How to Become Better at Throwing Putters in Disc Golf | Beginner Tips and Tutorials

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If you've watched a video targeted towards beginners you've most likely heard them say that you should throw putters early on. Honestly...I've said it countless times on this channel. Today though I want to highlight an additional reason I think people should throw putters more often as well as get more comfortable throwing these types of discs. Today we're going to give some hints and tips for helping you throw those putters a little better. What are the tips?? You'll have to watch to find out!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Setting the Table
2:16 Tip 1
5:37 Robbie C Drop
8:32 Tip 2
12:39 Tip 3
16:44 Tip 4
18:28 Wrap Up

All Comments (21)
  • @walkered
    I love that you leave your misses in your videos, it shows how genuine you are and how you are striving to improve in all things!
  • @kingspade350
    Love you brother! I literally have bee struggling with throwing putters and this video could not have come out at a more perfect time.
  • @LuceDiscGolf
    I love the newer intro style with the "important question" at the starts
  • Robbie this is starting to get pretty scary. I don't know how you do it, but you are consistently putting out videos on the exact topic I'm thinking about. Keep it up love the videos.
  • @jsitz001
    Scored a Robbie C stamped disc this afternoon and just realized they sold out in about 5 hours. Now I wish I had bought my own “precious child” pig. Keep ‘em coming!
  • @nanadolphin
    Hey Robbie, been dropping a lot of comments on your older videos but they are just great. The weather is so nice that my local courses are packed. I’ve been practicing these 100-200ft shots in the park using the techniques you taught in this video and it HAS made a huge difference in my game. I take my basket and put in the trees or behind benches to practice different shot shapes. This has made me much more confident after less than ideal drives. Thanks again dude! You rule!
  • @jimmyg9183
    Picked up a few “It” molds for me and my sons live today and y’all they look great. Perfect stamp and disc selection for a Robbie C first drop. Congrats again on the signature stamp Robbie! (And the successful sellouts!)Wishing you many more to follow.
  • I have never heard the idea of your life being an uncut key and each decision makes a cut that opens some doors and not others. Great thought that hopefully I will never forget. Came here to learn more about disc golf and to improve and got a life lesson as a bonus. Thanks for all you do.
  • Great stuff Robbie. I've given away a bunch of putters to people new to disc golf, telling them to just throw that for a while; that it's a great way to learn. Then I walk away with my full bag, knowing that I didn't do that myself, but at the same time, being so reluctant to take the step back and relearn. Well, after doing a bunch of early tournaments to get points for Am Worlds, which was my main goal for the year, I was thinking, maybe now is the perfect time to throw only putters. One of the keys for me is to have a goal in mind. I want to be a markedly better disc golfer for Worlds next year. So for me, this is a 9 or more month process. I think dialing back to putters only, for at least 3 months, or more, will be the foundation. I think I can improve, and smooth out my form, get more consistent, improve my course management (big one there), and learn to be confident using the slowest disc to achieve the goal. If I wind up gaining distance on my mids and drivers as a result, well, that's great, but not the be all end all. If I gain accuracy and consistency, that's the ticket! Funny thing, I thought I had a break in tournaments, but I decided to try to get in to The San Francisco Safari. When I told my wife, she said, "are you going to play it with putters only?" I laughed at first, but then thought, hey, I'm committed to the process, so yes. Who knows how I'll do, but even if I finish dead last, it's going to be a bit like you said about bragging rights, the power play of showing up to the first tee with a bag of putters.
  • You have helped my disc golf game so much. Thank you. My IT is on the way. I'm super stoked to get on the course with it.
  • Your channel has helped me understand this game so much better. And given me so many helpful hints to think about. I’m so appreciative of all you do brother.
  • @chrism4008
    Ive been playing a long time, but, i decided last fall to basically start over from scratch. All new discs, all new form, and speaking out guidance and wisdom. Its going alright
  • @waynebatson6825
    Great video! Would love to see a forehand putter lesson in the future.
  • @shuebert6942
    Loving the putter videos! Exactly what i needed! Thank you Robbie!
  • So newer player here, knew my arm speed wasn't great so I leaned in on mids and fairway drivers and would test the drivers occasionally to see if I got up to speed (got their in Feb after starting in Aug). But, I did keep 3 driver in my bag for specific shots and it is because no other disc in my bag could replicate those shots. So for the new players out there: have a reason for your discs for shots, don't just hope and pray, build confidence in you distance and shape. And as you progress your shot/distance/shape will change as you get better, and you have to reevaluate them and possibly up grade. A friend helped with a rounding issue recently and I've gained over 40 feet on my drive, which is cause me to have to disc down for shots so moving to a putter for some shots I'd use a mid on or using a mid when I'd use a fairway driver. Additionally my disks now act a little different because I can throw them faster so the shape happens at a different angle. Some discs need a little bit more hyzer now. But sucking to get better is great, and doing an all putter round had improve my game significantly. And I'll be doing another putter round this weekend to help improve my game, but also improve my friends game.
  • @EnginerdBrian
    Putters are life. I played half a season with putters only and it's the best thing I've ever done for my game. Within 200' its putters all day
  • @The1jonnyz
    I'm 65 and just started playing disc golf last year. I learned to keep that wrist above the elbow watching a Uli upshot video. I could pretty much park the upshots every time. The last month or so my upshots started going a bit haywire. After watching this video I realized that I'm definitely using too many levers, aka not keeping my wrist up. Going out in an hour for some practice. My next problem is which of my 29 putters to use for upshots and which to putt with 😂 Thanks for the videos Robbie!!
  • @itsjustmagz
    I just wanted to say thank you for always producing concise and understandable content. Speaking as someone who jumped straight at the big numbers on the discs I appreciate the skills and topics you have covered in the last couple of years. Really appreciate it!
  • thanks for the video Robby, needed your positivity after dealing with coworkers today