Throw a putter to help your distance driving - worst advice of all time

[JoshEpoo]

Originally Posted by Stud Muffin

Thank you.

Still, what can be learned with a putter can be learned with a Teebird or a Leopard. So telling people to throw a Putter is like a dark practical joke that people are pulling on real people wanting advice here.

You're attacking a straw man. Hardly anyone ever says "the Leo is too much disc for you!". The Pro Leo is probably the most often recommended noob driver out there, and the champ Teebird is probably the most often recommended overstable headwind driver for beginngers.

This thread is blatant troll bait but it's a slow night and this is too good to pass up!

[Stud Muffin]

Originally Posted by DBarb

I sucked at throwing drivers, and couldn't throw smoothly at all, until my friend recommended that I tried throwing a putter-only round. It helped me throw my DRIVERS so much better, because it made me slow down and throw more smoothly. Just because you don't see any benefit in it doesn't mean it's horrible advice, you aren't a disc golf god. It seems to have worked for 90% of the people on here, don't bitch people out for giving good advice.

It's not good advice. You slowed down. You could have slowed down with a Teebird or a Leopard. You could have slowed down to Barry Shultz advice on his YouTube video.

Point is, throwing a putter if you want to practice your putter. Throw a driver if you want to learn a driver.

[The Hammer]

If you can throw a neutral putter (Voodoo, Aviar, Challenger, etc.) on a clean straight line, you can throw a Teebird or faster on a good clean line.

However, I know lots of people that can throw a Teebird well but not a neutral putter.

[gcr_russell]

I took the bait and made a reasonable post right away that cleared things up. I decided to go about my day, and to my surprise after starting laundry and putting in the backyard here we somehow are 80 posts later?

[Stud Muffin]

Originally Posted by JoshEpoo

You're attacking a straw man. Hardly anyone ever says "the Leo is too much disc for you!". The Pro Leo is probably the most often recommended noob driver out there, and the champ Teebird is probably the most often recommended overstable headwind driver for beginngers.

This thread is blatant troll bait but it's a slow night and this is too good to pass up!

No, I left a thread telling someone who was throwing a Boss, who wanted to disc down. I said to throw a Leopard or a Teebird, and my posts, like here, were attacked, and they told the person to throw putters in a field... that would help with throwing the Boss. It is garbage advice.

[craftsman]

Originally Posted by Stud Muffin

No distance 250' to 280'.

Okay, thanks for almost answering the question...
Since you gave your distance, ill use that to guess that your probally throwing no more then 20ft high.
Try throwing your discs higher. You may find this easier to learn with a putter as well as the mechanics needed to throw high.

[Stud Muffin]

Originally Posted by dstearns5

If you can throw a neutral putter (Voodoo, Aviar, Challenger, etc.) on a clean straight line, you can throw a Teebird or faster on a good clean line.

However, I know lots of people that can throw a Teebird well but not a neutral putter.

That is a reasonable post, but you are not promising to throw drivers, you are making a suggestion on how to throw a clean, straight line. That is good advice. And as you said, People can do that with a Teebird, but not a neutral putter, so my advice to those people, is throw a neutral putter.

[JoshEpoo]

Originally Posted by Stud Muffin

No, I left a thread telling someone who was throwing a Boss, who wanted to disc down. I said to throw a Leopard or a Teebird, and my posts, like here, were attacked, and they told the person to throw putters in a field... that would help with throwing the Boss. It is garbage advice.

I hope you appreciate the irony in telling people throwing putters won't help them learn to throw Teebirds, just because you're butthurt that people said throwing Teebirds won't help you learn to throw a Boss.

[Stud Muffin]

Originally Posted by craftsman

Okay, thanks for almost answering the question...
Since you gave your distance, ill use that to guess that your probally throwing no more then 20ft high.
Try throwing your discs higher. You may find this easier to learn with a putter as well as the mechanics needed to throw high.

I throw my drivers the lowest, next the Roc a little higher, then the putter highest. I do not know exactly how high off the ground I am throwing it, but I try to not let it get too much higher than my Roc.

[Stud Muffin]

Originally Posted by JoshEpoo

I hope you appreciate the irony in telling people throwing putters won't help them learn to throw Teebirds, just because you're butthurt that people said throwing Teebirds won't help you learn to throw a Boss.

No, it will not, but it is a great place to disc down to. If a person can not get the speed up on a Boss, they should look into Blizzard plastic for that mold. Is that so wrong?