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3. As for accuracy, play what I call 'bocce disc'. Toss a putter/midrange out in an open field (to a comfortable but challenging distance), and take 5 more shots to get as close to where that landed as you can. Fantastic practice, and make it harder by using 5 different discs or using different lines/types of shots. Every shot within 10 feet is a point, every shot within 5 feet is 2 points. Play a game to 20. If you do this once a week, your midrange game will improve dramatically, and your accuracy off the tee will benefit as well.
Like the idea, but think the points are a bit off. Since I can hit 98% of my 15 footers and 80% of my 20 footers, I don't need my approaches or midrange shots to be anywhere near 5 feet from the basket. Maybe 1 pt for 25 feet and in an 2 for 15 feet and in. Especially if you're throwing a midrange out there and not just a little 100 foot approach with a putter.
I play a similar game in the road in front of my house. From what distance can I reliably get up and down in 2 shots? It turns out I can get up and down 50% of the time on a wide open 200 footer. I'm nearly 100% at 100 feet though. But I don't have room to throw more than my putters out there.