How to Break Through Plateaus in Disc Golf!! | Disc Golf Tips for Beginners

[@musicman2712]

My wife and I were recently able to buy a house and that meant I had somewhere I could set up my practice basket. I put the basket under the carport and spray painted some dots on the ground at 12, 15, 18 and 21 feet and there's a joint in the concrete thats right about circles edge and started practicing at least once a week. My accuracy and confidence have gone through the roof and my scores have started to show it. Tonight I shot my first ever even par round from the blue teed pads at Fort Buenaventura, something I've been trying to do for a little over two years now. You've been a part of the journey the whole time and I still watch religiously every week. I mostly just wanted to say thank you for everything you do, it really does help.

[@Jonsmiley33]

Robby I’m newer to disc golf and your channel has been HUGE for me in learning the sport and improving. Your elbow video the other day was a revelation.

[@jhines0042]

The number one thing I have done to improve my game is watch Robbie C videos. Like, seriously. I've tried other youtube channels as well, but the tips Robbie provides are what work for me. I've also watched videos to find ones to recommend to my wife. Some of those videos had tips that worked for her as well but when I try them they don't work for me. Recently I had a string of bad putts. My most recent fix for this was to take a deep exhale right before I do my putt and that calming moment seems to be just what I needed to get it back on track. Breathing with your throws is as important as the motion of your arms and legs. Would love to see a video focused on breathing and calming down brain gremlins on the course.

[@Truckin_N_Chuckin]

I’ve been playing for 2 years and consider you my coach. TYVM for what you do and who you are!

[@coryglasgow]

def hit a plateau. been playing for a couple decades but started trying to improve different aspects the past couple years. one of which being distance. started changing up my form and now i feel like im lost and distance is worse. currently been watching your videos and a few others. hitting the field and just focusing on one aspect of distance form at a time instead of working on 10 different things at the same time. i think im coming around but still a work in progress. thanks for your help and keep doing your thing!

[@Chris-qq2cu]

Another addition to the “another set of eyes” point. Just this week I had a friend mention that I was planting During my pull through even though I thought for sure I wasn’t. So I tried again and immediately noticed a difference due to feel vs real.

[@PoserdaveOutdoors]

Love this. I recently grabbed a racer and a gorgon and they both helped me to get more consistency. Now hitting 400ft is more common with the racer than any of my go tos

[@ogdiscgolfer]

Great stuff so far Robbie! But I had to stop the video at 9:00 and say how much I was trying to see you finishing your thought vs. getting distracted by the guy walking up from hole 2. You worked it like a champ! :D the shout out to Caleb about the strap is priceless! Hey Caleb!

[@sakage20]

Before the end of october last year i was pushing my backhand distance to a consistent 400 to 420 and my forehand was looking at best 330 with a distance driver and that was wildly inconsistent. I had surgery and was on bed rest for a month and a half, and wasnt cleared to start moving back into normal daily routine until mid december, not even carrying groceries. i wasnt able to get out too much during the winter, but by late winter/early spring found i had lost like a consistent 50-75 feet of distance both forehand and backhand. im sure part of that was just a bit of atrophy from not being able to do anything for awhile, but over the rest of spring/summer, ive been out grinding and was starting to push back towards the 400 mark backhand. I watched your video on rebuilding your backhand last week and something clicked for me in terms of my backhand grip. You talked about really making the pivot point by pinching your thumb and index finger into each other, or maybe it was Zach on overthrow, i watched both your videos like one after the other, but i went out last friday and had backhand throws of 430(getting my first eagle on a 480ft par 4), 430, 440, and a beautiful 460 on a slight downhill(like 10 feet of elevation). i was even getting an extra 40-50 feet consistently on my fairways and had a couple 7 speeds get to the 400 mark. all that being said, thank you for the content, been watching for the last 2 years. I got to meet you at worlds on the last day, Sully was signing at the booth and you were hanging out behind and you signed my Wave that i had to retire.

[@gumbihilt1333]

I've only been playing for a few weeks, so too new to plateau. Bookmarking for future reference.

[@StevenKitchensDiscGolf]

This will be my first foundation subscription box. Hopefully they do something awesome for October. I need more Halloween stamped discs

[@bytetacos]

When you feel stuck or in a rut my go to plateau buster is...:buy new discs 😅 Also try the same disc in a lighter weight for drivers and max weight for mids/approach.

[@coasternut3091]

I changed my form up and it gave me a lot more distance and control (your form vids btw). Now I've started trying "Simon Lines" and trying to see what shots I can get away with on courses in my area. Most of them only have holes between 200-400' so I can start just going over all of the trees, or try crazy hyzers or the sky ani he's known for. It's really made the game more fun again

[@user-f1j2h]

About the hat. that band will usually tuck into the hole where the other side is attached.

[@TheButlerNZ]

Yep. It was almost there when Robbie mentioned it... but pulled it out instead of pushing it in further. q8D I come for the Disc Golf... I stay for the hat adjustments...

[@JustinHardyisbesthardy]

I've noticed that whenever I've gained distance in the past, I almost immediately lose a large part of it. IT's almost like I was scared of it when I get on the course. I think the reason was that I had my comfort shots with the discs I knew. I could pin 200' hyzers with my envy pretty regularly, but now they're going 50 long. So now that robby has helped my power pocket by having me do the "no look drill", this time during my practice rounds I'm consciously picking a similar disc, but a step down in speed. Where I used to throw my hex, I throw a beat in envy. Envy throws are not pilots. And by golly, the distance seems to have stuck this time. In effect: you don't necessarily have to introduce new discs to force a game-changeup, you can just try throwing slower ones.

[@billbittick]

Hey Robbie. Are you doing a turn the key motion to help with nose down. I understand what it accomplishes but man I have a tendency of yanking down and right.

[@wesleyhgaines]

Love the vid!!! What mic do you currently use? I’m trying to make disc golf videos myself and I’m wanting to upgrade my sound and your mic sounds perfect for what I’m wanting!

[@RobbieCDiscgolf]

@@wesleyhgaines mine are on the higher price side! I use Tentacle Syncs now, but lovvveee the Rode Wireless Go II system as well!

[@wesleyhgaines]

Ahhhh got ya! I’ve been weighing the pros and cons of the DJI Mic vs the Rode. Thanks for the input!!!

[@kieronmckay4276]

The best thing you can do is recognize not all plateaus are to be treated the same. Putting plateaus are different than upshot accuracy and distance plateaus. Mentally you need to give yourself a break and try not to get frustrated, as that will only inhibit progress and keep you from recognizing the increasingly minor and smaller details it takes to understand and overcome to improve. Example…putting plateaus, usually this is a make percentage from a set distance. While putting “form” is important, far more emphasis is on squaring shoulders, feet positions, release point, wrist snap…but you can look at Matty-o and see you can have a completely unique putting form and get it done. The most important thing is rigorously analyzing what makes your putt go in and what makes your putt get wild, (were my shoulders square, did I follow through to the basket, did I open my hand wider than the outside of the basket, etc) and while practicing the right things is encouraged, developing that is more a trial and error with thinking in between vs a numbers game of throwing in as many putts as possible. Upshot accuracy plateaus are almost exclusively disc choice and shot shaping choices. Maybe you need to develop a touch sidearm game and maybe the discs in your bag are all too flippy for that. Maybe you need to develop a touch backhand and you’re throwing consistently too stable of discs like most people do when they approach an otherwise easy upshot that has pressure attached so they latch onto stability and hyzer equals consistency which is absolutely false. Most pro coverage fails to address the way a player didn’t match the hillside as their disc rolls out of bounds after hitting the ground, or how stable the disc they chose before it skipped OB. Landing discs flat should generally be the goal and only occasionally when needed do intentional skips and spiking into the ground come into play. Master the basics here and you’ll rarely see yourself needing to utilize skips and spikes which will probably create a certain amount of randomness in your results particularly when playing on hillsides or with sloping greens. Whereas distance plateaus are almost exclusively form and timing. Little things will add up and how much you focus on wrist snap may at some point come into it, but more probably the more you focus on one tiny detail the more other things will break and that probably wasn’t even the problem. The key to distance plateaus is filming yourself and matching it up or at least comparing it to pro level form and timing, and identifying as unemotionally as possible what the few things holding you back are and working on those exclusively in a way that won’t hurt yourself. And for most it’s almost always reduce rounding, getting your shoulders turning further than your hips without turning your hips, getting your core involved as you unwind, keeping the arms tight to the body while you initiate your rotation and unfurling your elbow from the pocket at absolutely the correct time to create the tip of the whip effect. There’s debate about how hard and how much to focus on your brace, but if you look at enough pro form there are good braces and bad braces and many still throw far. It’s at most the last few percent of distance but if that’s the last thing you improve and get great at awesome, it just doesn’t need to be first. Very likely one of the bigger issues is holding you back more so than your brace.

[@keithjones3518]

All I heard was... "Robbie said buy more discs"... sweet.

[@ptomeo]

That spit out was nasty! Keep up the good work

[@p0p_t4rt92]

Hey Robby! I was wondering if you (or anyone else in the comments!) has any tips for someone who's in MA1 looking to make the jump into MPO. I'm very happy with where all the aspects of my game are right now (400ish distance, good upshot skill, and good putting) but I also feel like I plateaued a bit this year, and maybe I'm missing something that will push me to the next level. Might just be that I need to be more consistent, or maybe there's a mental trick that will help me out.

[@thomasbrown4134]

I try to spend about 10-15 mins a day working on putting. I feel like if I spend any more time then that my putt starts to be off. If it's just off from the start I don't stress about and just stop.

[@allenhuffman3380]

How you doing today Robbie?

[@mikeziter501]

A bit off topic but could someone who has thrown both the, Athena and Stalker, give me their opinion on the differences/similarities between the two? I have a big Z Athena but I've never thrown a Stalker. Thanks!

[@Chillydall02]

I’ve thrown both and I much prefer the Athena, the stalker has this weird bead thing on the rim that I don’t like the feeling of. And it never seemed to get quite the distance I could get out of my other fairway drivers. In terms of stability it’s pretty similar though. Maybe slightly more understable. I prefer the passion to both of those discs though, I’d recommend trying out one of those if u haven’t.

[@scottnufer3632]

I feel like the putting story was about Hunter. And I haven't even kept up much with them

[@DiscGolfandOATmeal]

Am I ever! I'm heading out to the field to see how far I can throw like your last video. I feel a hole lot of disappointment coming on.

[@Joeaxtell]

Is your “friend” Josh from overthrow? 😂

[@superblitz]

an analogy is a Doctor sees another Doctor when they are ill. A doctor should not self diagnose themself.

[@Hypnoticshrimp1989]

Cut that strap on your hat to the right length + an inch. Burn the end with a lighter. Or you tuck it. 👍

[@Completelycorydiscgolf]

These voices 😂😂😂

[@mathdocron784]

"golf is not a game of perfect." wait, i thought your last name was Crawford, not Rotella.

[@chandlerchristensen8508]

Disc golf is actually pay to win. I always play better after buying a new disc 😂

[@xcfjdyrkdtulkgfilhu]

I was actually a little surprised given the topic not to hear "try throwing more Pigs" even once.

[@tylerwa757]

I felt my putting had plateaued earlier this year so I switched putters for about a month and then went back to my original putters and I’ve been putting so much better than I was before making the switch. The real kicker, the putter I switched to for a month was the Berg ⛰️