You Need To Practice Your Upshots!!! | Beginner Tips & Tutorials

[@NickCarroll]

Great advice! Keep up the great work!

[@JohnDubU]

Granted, I'm new, but upshots are my favorite practice shots. Most of my practice is upshots, not really good past 125' yet... but dialed in pretty well for a newb from 40-125'. I have a large yard and a basket, so I'll put the basket on a hill and approach it from downhill/level/uphill, then run my putts. My favorite disc is my newest, the Dynamic Discs Deputy (3 | 4 | -1.5 | 0) in Classic Blend. For my upshot power, I really don't get much if any turn and I have a straight finish. I don't have an overstable putter, so I use my Kastaplast Jarn (4.5 | 3 | 0 | 3). And, of course, I have a glitch. I think I do as well as I do (which isn't great) because I focus so much time on upshots... I think it is time well spent.

[@decentdiscgolf]

Couldnt agree more! That sounds like a great setup. I still need to try some Kastaplast

[@Dglinski2]

I was distracted by those guns the whole time! Suns out guns out!

[@decentdiscgolf]

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[@introvertgenetics4055]

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[@jussitapiorissanen]

Practicing upshots made me go from 750 rated rounds to 850 rated rounds. Important topic. I would have added, don't be afraid to "over approach" the basket, as one usually is short rather than long, but then you shot Glitch long... Oh well. 😀

[@decentdiscgolf]

Thats awesome! Learning to dial in the short vs long can be tough and its something that I think comes with consistent practice. Not to mention groundplay, theres a huge difference in approaches depending on what the terrain inside the circle is made of. Tall grass vs dirt/roots is very different!