I was seriously asking... why not give a real answer?
You said that you jump putt when you NEED to.. yet its not distance that dictates that?!
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Why do people Jump Putt?
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I was seriously asking... why not give a real answer?
You said that you jump putt when you NEED to.. yet its not distance that dictates that?!
Prostar47
Bogey Member
the reason i jump putt is that i seem to have to give the disc more loft when i do from a standstill to make sure it has the UMMMPHHHH to get to the basket which then tends to roll away more. As when i jump putt its more direct at the basket and sits down if i miss.
garublador
* Ace Member *
There's a huge difference between throwing a disc 50' and making a putt at 50'. Even throwing a disc that's catchable at 50' is much easier than making a putt at 50'. I've also never seen anyone use a putting motion while playing catch unless they were a disc golfer doing some sort of drill.
Uncle Dougie
Double Eagle Member
:\ I was wondering the same thing.
Alcuin
Eagle Member
Dude are you being serious? You really can't understand why someone would want to jump putt?
That's ok, but if you've sunk a 75' jump putt from a restricted lie, you'd be singing another tune. Many people have had success with the jump putt and feel that it is a more controlled way to run at the basket safely from outside of standstill putting distance. Jump putting allows you to exaggerate the weight shift and get more d on a normal putting line. That's it. Period.
If you want to understand jump putting you can do one of two things: listen to people who are successful at jump putting (definition of success: you've hit a jump putt), or learn how to jump putt well enough to be successful at it at least once.
You've done neither of those two things, and you refuse to listen to people who are explaining why they like to jump putt. If you don't want to do it, that's fine, but why discount people's experience that it's a good way to putt from a distance, and even worse, say that it looks stupid and is merely a fad. It isn't.
Get out and learn to jump putt, or just accept what people say: those are your only two options here.
About half the time it is distance that dictates if I jump the other half would be if there is a low cieling, or if it is up hill, or if I cant get a clean stance.
Yup, i'm starting to think AFC is a spin putter. Spin putters rarely are jump putters. They don't need to be. Their putting motion is more like a throw anyway. Push putters use their body weight shift for the momentum to project the disc. (not that there is anything wrong with any putting style, but they do have differences beyond just the actual putt)
I only "jump putt" when i'm quite far out, or a low ceiling as well. Heck there are times i even lay up with a "jump putt" from over 100' instead of a throw for the same reasons. It is so accurate from certain distances, especially with lower ceilings. Also way less variables involved than a throw (even stand and deliver throw). I even have jump putted with a driver, because i felt it was the most accurate way to hit the exact path i needed to hit.
I am with Big Sky. I have been putting for far too many years before the recent pros have made jump putting all the rage. I have pretty predictable accuracy with a putter. With practice, I have to guess my floaty approach catches chain about as often as most jump putters from 50ft out.
so you are admitting there are more variables that come into play with a jumper and weather or not you can use it.
+1 another one
and IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII was trolling?! You guys are illustrating what I have been saying all along. Its the true TROLLS out looking to get offended by some random internet discussion which need help.
The sun will still come up tomorrow no matter what is said on DGCR yet some of you cannot have a discussion to save your life.
FWIW I putt jump, walk putt, as well as s&D -- really not sure which shot I prefer or is most accurate/best whatever and hit great shots with all of them. I would say the walk putt is probably the most comfortable and natural feeling in regards to shifting weight but also find its really easy to throw short touch shots and control the angle as well as overall flight much more with S&d.
WOW some of you get bent out of shape over nothing.
Its been fun fellas!
Disagree I spin putt
Yea, I still have yet to agreed with you
Sir Puttsalot
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"The PDGA Rules Committee (RC) is trying to find a better way to handle the problem of calling jump putts legal or not. They have no agenda to either keep or get rid of jump putts, just solving the problem. It IS a problem based on high frame rate video where members of the RC tried to do jump and (Feldberg) walk thru putts legally. 'Yes' there are experienced jump putting pros in the RC. About 50% of the attempts were not legal where the disc was not released until the player was clearly off the ground much to the chagrin of some members who thought they were doing it legally." -Chuck Kennedy
For now, putt-jumpers (get the name right at least!) are cleared since anyone with video instant replay needs to make a call within 3 seconds. You know, cuz pace of play >>> following the rules.
good post! with some substance too it even
Distance doesn't determine when I step through. Distance determines when I have to force myself not to step through. I'm pretty close to the 10m mark when I'm putting uphill, because I'm a weakling. I don't make a lot of putt jumps, but I miss a lot of throw upshots by 30* or 20'+. When I miss a putt jump, it's because I added a variable that is not in my putting form. When I make a putt jump, it's because I didn't have to add any variables to increase my distance.
I have no problem with putt jumping. I have problems with putt jumpers who break the rules as badly as possible without it being obvious enough that people will call them.
edit: wtf, guys??? I'm bored all last night, and this thread gets all of 1.5 pages long ... I wake up with stuff to do and it's 18 pages!!!
I have no problem with putt jumping. I have problems with putt jumpers who break the rules as badly as possible without it being obvious enough that people will call them.
edit: wtf, guys??? I'm bored all last night, and this thread gets all of 1.5 pages long ... I wake up with stuff to do and it's 18 pages!!!
lol.. ive learned you have to start your own fun around here sometimes
lol.. ive learned you have to start your own fun around here sometimes
The sound of backpeddling
While it's no "Should I take a girl discing as a first date", this thread has certainly been fun...
lol not at all. No one ever stopped for a minute to ask if I Putt Jump-- which I do and totally get it. What else would you have read on here today?! about how another disc is like a teebird or everyone shouting the favorite mold at the OP?
Star Orc.
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AFTC. You are pretty much the Helen Keller of disc golf
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