Putting

More Pop on Your Putt

Add power so distance putts reach the chains.

Why it matters

Your stand-still range is the distance at which you can still putt at the chains rather than lagging. If that range is 25 feet, every putt past it is a two-putt by default. Adding ten honest feet of range does not just add makes at 30 feet — it turns a whole band of lag putts into looks at the basket.

How to do it

Start lower than feels necessary: bend at the knees, with your weight settled rather than perched.
Drive upward and forward with the legs as the arm extends. The disc gets its extra speed from your whole body rising, not from a harder pull.
Let the weight shift from the back foot to the front foot as you go. The stroke shape does not change; the engine underneath it does.
Keep the release angle flat and the aim point the same. Extra power is the only variable you are adding.
Land balanced. Inside the circle, PDGA rule 806.01 requires you to demonstrate full control of balance before you move past your marker, so a putt you fall forward out of is a stroke penalty however well it flew.

Common mistakes

Adding power with the arm, which changes the release angle and scatters putts left and right.Keep the arm doing exactly what it does at 20 feet and add the leg drive underneath it.

Standing tall at setup, which leaves no leg left to push with.Get low first. You cannot drive up from a position you are already standing up in.

Straightening up before the disc leaves your hand.Time the rise so the disc is released as you extend, not after. If you are already upright at release, the legs contributed nothing.

Falling forward on circle-1 putts to reach the basket.If you need to fall forward to get there, you are outside your range — lag it, or straddle for a more stable base.

Key points

Power comes from the legs pushing up, not a harder arm.
Stay low, then drive upward through the putt.
A little more pop turns lids into makes at distance.

The drill

Drill · Find the edge — 10 putts each from 25, 30 and 35 ft (30 total). Stand-still only, counting makes at each distance. The distance where your make rate drops below about half is the real edge of your range — not where you feel confident, where the numbers stop. Then do the bulk of your practice five feet inside it, which is where added range actually comes from.

Watch: How to Get More Pop on Your Putt | Disc Golf Tips for Beginners — Robbie C Discgolf