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Banjar said:In our club I would guess about 30% of the regulars are putting in serious practice time on the field. They tend to improve a lot faster. Especially the 'newer' players (myself included) who have played for 2 years or less. I've started out with scores around 85 last fall, now I am consistenly scoring in the low 60's (par 57, I've still to break par on our course, though ) But I guess the importance is really what to focus on when you field practice.
I find it hard to stand on a flat soccer field and throw 150 feet anhyzers as practice. In an open field, I tend to practice throwing accurately, throw soft and hard, and with good form - just empty my bag, go collect and throw back again. In my opinion field practice is great for form, accuracy, consistency and learning how your discs fly. All of these tings will benefit your overall score a lot, and people who do that here show faster improvements. For the finesse shots, I prefer to practice them in the situation on the course. I sometimes throw 5-6-7 shots from the same lie and try to execute the throw as good as possible. Throwing a finesse anhyzer shot in an open field is easy, but throwing it in between trees on the course is a different matter.
I can agree on all of these points. I go to the field by my house almost every night after work to throw. I've made some real strides in my game, but truth be told not much puts my mind at ease like tossing discs so I don't always have focused practice. A lot of nights it's just me tossing all my discs back and forth until it's dark.Sean40474 said:I owe all my progress to field work and this site. I know it can be hard to practice in a field because of some of the distractions, but it'll be worth it in the end if you want to elevate your game more quickly.
Dbuntu said:I can agree on all of these points. I go to the field by my house almost every night after work to throw. I've made some real strides in my game, but truth be told not much puts my mind at ease like tossing discs so I don't always have focused practice. A lot of nights it's just me tossing all my discs back and forth until it's dark.Sean40474 said:I owe all my progress to field work and this site. I know it can be hard to practice in a field because of some of the distractions, but it'll be worth it in the end if you want to elevate your game more quickly.