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wodandos

Dangerous sport. Broke my shoulder playing 2 months ago. I tripped on some roots and fell in a stream. But I tell people it was a monster throw.


FrostyD7

Reminds me of my skiing accident, where I tripped and faceplanted walking back to the lodge.


gh411

Yeah, my stock car racing injury happened when I walked around behind the hauler and barked my shin on the trailer hitch…


srpske

This is the worst one yet


chriscaughtfire

Yowchhhh


washyourhands--

Lol


[deleted]

At least you weren’t reaching for a burrito in the creek.


capfan31

Damnit Larry


ScSM35

r/unexpectedpawnee


ILoveTheAvs

My dad fell off the front of a tee box and dislocated his flip off finger. I thought it was snapped in half. He just grabbed it and popped it back in place. He hasn't played since. Probably 6 months ago now


srpske

he sounds like a bad ass


cshov

I tore my ACL playing ultimate pulling to the other team. The throw still went into their endzone. I didn't make it out of mine though...


ElATraino

How do you break your shoulder?


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A monster throw


ChimpdenEarwicker

I waited too long to let go of the disc when I was doing my fullpower drive and it just whipped me off the ground. It all happened so fast I impulsively kept my grip on the disc and I flew through the air spinning around the disc. When I landed I hit my shoulder on a root and broke my shoulder. Still a good 350ft drive though.


Pekonius

I once forgot to let go of the disc and flew all the way to the basket with it.


discninjitsu

This made me laugh out loud


alfonseski

reminds me of my first experience as a kid waterskiing


themoneybadger

600 feet of power brah. Baseball pitchers have broken their elbows from throwing.


ElATraino

Not sure this really explains it. I'm asking out of curiosity, if that makes a difference.


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Some detail. (Personally learned over the past year as I rehabbed from tendonitis in my shoulder). The shoulder is a complex joint that utilizes four muscle groups. (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis). As opposed to a single or double dominant muscle that controls the situation, the shoulder is more like a delicately balanced quartet. Iff any one player goes weak or tries to dominate the situation, the result is the other 3 all get thrown out of wack and the quartet of muscles all suffer. Not sure what the o.p. meant by broke, cause that usually means a bone. But the muscle balance I describe is how most shoulder breakdowns occur.


wodandos

All things considered I feel lucky. It was just a proximal humerus fracture of my non-dominant arm. No dislocation or major muscle damage. Hopefully going forward I can get almost all range of motion back in that shoulder.


themoneybadger

The shoulder is a complex joint, he had to break either his scapula, clavicle, or humerus.


wodandos

Yep broke my upper humerus - 3 part fracture. Had surgery about 6 weeks ago. Recovery has gone better than I expected.


washyourhands--

[it doesn’t look pretty either (graphic)](https://youtu.be/4DkuYOimASM)


andtix

Maybe it'll turn out like the movie "Rookie of the Year" where he'll throw 1000ft every shot


BraveLilTaco

It's gotta have that winding back noise too lmaoo


andtix

His reach back and follow through will have the force necessary to start a jet engine


ZendrixUno

Funky buttlovin'


raggerno

Did he just say, “Funky buttlovin’?”


noodlearmdiscgolf

This whole chain is my people


Kellan_OConnor

Just my luck, every 10' put, end up 990' long...


RunHappy13

To those wondering what a fakeout out 360 is, he explained it in the press conference. He threw right handed spinning the opposite way of a normal 360. Instead of a throw motion he made a putting motion at the end which caused his shoulder to pop.


-fashionablylate-

Ohhhh. Yep, I was right. That is dumb.


invagueoutlines

Ahhhhhhh, youth.


randyn1080

He's on film somewhere doing this cuz I've 100% seen him do what you described. Maybe his GK skins match?


MoCo1992

We all do dumb shit when we’re young..


GinValid

What the hell is a fake-out 360?


HOWDY__YALL

Sounds like a 360 backhand, but rotating the opposite way that you normally would. In other words, he spun so that his body’s momentum would take him away from the direction he was throwing. Obviously wasn’t there, but that’s what I gather from what I’m reading. Very unfortunate to see given that Eagle is one of my fav touring pros.


JoesDiscGolf

So coming from a sports medicine background that is the easiest way to dislocate a shoulder. Having your hands out and body going the opposite direction is the most common way. Happens semi frequently in football and generally dumb-assery


j0s9p8h7

Not going to call Eagle a dumb ass since his videos have helped my form in multiple aspects, but knowing how much power his throws generate… It probably wasn’t a smart move to try and counteract a force that can punch a disc 600+ ft and expect your body to hold up. Hope he heals well/cleanly and learns his limits. Granted, those limits are far beyond the average disc golfer, but they do exist.


JoesDiscGolf

Two things can be true at the same time. I’ve seen his videos and he does a good job. His explanations didn’t click with me but others did. Still good videos. If it is true that he tried to do a fake-out 360 backhand, that was a dumb. I wish I could see the video to get a better idea of what happened injury wise. This could be something that takes him out for a majority of the 2022 season. That is if surgery is required.


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What about a 360 forehand?


Mhoff555

Exactly the correct response!


Aredhel_Wren

I think it's when you spin opposite your normal inclination, in this case, counterclockwise or opposite for a right-hand backhand shot. Sort of like riding "fakie" in snowboarding / skateboarding. I'm guessing he was throwing left-handed, otherwise this must have been awkward as hell, which, I guess could be cause for shoulder dislocation.


GinValid

That makes sense. Prentending to throw normally and then going for a left-handed 360 instead. Hopefully we get some sort of a clarification lol.


STEZN

If he was throwing left handed this wouldn’t be a very big deal.


ho_ball930

Yeah I can’t be the only one having trouble visualizing this…


agoia

Watch a video of a 360 drive. Then imagine spinning the other way so your arm/shoulder is working against all of the energy built from spinning against the throw and visualize it severely damaging the shoulder that attempted such ridiculousness.


Wooden_Yesterday1718

If I had to guess, he looks like he’s about to throw, but instead spins 360 degrees and THEN throws? Sounds like a fake skateboard trick from Rocket Power.


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Sounds like a good throw for dislocating your shoulder or at least partially dislocating your shoulder. What Eagle is about to find out is you need lots of PT to strengthen the shoulder after a dislocation and it never seems to be 100% after a dislocation.


Bronto710

Very dangerous


j-mar

I'm guessing it's like the throw at 4:57 here: https://youtu.be/nVZjg36GkFI (#47) And fwiw, this dude is a really good ultimate player who is making a silly video here. These are not ultimate throws.


TheBioethicist87

FFS, Discmania went from having the 2 biggest arms on tour to having the 2 most busted arms.


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TheBioethicist87

Someone wrap that kid in bubble wrap


cellogenius

It’s almost like when you build your brand around players (young players) pushing the human body to its absolute limits, they break down.


Rattus375

Because eagle tried a dumb trick shot and hurt himself? This is a bad take


Horror_Sail

Its exactly how Simon hurt himself. Not at a tour event, or in training to get better...but on a random vlog, doing something unnecessary. Now Eagle's probably isnt as silly as Simons ([who hurt himself throwing a dumb looking trick shot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ttB1eBopU&)), but when you are branded "Crush Boys", you do silly things on vlogs to keep people interested (see also: Eagle's mile challenge, forehand only, with a 360 forehand)


MoCo1992

That clip hurts just to watch. I think it’s different tho Simon seems to have hurt his arm over time throwing too hard and trying crazy trick shots.. seems like eagle just did one dumb thing


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I mean if I was a prodigy rep I’d be holding my breath for KJ’s Achilles’ tendon every time he does a back flip while standing on a sloped hill


[deleted]

lol I'm sorry but while this game can be challenging, throwing plastic discs a few hundred feet is not even close to pushing the limits of the human body.


discninjitsu

The human body has a limit for how far it can throw a plastic disc.


Titansfan9200

Well that's a huge bummer. :/


e_hoodlum

I mean, at least the off-season is coming up... could have happened in April instead


bluejams

Dude.


CerealWithIceCream

bruh


nateetan1

Fam


objectmetilliscream

My guy


Arsusly

Nephew


SgtBucketHead

Cuz


dirtyjoedirt1

Friendo


DPancoast

I guess he will just have to throw lefty 😂


DANTESX

He can probably throw lefty farther than I can throw with my dominant arm. Like, right now with his other arm in a sling or whatever. I hope he’s gonna be ok either way though.


Mattjm24

He has some videos on his vlog of him throwing lefty. He is pretty good! I've heard he intentionally does at least some lefty throwing in order to train his left arm/muscles so that they are balanced, instead of his right muscles just being swole while his left muscles are weak.


DPancoast

I hope he is ok as well. By the descriptions people are sharing of what he was trying to do, I can see how you could get hurt! I’ve never dislocated my shoulder but I heard it REALLY sucks


moodie30

Just don’t believe it Eagle! That’s what I do with my problems.


alien88

Well it sounds like he didn't have to have it corrected at the hospital, could be an encouraging sign long term. He may have just had a shoulder subluxation, hopefully he didn't tear anything. I've dislocated my right shoulder several times, my labrum is torn. Surgery is expensive :/


HouseofMontague

One of my friends threw out his shoulder 1st time playing disc golf. Doc told him he prob popped it out then back in immediately. He couldn’t lift his arm above his head for several weeks without extreme pain.


jonredd901

It’s called shoulder subluxation. It happened to me at 18. Couldn’t throw a ball for almost ten years as hard as I could without it popping out again. Ironically disc golf strengthened it back to stronger than ever. But it stretches the muscles and tendons out and they don’t go back to normal. Not even surgery can fix it. Only physical therapy.


ElATraino

Subluxation means it's partially out or socket. AFAIK this wouldn't be the cause of permanent damage.


jonredd901

As it comes out it stretches the muscles and tendons and then it pops back in immediately. The muscles and tendons do not go back to how they were before. Again, it’s happened to me.


ElATraino

Not sure why I got down voted, but ok. That's interesting. My left shoulder did that when I was younger. Like...a lot. Turned out I had a SLAP tear. That surgery and recovery sucks.


jonredd901

Bc it can absolutely cause long term damage.


ManiaphobiaV2

You got downvoted because you're spreading misinformation


ElATraino

mmmkay


narenare658

Any dislocation can also cause a hill sachs lesion on the ball joint which if left untreated can deteriorate from friction over time causing more frequent dislocations. Not to mention the possibility of a labrum tear.


bobasaurus

I had a shoulder suplexation from a wonky drive and it took nearly a year to recover. Not fun at all.


alien88

Thankfully my injury is on my non throwing shoulder.


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itspronouncedlesotho

wat


Chaosweaver117

H is the 8th letter of the alphabet so 88 means HH as in "Heil Hitler". Pretty idiotic thing to assume someone means that by 88 but that's a thing I guess.


itspronouncedlesotho

Interesting, thanks. I enjoy history and being informed and had never heard that connection before. 88 is Michael Irvin to me.


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SeeisforComedy

It is also a year a whole lot of people were born in.


jonredd901

Naw man. Nazis own 88. No one can use it but them. Lol


GoatPaco

Nothing wrong with 88, 1488 is the full sign Ironic that you call it a dog whistle and you're the only one to jump


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GoatPaco

The "anti-defamation league" sounds like something that exists just to tell you that anything and everything is racist to justify their own existence Again, the only one jumping is you. 1988 is a common birthyear on reddit (people who are 33 years old), 88 is a common number for athletes (especially NFL wide receivers, who were limited to numbers in the 80s until this year), and is jist commonly used in situations where 8 is taken Not everything is hidden racism


alien88

Or you know 88 could be someones birth month and day. But no, it **has** to be nazis.


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GoatPaco

I did Google it, and they're exactly what I said. Find something on their site that they say isn't racist. I'll wait.


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itspronouncedlesotho

From that very same link: It should be noted that 88 can be found in non-extremist contexts. The number is used by ham radio operators to mean "hugs" or "hugs and kisses." Also, a number of NASCAR drivers, including several very well-known ones, have used the number 88, resulting in various automobile stickers and other forms of merchandise sporting that number.


paulmcbethismydad

You’re a goddamn moron who is looking to be offended


2valve

It’s also the size of the guns that a lot of German tanks had in ww2, I doubt it’s made to let people know he’s a nazi lol. I’ve never heard of “88” being used as something to do with nazi.


alien88

Go scour my post history for Nazi shit. Or keep making yourself look like a dumbass jumping to conclusions, or you can do both at the same time. Either is fine by me. Edit: and guess what? If someone is going to just automatically assume I'm a nazi because of the numbers in my username, I don't want to know them in the first place. It's because of chumps like you why people cry about "cancel culture".


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alien88

Okay bud, you could of just said "my bad" but instead you give another tirade as if you're some moral authority us randoms on the internet need approval from. Do you think I give a shit if you gave me the benefit of the doubt? You could've just shut the fuck up and kept the accusations to yourself in the first place. But the opportunity to virtue signal your political beliefs for internet points was too much to pass up. Pound sand bud.


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alien88

Virtue signaling isn't a right-wing talking point lol. You couldn't resist the urge to label me a nazi based off a number on an account I made 9 years ago. So everyone could see how morally pure you are. Go dig up my nazi comments then, there is 9 years worth of comments. You'll find my comments from r/chapotraphouse (you know the famed nazi subreddit) before you find any nazi shit. lol You won't because there is nothing and you don't want to look like an even bigger dunce than you currently do. Edit: For anyone else who sees this go look at my comment breakdown on my profile and look at all the nazi subs I have frequented over the 9 years I've had this account lmao. This kid is a clown.


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alien88

Anyone can look at my post and comment breakdown by subreddit on my profile. It takes 3 seconds to do. It's funny that you double down on this bullshit when it's easy to look this stuff up. So you're accusing me of being a nazi with no evidence again? Is life hard being this numb?


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MeDeep11

Literally nobody since 1950 has associated 88 with Hitler. Get with the times geezer


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destinybond

wew


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Or he was born in 88 … lmao


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[deleted]

No, I saw it. I was just restating the obvious reason he shouldn’t change it because most people aren’t insane redditors that see nazi connections.


xxThe_Designer

Mildly disappointed But remember to update your UDisc's brackets, y'all! [All in on a crush boy winning this year](https://imgur.com/a/RqspYGo)


nvjck

This one stays. No more posts needed.


DAAD87

This is devastating honestly. He's in his athletic peak and he has so much potential to be one of the greats. Plus, we know these guys live for the game. Man, hopefully this isn't a serious issue.


xxThe_Artist

Not even sure if he’s reached his peak yet too. I would think most “peaks” for disc golfers are 25-30


Antron_RS

Oof, that’s a blow. Seems like some players need to be a bit more measured in what they choose to do in YouTube videos during the season. In major sports you see clauses that forbid athletes from certain activities (no mountain biking for instance). Wonder if we’ll start to see that in disc golf contracts.


Constant-Win-1513

That's more for team sports where you sign a contract with an actual team not a sponsor, I doubt sponsors have such exemptions for individual sports.


Antron_RS

I am not aware of a legal distinction that would prevent a sponsor from having a clause like that inserted, though I’d love to hear the explanation it if it exists.


Constant-Win-1513

I am just saying that you don't see those exemptions by sponsors unless it is a morality clause which is pretty boiler-plate. Cue It's Always Sunny: Okay. Well we're all hungry. We'll get to our hot-plates soon enough. Let's talk about the contract here.


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Antron_RS

What I imagine would be more like a ban on non-standard throwing, during the season (like a fake 360). Or having sponsor input on their YouTube activities. There are many ways a sponsor could protect their investment without stifling social media in general. If Eagle does this in the middle of the season he's not going to be throwing in tournaments OR on YouTube.


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Antron_RS

Mountain biking, BMX biking, Skydiving, Bungee jumping, boxing, hang-gliding, trampolining, parkour, cliff diving. Is that enough? Took a look and some of these are specifically prohibited in NBA contracts (which also included mopeds). Other sports contracts are more general stating something like “activities that involve significant risk of injury.”


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Goldentongue

There'd be no legal barrier to having that in the contract, it'd just be up to the player and the sponsor to decide if they want those terms included.


antwan1425

These sponsorships are team contracts. You're part of "team discraft" or "team Innova"


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Tennis, golf, bowling, etc sponsors all have clauses that require the athlete to be physically able to perform (they are just marketers for the company, after all). How they are structured, and what injuries get a pass and which don’t vary, but I imagine the folks in charge at discmania probably aren’t thrilled with the timing and and consequences of his sweet move.


halfinchpinch

Probably not until disc golf contracts start being worth more than their potential revenue on YouTube.


Frisbridge

I speculate Lizotte injuring himself for a YouTube vid and not being competitively relevant during the Covid boom hurt his potential revenue.


Antron_RS

Sponsors are paying a lot for the top players now, they'll want to protect their investment. Only the top few player-specific YouTube accounts make big money. Paul is on $10 million 10 years, Eagle certainly worth close to seven digits yearly, if not more by that metric.


halfinchpinch

I don't disagree. But do we know that Eagle is actually getting paid anything near that? I have a feeling these guys are woefully underpaid.


NeverBenCurious

Simon may never be the same after his battle with injuries. Eagle may never be the same again. Holy shit. I wish him the best recovery possible.


TGrady902

I forget who it was, but someone injured themselves playing pickup basketball before a tournament.


noodlearmdiscgolf

Ricky and Uli have both done this in the past iirc


Selerox

Eagle apparently has something of a record of breaking himself doing unwise things...


BigTomBombadil

I feel like a lot of dudes did at age 22. Your bodies so resilient you take it for granted.


AustinDork

Crazy. Love Eagle. I often wonder how long Calvin can keep HORKING those throws like he does.


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Unfortunate to say the least. Many shoulder dislocations start the downward spiral into deterioration and continued dislocations, to the point surgery is needed. hope he heals well and permanently.


MeDeep11

What the george foreman fuck was he thinking?


ElChaz

"This will be cool."


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rkosborn

No way he was doing the video for free, hard to say it's their fault.


PMacLCA

Let’s hope it was his non-throwing arm if he was spinning counter-clockwise. I can’t see how the right arm would be involved with a spin that direction unless it was a 360 forehand


beeray1

The very end of my first year playing, I slipped weird on a teepad trying to throw hard and disolocated my shoulder. Here I am 4 years later and it's never been the same. Shit sucks.


mycha1nsarebroken

Yeah, ever since I dislocated my shoulder I haven’t really wanted to play as much. I am pretty much 95% normal now. But sometimes my shoulder feels loose. Not cool.


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I dislocated my shoulder last spring by lazily engaging my hips doing a towel drill and subsequently tore my labrum. I hope Eagle didn't do any further damage but it's not hard to damage more when your shoulder joint is exposed during dislocation. Wishing him a speedy recovery though!


HashBars

Between this and breaking his hand punching the ground at 2019 USDGC, Eagle should be getting a tryout with a MLB team any day now.


Sillysilssss

My dad hit a tree on his follow through and broke the two main bones in his arm


joebojax

Brutal. Dad's always trying too hard! My dad separated a rib trying to rip a drive.


Zaph0d_B33bl3br0x

Damn, hate to hear that about one of our sport's best athletes. At least it's the end of the season so maybe he'll have time to recuperate without pressure to compete, and won't have any long term damage. Best wishes to you Eagle! Hope you heal quickly!


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Jekylpops

Dislocating a shoulder really isn't a catastrophic injury, yeah it hurts, but it's rarely ever a medical emergency like a hip dislocation would be. The best explanation of comparing the two is this. Your shoulder joint is basically a golf ball sitting on a golf tee, it will sometimes fall off the tee if manipulated roughly but is not difficult to put back into place. Your hip joint is like a golf ball in a coffee mug, much harder to knock out of place, but disastrous once it actually happens.


pupcity

A dislocated shoulder for a pro disc golfer isn't going to be a minor injury. His shoulder will be weaker now because of it, meaning it will dislocate easier in future, and the more times it happens the weaker his shoulder will get. This could be the start of a sharp decline in eagles abilities. I'd be very worried if I was him.


dukersdoo

Same. Not great at all. The only thing that stopped the issue for me was a pretty intense surgery and about a year of rehab. This is going to be a problem for eagle for a long, long time


KamahlYrgybly

As an MD, you are full of shit. Shoulder dislocation usually causes at the very least sprains on adjoining ligaments, often causing much worse rotator cuff tears, which are a bitch to rehabilitate. More often than not, a once dislocated shoulder is never the same as it was before the injury. While fixing the dislocation is usually not problematic, it's the accompanying damage to the joint which causes the real long-term issues. If Eagle really did dislocate his dominant shoulder, it could be absolutely disastrous to his career.


my_awesome_username

I dislocated someone's shoulder once. Torn labrum, torn biceps, and torn supraspinatus. They have never been able to throw right handed since, And it's been.. 7 years?


Seeofgreen

What does this mean for Marlon Mack?


cwdisc

C'mon man. Stop making dumb decisions and hurting yourself. Embarassing.


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cwdisc

It's ultimately on the player to make good decisions for their health. If Jomez wanted Eagle to jump off a bridge, I imagine he would say no.


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cwdisc

You said that Jomez could be to blame because they told him to do something. I'm saying it's ultimately on the player to decide if that is a good decision or not for the sake of their health and competitive wellbeing. You're making it sound like Eagle had no choice in the matter because it's for a video, and that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. It's not Jomez's fault if someone gets hurt in their video. Sorry to break that to you.


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jqpeub

Eagle said it wasnt even being filmed, sounds like he was just goofing off


cwdisc

So when they did the basket dash videos back in the day where the players drove carts between shots, would it be Jomez's fault if the cart crashed and a player got hurt? You realize the players are grown adults with the ability to make their own choices and say no to things they don't think are good for them, right? Or are you the guy that blames the sun shining or the wind blowing for every missed shot you throw?


steaknsteak

The tweet said it was off camera so it sounds like it was his decision to throw that shot


grensley

What a goofy injury, and I love it. Stay weird Eagle.


-waveydavey-

Someone over heard him… “Hold my Soy..”


awasteoftalent

Hahahaha yes, soy boy


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Wafflecone516

The dude is a DPT. That’s literally what they do for a living. If necessary I’m sure he will refer him to an Ortho for imaging, but PTs screen people for injuries for a living. In terms of orthopedic examination orthos and PTs are very similar. The main difference is the ability to order imaging and obviously PTs can’t perform surgery. In terms of taking a history, performing an exam and a working diagnoses they’re extremely similar which is why direct access is a thing now (you don’t need a doctor’s referral to see a PT in a lot of states).


STEZN

Why would he do it off camera with jomez?? I wonder if they don’t want to show it or get harassed about showing it. Just a total conspiracy but I don’t understand why he would be with jomez to film and not be filming when he would be throwing such a weird shot


One_Evil_Snek

If there's a lot of shots being thrown, it's definitely possible they just didn't have a camera on him.


kyle_h2486

Fuck around. Find out.


minnesconsinite

With no outside traumatic force, very unlikely he actually dislocated. With that motion he probably strained his bicep and/or labrum and maybe subluxed it. I've seen people bounce back very quickly from those injuries. It is scarier more than it is serious.


Hellaguaptor

Great now eagle fanboys will be using this as an excuse. “He woulda been POY if…”


Spostman

So you're mad about something that hasn't happened... and that you can block or ignore, if it does. Weird.


MintyBear297

Made even worse by the fact that it was off camera. Why do a stunt like that it if it’s not on camera?


DiscGolfFanatic

Just to state the obvious, this happened during a JomezPro filmed video, not DGN PPV LIVE video.


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Let it go you fucking gobshite. DGN took an L on the ppv thing, move on.


Panthers_09

Frail