disc-golf-neil
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It's focusing on that link and trying to throw the putter at it but knowing it will hit the basket at a lower, link.I do understand the concept, but when you say 'aim' what do you mean? Just a focus point?
I'm just curious at what distance your actual disc has to go above the band to make the putt. I don't question the methods being presented here, I think our brains are all capable of figuring this out in different ways. I just always find that I throw too low, too often when I have tried aiming at the basket itself.
Not sure of the distances because I don't range putts often and most courses don't have circles marked. And again it depends on the style and pace I feel like. When I go for a more direct instead of lofty trajectory I of course have to aim lower even at the same distance.
You can see in the pics here how far above the band the putter is from a 50 foot putt with various nose and launch angles:
Post in thread 'Tech disc test driven development'
Tech disc test driven development
However, I could've done a much higher spush putt with a lot more loft but forgot to do that. Like if I wanted to get that loftier flight for some reason like needing to go over an obstacle or wanting a miss to be less deep of the basket. But I find those harder to aim, might just be because I don't practice them as much or maybe because it's more 'off line' and you can't tell if it's going to make it until later into the flight when it starts to fade, also def harder to aim when you have to pick an imaginary point in space without an easy depth in empty space to focus on.
Also I sometimes try to keep focus on the link / band when aiming there during the flight so might not notice where the apex actually is. This has been surprisingly helpful because there's a jump the gun effect of wanting to watch it fly and your gaze leaves the aim point too early as you anticipate the flight or you interfere with follow through so exaggerating how long you focus on it after release can help.