Feb 19 Groundwork Activity

Step 1
As long as I can remember, I have seen those little metal basket thingies with the chains dangling down everywhere. When I was really young and my dad took me to the park when I lived in Michigan, I saw them there. When I went to recess in elementary school, I saw them there. When I moved to Noblesville and went to Forrest Park for the first time, I saw them there. But it wasn't until the summer before my freshman year of highschool that I actually figured out what those things were. I remember one of my best friends saying: "Hey guys, I've got a great new game for us to try!" So we go to Morse Park & Beach and he hands me this heavy sleek disc. I look at it like 'what in the world? Is this a battle weapon? I could kill somone with this!' As I stood on the tee, I looked down toward the basket, and after having a moment of realization, I threw my very first disc. And it was awful. So awful I think I might have considered giving up right then and there. But something was strangely addictive about this game, and I love it to this day.

Step 2
I first felt very uncomfortable in my new space. I was frustrated because I didn't like not being good at something. I was also uncomfortable because I was not used to this kind of Frisbee disc. I had thrown plenty of ultimate discs in my time, but this was a new, heavy, unstable sort of disc that really bothered me. Although, it didn't take long for me to become comfortable and skilled at this game, and I started to introduce others to the game. It was then easy for me to see it from their perspective because I had been there not too long before.

Step 3
I am still an outsider in Frisbee golf because I have never played competitively. If I were to show up at a Frisbee golf tournament I would have no idea what was going on, and thus I would be an outsider. I would have to have someone explain to me the rules of play and then I would experience those rule for the first time. It would be as if I were just playing for the first time.