My
average score for the five best rounds was +4 - 5. During
this summer I got to know Pierre Kristoffersson and Christian Sandström
and they both became like mentors to me. Pierre teached me putting and
the way to think when playing and Christian teached me throwing technique.
2.
How often do you practice? What does your program look like now? Did it
change over the years?
This winter I’ve concentrated my training on strength, balance
and feeling for the disc. I’ve been training Ultimate four times
a week and gym three times a week from November to middle of March. From
then there is throwing and putting technique at least four times a week.
I also include balance, stretching, condition and psychological training.
Most of my gym training is built round throwing strength. I’m not
just in the gym to look good in the summer. =o)
3. Is there a course/ club near where you live? Can you describe it?
I’m playing for Kalmar Frisbee Klubb and my homecourse is
Skälby Discgolf Course. Kalmar Frisbee Klubb was founded in 1979
and through the years we have brought up several national, european and
world champions in discgolf, overall and ultimate. We are working hard
to get more members, we are now around 60 members and growing.
4. What´s your advice for beginners to develop their game?
For beginners to be a good golfer you first need to get a feeling
for throwing. The best way to get this is to start with an Ultimate disc
and then go on with golf discs. Practice a lot and have fun when doing
it. Then you must not forget that discgolf is a game for the head. If
you think you won’t make the throw you’ve already missed it.
5. Which discs do you have in your bag and why?
This year my bag will include the following discs:
Putter will be Swirl APX because it feels good in your hand and the plastic
gets a great grip in the chains. For shorter drives and approaches I will
use the Challenger; it also feels good and it’s more over-stable
then other putters. For the midrange drives I use MRV and Z-MRV, I trust
in it and it flies like I want to. This disc has helped me improve my
game most of all discs.
When we’re coming to the drivers there’s a lot of new discs
this year. I’m using CRUSH the new maximum distance driver from
Discraft. I like the new plastic, the speed and the slow fade in the end
of the flight. For less over-stable drives will I probably use Flash and
for the booms and throws in heavy headwind will I use Predator. The Predator
has a great feeling rim and goes left when you really need to.
6.
Are your discs lasting for long?
Yes! I always land on green so… No of course I hit
trees and stones sometime but I can say they are lasting quite
long, maybe because I thorw Z-plastic. But if my driver gets a
bad hit in a tree or on some concrete I won’t use it again.
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7. A good round mostly depends on successfull putting, which depends on
a good set of nerves. Can you describe your putting routine?
From the start of 2000, when Pierre teached me how to putt I never
changed any big things in my technique. My putting skill is probably one
of the major things to my successes in 2003. I always begin to find my
balance before making the putt. I have the putt in height with my stomach
holding it with both my hands. Then I start my putt using my legs and
make a straight move from left leg with my hand against the basket.
8. Are there any situations in your game where you get influenced by things
around you?
When I was a rookie I let things around me influence my game and
my thoughts could be all over. Now I always have a plan with a tournament
and I try to follow it all through. So no, I won’t let things influence
me so often. Sometimes a bad score on a hole will affect the game, unfortunately.
9. All ambitioned young Golfers dream about playing in an Open Final.
In your career, was there a point where it suddenly just started to work
out for you? And thereafter, how did you deal with it emotionally?
Two years ago I played my first final at the Danish Open where
I ended up second after leading before the final. The weekend after I
played final in Whitcombe Classic finishing third. These tournament were
in the end of season 2002. When I became second in Denmark I was quite
sad. I told myself this was the best that happened. It shall not be easy
to win a tournament. I’ve just decided to be a better golfer 2003
and be enough mature for a victory.
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10.
What was/is the best moment in Disc Golf?
To see those great throws fly were you want to and make
your important putts. Especially when there’s an audience
following your group.
11.
What makes a good/ perfect designed course?
I like when it’s a good varation of holes like
long, short, tight and open. I really like a course where the
hole is well planed and not just put there to complete the course.
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12.
What’s the best course you’ve ever played?
If I must take just one course I choose Epilä Discgolf Park
in Tampere, Finland. This course got a good mix of holes in a beautiful
park with many marked OB-lines, along the well cut fairways. I have played
this course three times during Finnish Open.
13.
How do you see the differences between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe?
You played some Eurotour South Events. What was your impression about
the scene over here?
My first real discgolf tournament ever was Easter Open 2001 in
Belgium. This tournament has started my season ever since. There is many
differences between Scandinavia and rest of Europe, and I think it’s
good that not all tournaments are the same. The biggest difference is
that players after a tournament in Scandinavia go to their hotels and
don’t socialise with other players like in the rest of Europe. One
other thing that is different is the organisation around and during the
tournaments. In Scandinavia you receive information earlier in most of
the tournaments. You will find information of your group, your start time
and these things faster. This is becoming better and better in the south
every year and that’s positive. As a player you can focus on your
game in a much better way if you don’t need to search for these
things. Then you can see that it’s more price money in Scandinavian
tournaments - both good and bad. When the requirement for more money rises
it´s harder to find clubs to organize tournaments.
14.
Some Swedes have performed really well in the World´s. Do you have
any ambitions to rock the tournament like Markus Källström did
last year?
After finishing fourth on the Swedish ranking in 2003 I now belong
to the national Team Sweden. This season I will make my first trip to
the World’s. My goals with the World’s is so far to end top
20. But I will sure rock over there.
15.
Do you follow events in the USA?
I don’t follow it so thoroughly. But maybe I should now
when I’m going over there. It might be good to do some research
on the players...
16. The PDGA wants to enforce its activities over here in Europe. What
do you think/expect from that?
I haven’t studied their activities and what they are standing
for so much. I only know that the Nordic Discgolf Tour will give you PDGA
ranking points and the course will get a ranking. I hope that it can become
a strong organisation that works for the sport to grow bigger in the hole
world.
17.
What´s your profession/job?
I works as an phone agent on Excellent-SNT, a callcenter company
with offices in hole Scandinavia.
18.
Do you want to play for the Hyzernauts?
It would be great but I’m already playing for one of the best clubs
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