disc golf is a sport.
• Handle disappointment.
• Citizenship Training
• Rules
• Etiquette
• Group play

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Disc Golf as an Activity

• The Course
• Find a course (PDGA.com).
• Make a course.
• Pick objects to throw at.

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Disc Golf as an Activity

• The Discs
• Youth bring their own
• Buy or borrow new or used

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Disc Golf Advancement

• Webelos Scouts
• Ultimate belt loop and pin
• -Disc Golf Track
• Venturing
• Sports Bronze and Quest
• -Selected sport

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Disc Golf Advancement

• Temporary Badges
• Scout camp badges
• Troop flag ribbon
• Design your own!

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Disc Golf Advancement

• Fulfill some requirements for
• Merit badges
• Special awards
• Rank advancement

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Service Project Ideas

• Teach disc golf to a group.
• Help at a tournament.
• Improve a park.
• Improve or install a course.
• Get a qualified disc golf course designer
  involved!

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Ideas for Action

• How will you
• use disc golf
• to support Scouting?

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Resources

• Professional Disc Golf Association www.PDGA.com
• Rules
• Course directory
• Designers
• Local clubs
• Educational Disc Golf Experience
  www.EDGEdiscgolf.org
• Getting the EDGE Instructional DVD
• Camp programs
• Disc Golf All You Need To Know About The Game
  You Want To Play, by Michael Steven Gregory
• www.Scouting.org
• Disc Golf in Support of Scouting

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Conclusion

• Youth are already playing disc golf, and they
  like it.
• Disc golf fits with BSAs goals.
• Disc golf is easy and inexpensive.
• You are ready to use disc golf in support of
  Scouting.

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