Disc Golf: Putting – Put That Plastic In The Basket
Put That Plastic In The Basket
The single most important part of any disc-golfers game is putting. From beginner to grand master, everyone’s game benefits from solid, consistent putting. Putting can be the most frustrating aspect of anyone’s game, but the secret to low scores EVERY round is good putting. Everyone wants to bomb those 400 or 500 foot drives, but if you can’t hit your putts on a regular basis then your score card will be dominated by bogeys. My goal here is to give you confidence in your putting and begin to throw pars and birdies.
I found a few videos on YouTube from The Pros at Discraft that can improve ANYONE’S putting. Take a few minutes to watch these excellent instructonal tools and I assure you, your putting will improve. I personally have shaved MANY strokes from my rounds by using the tips I’ve found in these videos.
Scott Papa is the editor of Discgolfer Magazine. He walks you through putting form, weight transfer, the “fan” grip, release point to help you with disc golf’s most important shot, the putt.
These four Discraft Pros discuss those longer putts for those times when you don’t park your drive or approach. This explains several different putting styles, such as the “jump” putt.
Once you have the style and form you want to use for putting, the most important aspect of putting comes into play, consistency! You need confidence to become confident. Disc golf’s most famous coach Mark Ellis walks us through a program to attain these skills in another excellent Discraft instructional video. (note : Mark spends more than a couple of minutes doing his best Tony Robbins imitation to drive home his point but it’s worth your time to watch all 21 minutes of this video)
Now Here’s a putt I see a few people using. I don’t like it one little bit but that doesn’t mean it won’t work for you. It’s a short clip anyway. Also, check the link in the comments below for the “Bi-Moto Method, which is a two handed version of this putt.
One last thing, there is also the “straddle” putt. This video isn’t anything special, just a short clip of a guy straddle putting. I’m not saying everything is perfect here, it just gives an example of the style.
Okay, now that you watched these videos you should have a fairly good grasp of putting. I have found that it never hurts to watch those first two videos frequently. I encourage you to bookmark this article and watch them at least once a week, right before you go out to play. Good luck and low scores my friends. Now go throw some discs!
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Thank you Disc-Golf-Tips.Net! Here is a link to the Bi-Moto putting video you mentioned above from Youtube, (but it may not work in the comment section?). The link to the Youtube Bi-Moto putting video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6DNtCPPFUM
Thanks again.
Update on the guy who started using the Bi-Moto putting style:(now age 49)used the Bi-Moto throughout the 2009 Montana State Championships, (Pro Master’s Division). PDGA rated his first round 950, and the second round over 960, for 2nd place. Watch for a finely-tuned instructional update soon to come on the Bi-Moto technique!
Fingers crossed.
Thanks for the input! Your link indeed works.
Please don’t think I discourage the use of this putting style. Like I said, it doesn’t work for me but it might work for anyone. You never know until you try.
You might note, I just put Motodom on my links. I anxiously await your new instructional video. Congrats on an excellent 2009!
Thanks Baconius.
And no discouragement detected! Like you already said to everyone, “it doesn’t mean it won’t work for you.” Indeed, my friend, you would not be the first to try, and then abandon, the Bi-Moto putt!
BTW in this article you freely combined the (two handed) Bi-Moto putt and the (one handed) Turbo putt -as if they were the same motion. Which seemed (to me) a little like calling a one handed pitching motion (Turbo) the same as a two handed freethrow motion (Bi-Moto). At least for the record, let’s not propagate the two putts as being the same motion.
Someone wanting to learn the Turbo, would be sorely frustrated by someone teaching them the Bi-Moto instead. And vice versa.
And hey, we will get Disc-Golf-Tips.Net linked on Motodom.com too! I really like how your presenting the key videos, lined up one right after the other.
More later.
Thanks again.
OUCH!!! You are sooo right. I forgot you use two hands. My mistake but I’ll correct that in my post. Thanks.
Right on. Right on.
Again, I discovered Disc-Golf-Tips.Net is an incredibly helpful site for all disc golfers looking for free tips. I haven’t made it through all the videos yet.. (and some I have seen before), but if it’s on Disc-Golf-Tips.Net, they are all worth seeing. (Last one I watched, per your site’s suggestion, was from Sweden. So very cool, as you said.)
Keep up the good work! I look forward to seeing your next piece of work too.