The disc golf OFF-season is upon us. Depending on where you live this can mean many things. You may need to put your snow boots on to play a round or you may be able to throw in sandals (lucky you). But regardless of your environment, the winter months are a great time to focus on training. Training takes many forms and I urge you to personalize your practice to ensure you have fun and derive positive results. This article focuses on expanding your views of what “off-season training” implies and gives you seeds to formulate your own program.
Disc golf can be a fickle sport. One day your putter is hot and the next it’s not. Another day your tee shots are parked under the basket and another they’re in the drink. We all want to become better players and gain more consistency, but how do we get there? Through in-person instruction.
Throwing max distance with a putter doesn’t always elicit excitement. In reality, it’s to the contrary; everyone wants to throw farther with their wide-rim drivers. But many players take up valuable practice time by hucking their fastest discs with all the strength they can muster. I offer the opposite approach. Learn to throw distance shots with a putter.
There are essentially 4 ways to play disc golf. Two of these are geared more for training purposes and the other two are geared for putting those skills to the test. In this article, we are focusing on practice rounds and how they fit into the greater disc golf mold.
What does your mind conjure up when I say “field work?” It can be an unglorified grind. But it doesn’t have to be. Let’s take a look at the ways you can get the most benefit out of field work.
