Disc Golf IPP

(Troops Own Badge written by Troop 174 (GSAC) in Bristol TN, contact for more information on this badge including how to order)

Complete at least 7 requirements, 2 from skill builders, 1 from technology, 1 from service projects, 1 from careers and 2 others from any category.

Skill builders

  1. Learn the basic rules of disc golf from a knowledgeable player, the internet, or obtaining a rulebook. What are the rules for out of bounds? What are considered legal throws. What is the difference between a legal drive and legal putt? What part of the basket must the disc be in or on to be considered completed?
  2. Learn about and how to use a disc marker. What are the various types of playing discs and their uses.
  3. Play a complete round of disc golf on two separate courses keeping score for both.
  4. Learn to throw a hyzer (curve left), slice (curve right), roller, tomahawk, backhand and forehand.
  5. Practice throwing at a disc cage or a two-foot wide target until you can hit it 5 out of 10 times at a distance of twenty feet.
  6. Learn why serious players carry a bag full of discs in the same way a golfer carries a bag of clubs.
  7. What are the essential items necessary for a game of disc golf? What are optional items? What would you choose to take and why?

Technology

  1. Learn what differences in shape make some discs fly straight, turn left or turn right
  2. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of a light or heavy disc
  3. Learn how science has improved over the years the plastics that the discs are manufactured from.
  4. Research what would have to be done to start a disc golf course in your area.
  5. Find out when disc golf began and how it has developed over the years. How many courses are presently in existence?
  6. Find out how many women play disc golf compared to men. How many are professionals?

Service Projects

  1. Teach someone else how to play disc golf that has never played.
  2. Teach some younger children how to throw a Frisbee and learn to control it. Remember to use a light Frisbee and not an official disc when playing catch to keep from getting hurt.
  3. Do a litter pickup at a local disc golf course.
  4. Organize and coordinate a tournament for your troop, service unit, or other group.

Career Exploration

  1. Find out how much a professional disc golf player earns in a year. Could you make a living at this or would you have to have another job also?
  2. Find out how many companies make official discs and cages. Can these companies be successful just making disc golf supplies or do they have to make other things? What sort of jobs might be available in a company such as this?
  3. Find out what technical skills are needed in order to design and create discs. What classes would be needed in school to prepare you for such a career?