free throws

[REDFIVE]

Today at the end of my putting practice I took 10 putts from right at the end of my comfort zone. Each putt was from the same area much like a free throw. I am going to do this after each putting session to track my averages at different distances. I will stay at this distance until I have attempted a minimum of 100 putts. I have never looked at my putting inthis way and thought the idea might spark some action from others. Have fun.

[NWDiscer]

i lied i said never....... i was thinking practice away from playing, and thats gotta change :yay:

but i do warm up before a round so..... :cheerleader:


:cheers:

[Matt B.]

Today at the end of my putting practice I took 10 putts from right at the end of my comfort zone. Each putt was from the same area much like a free throw. I am going to do this after each putting session to track my averages at different distances. I will stay at this distance until I have attempted a minimum of 100 putts. I have never looked at my putting inthis way and thought the idea might spark some action from others. Have fun.

My current routine is to lay out a rope with knots tied every two feet. I put the end of the rope ten feet from the basket. Make two in a row and move back one knot. Make one and miss one, stay where you are. Miss two, move in one knot. After I make it to the end of the rope - about 40 feet - I putt until all my practice discs are in the basket. This routine forces you to practice the distance you are missing from. I can't remember where I first read about this routine - it might have been here!

[Uhlman]

I try to spend 15min putting before and after a round. I have found that it gives me more confidence in my putting if I do that.

[LJ Jubner]

I practice almost daily From 10 -50 putts. Usually while I am BBQ supper.The make it/take a step back routine works really well. One thing I do differently before the round is I warm up with only one putter. The idea is to more simulate actual play.


+ I always like to get really mad before I warm up putting so I can practice actual course management.

[emmarose]

100 putts a day!

but, there's no accurate option for me to vote for, because that's like an hour and a half a week...I'd love to choose 3.5 to 7, but then I'd be lying...

[snap7times]

I take 10-12 putters, start at around 15 feet, putt 2 rounds, move back 3 feet, 1-2 rounds, move back 3 feet, do the same thing until I'm up to 30-35 feet and then move in again... the repetition is what makes you better in putting since your chances of having an erratic putt decrease with practice as well as ur accuracy increases...

[REDFIVE]

I love putting!

[Uhlman]

I love putting!

:rockon:

[DMajor]

I try to do a minimum of a half hour a day in the backyard. Most days I go Four from fifteen, Four from twenty, four from twenty five, four from thirty, four from forty and four from fifty and then start over. Alternating stances and styles and trying to mimick round putting as much as possible. Plus lots of warm ups putts on the days that I play. The wierd thing is I have had my best putting days when I have only thrown a couple warm up putts

[NWDiscer]

My current routine is to lay out a rope with knots tied every two feet. I put the end of the rope ten feet from the basket. Make two in a row and move back one knot. Make one and miss one, stay where you are. Miss two, move in one knot. After I make it to the end of the rope - about 40 feet - I putt until all my practice discs are in the basket. This routine forces you to practice the distance you are missing from. I can't remember where I first read about this routine - it might have been here!


the guy that got me started had this routine you start with 5 putters at 10' then make all of them then move back to 15' and so on till 40' if you miss 1 putt you have to go back 5' and then make all 5 of them again...

:dancing:

[General Scales]

I practice putts and approaches for about an hour a day. Any time I step out my back door to smoke a cig I take my three putters and aim at these thin tree's that litter the area. I've actually marked off the top and bottom the same way a basket would sit so if I hit the tree dead center between the two it's the same as going in.

For putts I start at 10 feet, throw 9 times (3 times for each putter) then move back to 15, 20, 25, etc....the trees are helping me putt because I have to hit dead center so it's been keeping my bounce outs down to a minimum.

For approaches I walk to about 70-100 feet and use my putters to aim at a target. I make mando's and obstacles out of the tree's and practice hyzers, anhyzers and straight touch shots. Since I started doing this about three months ago my putting and approaches have gotten much more reliable. Since putting is my weak spot it is definitely worth the time.

I also practice my stances with different distances, i.e. squat, ballet style, straight ahead, etc...

[emmarose]

It is remarkable how much just a little bit of consistent putting practice drastically improves my performance on the green...and I think putting practice also improves the accuracy of my drives and upshots.

I'm interested to hear that you feel aiming at skinny trees helps you on the basket...I've always been concerned that playing on pins is somehow detrimental to my performance on baskets, but I will now rethink that idea...and just start aiming at the pole instead of the chains.

peace threw disc golf,
emmarose

[Scott]

I'm interested to hear that you feel aiming at skinny trees helps you on the basket...I've always been concerned that playing on pins is somehow detrimental to my performance on baskets, but I will now rethink that idea...and just start aiming at the pole instead of the chains.

A few years ago I played a couple of rounds at the BSF with a guy who almost exclusively played on a course with skinny tone poles. We were both pretty much riding the bottom of MA2 and our games were pretty inconsistent, but this guy could putt like crazy. I asked him about it and he said it was because he learned to putt on tone poles. He said that compared to the tones, the baskets looked about a mile wide.

[Ol' Bob]

I like to aim at a single link. I played with a member of the US Olympic Fencing Team once and told him this technique. He said the team had the same technique. He called it, "aim small, miss small."

[emmarose]

My dad is the most consistent putter...on pins...that I've ever seen...but the baskets gave him a hard time as we started playing more public courses...seems like perhaps it's more a mindf**** than anything else ...mmmm?

also, what's a tone pole?

[emmarose]

I like to aim at a single link. I played with a member of the US Olympic Fencing Team once and told him this technique. He said the team had the same technique. He called it, "aim small, miss small."

I've been using the link technique also, but I think I'm aiming at the wrong one...:biggrin2:

[Scott]

what's a tone pole?An alternate type of target. Cheaper than baskets, because they are typically homemade. Usually a pole about 4' high with a section that is covered in metal. This section will make a loud clang when hit, letting you know that you hit the target.

[Ol' Bob]

I've been using the link technique also, but I think I'm aiming at the wrong one...:biggrin2:

Try the one next to it.

[emmarose]

thank you...we have copper pins on our course...it's nice because you always know when you hit your putt.

[emmarose]

Try the one next to it.

hmmm...good advice...I'm also going to try the "just putt better" technique...

[Scott]

thank you...we have copper pins on our course...it's nice because you always know when you hit your putt.

Sounds like a tone pole - you just know them by a different name.

What course do you play at?

[emmarose]

My land lord has given us permission to use his property in the coast range for a course (I live a fairly charmed existence...cheap rent, awesome little cabin on the fourth fairway of an exclusive disc golf country club).

My dad and all our community members have been golfing since the beginning of disc golf times (that's why i say frisbee...it's how I grew up, I made my user name before I knew better :biggrin2: ) and we've been living out in this little canyon for something like over 20 years and just little by little sculpted a beautiful golf course...

we've evolved from object, to wood pins, to pvc with sinkers inside to rattle, to copper about 5 years ago...

[Scott]

My land lord has given us permission to use his property in the coast range for a course (I live a fairly charmed existence...cheap rent, awesome little cabin on the fourth fairway of an exclusive disc golf country club).

My dad and all our community members have been golfing since the beginning of disc golf times (that's why i say frisbee...it's how I grew up, I made my user name before I knew better :biggrin2: ) and we've been living out in this little canyon for something like over 20 years and just little by little sculpted a beautiful golf course...

we've evolved from object, to wood pins, to pvc with sinkers inside to rattle, to copper about 5 years ago...

Wow. Nice.

[emmarose]

Wow. Nice.

Yeah...we are really lucky. Recently, tho, we've been playing out of the Canyon (my landlord's forefather's named it the Heathen Canyon...how appropriate!) and it's been really cool to see my game improve and to meet other golfers and realize what a cool community disc golf is out in the real world.

[Ol' Bob]

Check out the homemade baskets in this old video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gLPSThpRIM

[D.L.]

:shocked: that was beautiful dude. and screw the 2m rule:rockon:

[olydiscgolf]

The baskets in that vid remind me of the first time I played disc golf at Oceans of Fun in K.C. in the early 80's. Garbage bins with a pole. The "baskets" at the course in the vid we're a little better, they at least had a couple chains.


I too pick a single chain link. Either heizer side low or anheiser low depending on the wind and obstacles. I focus only on that single link and keep my eyes on it all the way through my motion. If I miss putts, it's usually because Im pulling my eyes. I equate it to riding a bike... if you look at the tree your going to hit the tree! If you look at the chain...your going to hit the chain!

[emmarose]

Check out the homemade baskets in this old video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gLPSThpRIM

This is unbelievable...I've played... I swear to goodness...that park! I can't find my disc golf guide book right now, but two years ago I took a disc golf vacation to Mobile and we played a municipal park, can't remember the name, tho...I thought it was funny like in ball golf, a "muni", but those southern pines were pretty unique and the holes that ran alongside the road like that...and the other video for Hobbit Park, I know I played there because it took us forever to find, the holes were hard to follow and my daddy-o nearly fell in that canal fishing a disc out and I had the craziest allergy attack underneath all the live oak trees...an unforgettable experience...small freaking world...