Tournament & Competition

Competition-Day Warmup

Arrive ready to throw your best on hole 1.

Why it matters

Hole 1 in a tournament counts exactly as much as hole 18, and an unwarmed player throws their first few holes worse. A proper warm-up is the cheapest strokes available on competition day, and almost everybody shortens it because of nerves and timing.

How to do it

Arrive early enough that the warm-up is unhurried. An hour before the horn is a reasonable target.
Start with mobility: arm circles, trunk rotations, leg swings.
Putt first. Twenty or thirty putts gets the hands and the stroke going, and it settles nerves better than driving does.
Then throw, building from easy midranges to full-power drives over several throws.
Finish with a few putts again, so the last thing you do before the horn is the thing you will do most.
Have the whole sequence fixed in advance, so nerves cannot rush or reorder it.

Common mistakes

Arriving with barely enough time and warming up on hole 1.The first three holes count. Get there early enough that the warm-up is a routine rather than a scramble.

Warming up by throwing drivers as hard as possible.Build up. The first max-effort throw of the day should not be the fifth thing you do.

Skipping the putting warm-up because the drive feels more urgent.You will putt far more often than you drive, and putting settles the nerves better. Putt first.

Key points

Warm up putting and driving before the horn.
Build to full power gradually.
Have a routine so nerves do not rush you.

The drill

Drill · The fixed sequence — 30 min: 5 mobility, 25 putts, 15 building throws, 10 putts. Write the sequence down and use exactly the same one before every round, practice or competitive. The familiarity is the point — a known sequence is something to hold on to when the first tee is busier than usual.

Watch: THE 10 minute Disc Golf Warmup Routine - Follow along with a Strength Coach - No Music Version — BlitzDG