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Accuracy really evolves with honing your skills. I think accuracy is a result of developing the shot required for a particular situation. Newer players typically aim directly at the target and find the disc hyzering and finishing 30 to 40 left of the target (assuming the thrower is right handed). If this is the case, try aiming 25 feet to the right of your mark and let the disc work in. As your skill and touch progresses you can slowly go back to aiming at target. The goal of an unobstructed approach shot is to leave a one putt situation. The player must adjust the aiming point to where their skills are or to what the shot allows. For that matter, it is important to be able to execute a variety of touch angles.
Play Some Catch
The best way to improve accuracy is by playing catch. I hold in high regard the importance of playing catch. Before playing a round, grab a friend and a putter and play some catch. Not only is it a great way to warm up, but also it greatly helps to key in accuracy and you will gain a better feel of the disc flight for your round. For practice, if you get set each time and concentrate on your throws, playing catch is great for skill development. You get a lot of reps in with immediate feedback. This is the time to experiment with different body positions, angles, height and speed of the disc with the same goal of not making your partner move to catch it.
Catch Some Points
You and your partner should stand apart anywhere from 125-180 feet. The goal is to not make your partner have to move to catch the disc. If your partner can catch the disc without moving, you get 2 points. If they can catch it by taking one step in any direction, you get 1 point. If your disc is caught where it would hit your partner in the “basket zone”, you get 3 points. The “basket zone” should be considered just below your partner’s waist to their neck line and from shoulder to shoulder or about the size of a standard target basket. Your partner doesn’t have to catch the disc for you to get your points and the points will be an honor system judged by the one catching. Play games to 11, 15 or 21 points.
Pick the Spot, Call the Shot (Approach)This game can accommodate several players. You flip for order and will rotate through that same order for the entire game. The first person takes the marker and Picks the Spot. We are practicing approach shots so don’t get too crazy, but choose realistic distances from 120-240 feet or so. Then, the person Calls the Shot. You can get creative here and call any kind of approach shot you can think of. (Freestyle, Forehand, Forehand Roller from a knee, etc) Then that person goes first and repeat in the order that was established. Scoring goes like this:
- Made Basket gets 5 points total for the round
- Being within 12 feet of the basket gets a point
- The CTP (Closest To the Pin) excluding a made basket gets a bonus point
- If you can make your putt from your approach shot lie you also get a point
So if no one makes the basket, everyone inside of 12 feet gets a point, the CTP gets a bonus point and everyone that makes their putt also gets a point. You would hope the CTP player is within 12 feet for a point while also making their putt for a total of 3 points that round. The first player to 15 is the winner.
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