Practice & Drills

Building a Practice Plan

Structure practice so it actually lowers your scores.

Why it matters

Practice time divides badly by default: people throw drivers because it is fun and putt because they feel they should. The strokes are in the opposite place. A plan is just a decision made in advance so the hour is spent where it pays rather than where it entertains.

How to do it

1. Weight the time toward where the strokes are. Putting and approaches inside 150 feet deserve more of your hour than driving does.
2. A workable split for an hour: 25 minutes putting, 20 minutes approaches, 15 minutes field work.
3. Give each session one goal. "Nose angle" or "putting from 25 feet" — not "get better".
4. Keep sessions short and frequent rather than long and occasional. Three thirty-minute sessions beat one ninety-minute one.
5. Write down one number per session so you can tell whether anything is changing.

Common mistakes

Key points

• Split time across putting, approaches and fieldwork.
• Short, focused sessions beat long, unfocused ones.

The drill

Drill · The hour — 25 min putting, 20 min approaches, 15 min field work. Run exactly that hour, with one stated goal, three times in a fortnight. Record one number each time — putts made from 20 feet, approaches inside 15 feet, whatever matches the goal. Three data points is enough to tell whether the plan is working, which is more than most practice ever produces.

Watch: How to practice better! | Disc Golf Beginner's Guide — DynamicDiscs

Further reading

• 3 Steps to Practice Like a Pro — Innova Discs
• Pro disc golfer Paul Ulibarri Shows You How To Practice Strategically — Paul Ulibarri

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