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Tips from Dave Dunipace
This is where you can find information on how to play the sport of disc golf from Dave Dunipace. Dave is the co-founder and President of Innova Champion Discs. Dave invented and patented the triangular rimmed disc, which has become the standard disc design for the sport of disc golf. Dave’s innovative design changed the way the sport of disc golf is played. Dave was the 1981 World Distance Champion, the 1980 World Flying Disc Champion in Disc Golf and the 1983 US Open Champion.
Dave Dunipace, former World Distance Champion and disc designer offers some basic instruction on how to gain distance through proper form.
DRIVING TIPS:
1. Use your fingers and wrist as springs rather than hinges. 2. "Arm speed" comes from elbow motion rather than arm motion per se. 3. Very little momentum is necessary and can be counter productive. IE. Reaching back with the disc or a long run up. Finishing is much more important. 4. Power is generated mainly by pulling through the whip with your hips and shoulders. 5. The whip is created from elbow down to the finger pads and disc itself. The disc is a part of the whip that gets whipped off the fingers. 6. Prepare your shot from the whip back. In other words, find how you want to position your body such that you have the most power pulling at the very end of the whip rather than the beginning. 7. Aim with the whip momentum not the motion of the disc up to the whip. 8. Load your wrist and fingers lightly with the disc in the "launch" position. The launch position includes the position of the flight plate and most importantly the back of the disc at the time of launch. 9. Never take your focus off the disc position and back of disc, which will leave latest. 10. Don't think. Feel. Fluid, rhythmic, integration is probably impossible while you are thinking about what you are doing. You can't throw the disc with your brain. No matter how much you know about technique, you have to perform, not recite. 11. Do think before you throw. Make sure you know what you want to do, and have the ability to do it. (footing, injuries, wet disc, etc.) 12. The order of important things to focus on. #1 is the RHYTHM of the whip. #2 is the POWER of the whip. #3 is the DIRECTION the whip is taking the disc. #4 is the ORIENTATION of the disc through the whip.
There are many other things that you need to do during a throw, putt, or approach, but they should never distract you from the feel of the RHYTHM especially, then the POWER, DIRECTION, and ORIENTATION of the whip.
Putting is all about the “feel” of the disc flying to the target with the proper speed, height, line and disc angle. All these components are important, and when done properly, they become integrated into one “feel”. The quality of the putts you practice is far more important than the number. Only quality putts count. Those are the ones you want to practice and reinforce. Forget the bad putts. Putting just to hit a certain number of putts, or for a set period of time, is useless without quality.
The following tips can help you establish the "feel" of a quality putt.
* Set aside 10 to 15 minutes for putting warm-up before every round of golf you play. This will enable you connect with the "feel" of your putt and boost your confidence. * Practice a variety of putts including straddle putts, left to right, right to left, uphill, downhill and straight-away shots. * Consider getting five or more putters to use just for practice. They should all be of the same model and weight. Repetition helps to reinforce the "feel" of a quality putt, plus you can practice many more putts with five discs than you can using only one. * Practice quality putts. These are the putts you want to practice and reinforce. Forget the bad putts. Putting just to hit a certain number of putts, or for a set period of time, can be harmful without quality. You may be reinforcing bad habits. Just because a putt goes in, doesn't make it a good one. * Focus on a single chain link, not the entire target. Focusing on a single link makes the target "appear" larger. This way, if you miss hitting your link by a little, your putt should still go in. It gives you a perception of a larger margin of error and can increase your confidence. * Create a pre-putt routine by saying the same words to yourself before every putt or by completing a specific string of actions each time you putt. When you make your pre-putt routine a habit, it can help to lift the mental pressure you may feel when it comes time to sink that "big putt". * Wrap up your practice session before a round by sinking five or six quality 10-25 foot "must get" putts instead of trying to make a few 30 - 50 foot "wanna have" putts. Making a string of shorter quality putts allows you to finish practice on a confident high point.
One way to end a putting slump for short range putts:
A quick temporary fix is to change putters. You can even use a driver. This tricks you into focusing on the disc, and what it is doing, instead of yourself. A long-term fix would be to continue focusing on what the putter is doing. What you are trying to do is feel your putt, not imagine it.
Putting Tips:
Putting is all about the “feel” of the disc flying to the target with the proper speed, height, line and disc angle. All these components are important, and when done properly, they become integrated into one “feel”. The quality of the putts you practice is far more important than the number. Only quality putts count. Those are the ones you want to practice and reinforce. Forget the bad putts. Putting just to hit a certain number of putts, or for a set period of time, is useless without quality.
The following tips can help you establish the "feel" of a quality putt.
* Set aside 10 to 15 minutes for putting warm-up before every round of golf you play. This will enable you connect with the "feel" of your putt and boost your confidence. * Practice a variety of putts including straddle putts, left to right, right to left, uphill, downhill and straight-away shots. * Consider getting five or more putters to use just for practice. They should all be of the same model and weight. Repetition helps to reinforce the "feel" of a quality putt, plus you can practice many more putts with five discs than you can using only one. * Practice quality putts. These are the putts you want to practice and reinforce. Forget the bad putts. Putting just to hit a certain number of putts, or for a set period of time, can be harmful without quality. You may be reinforcing bad habits. Just because a putt goes in, doesn't make it a good one. * Focus on a single chain link, not the entire target. Focusing on a single link makes the target "appear" larger. This way, if you miss hitting your link by a little, your putt should still go in. It gives you a perception of a larger margin of error and can increase your confidence. * Create a pre-putt routine by saying the same words to yourself before every putt or by completing a specific string of actions each time you putt. When you make your pre-putt routine a habit, it can help to lift the mental pressure you may feel when it comes time to sink that "big putt". * Wrap up your practice session before a round by sinking five or six quality 10-25 foot "must get" putts instead of trying to make a few 30 - 50 foot "wanna have" putts. Making a string of shorter quality putts allows you to finish practice on a confident high point.
One way to end a putting slump for short range putts:
A quick temporary fix is to change putters. You can even use a driver. This tricks you into focusing on the disc, and what it is doing, instead of yourself. A long-term fix would be to continue focusing on what the putter is doing. What you are trying to do is feel your putt, not imagine it.
Ask Dave a question askdave@innovadiscs.com
More Information at http://www.innovadiscs.com/index.html
Dave Dunipace, former World Distance Champion and disc designer offers some basic instruction on how to gain distance through proper form.
DRIVING TIPS:
1. Use your fingers and wrist as springs rather than hinges. 2. "Arm speed" comes from elbow motion rather than arm motion per se. 3. Very little momentum is necessary and can be counter productive. IE. Reaching back with the disc or a long run up. Finishing is much more important. 4. Power is generated mainly by pulling through the whip with your hips and shoulders. 5. The whip is created from elbow down to the finger pads and disc itself. The disc is a part of the whip that gets whipped off the fingers. 6. Prepare your shot from the whip back. In other words, find how you want to position your body such that you have the most power pulling at the very end of the whip rather than the beginning. 7. Aim with the whip momentum not the motion of the disc up to the whip. 8. Load your wrist and fingers lightly with the disc in the "launch" position. The launch position includes the position of the flight plate and most importantly the back of the disc at the time of launch. 9. Never take your focus off the disc position and back of disc, which will leave latest. 10. Don't think. Feel. Fluid, rhythmic, integration is probably impossible while you are thinking about what you are doing. You can't throw the disc with your brain. No matter how much you know about technique, you have to perform, not recite. 11. Do think before you throw. Make sure you know what you want to do, and have the ability to do it. (footing, injuries, wet disc, etc.) 12. The order of important things to focus on. #1 is the RHYTHM of the whip. #2 is the POWER of the whip. #3 is the DIRECTION the whip is taking the disc. #4 is the ORIENTATION of the disc through the whip.
There are many other things that you need to do during a throw, putt, or approach, but they should never distract you from the feel of the RHYTHM especially, then the POWER, DIRECTION, and ORIENTATION of the whip.
Putting is all about the “feel” of the disc flying to the target with the proper speed, height, line and disc angle. All these components are important, and when done properly, they become integrated into one “feel”. The quality of the putts you practice is far more important than the number. Only quality putts count. Those are the ones you want to practice and reinforce. Forget the bad putts. Putting just to hit a certain number of putts, or for a set period of time, is useless without quality.
The following tips can help you establish the "feel" of a quality putt.
* Set aside 10 to 15 minutes for putting warm-up before every round of golf you play. This will enable you connect with the "feel" of your putt and boost your confidence. * Practice a variety of putts including straddle putts, left to right, right to left, uphill, downhill and straight-away shots. * Consider getting five or more putters to use just for practice. They should all be of the same model and weight. Repetition helps to reinforce the "feel" of a quality putt, plus you can practice many more putts with five discs than you can using only one. * Practice quality putts. These are the putts you want to practice and reinforce. Forget the bad putts. Putting just to hit a certain number of putts, or for a set period of time, can be harmful without quality. You may be reinforcing bad habits. Just because a putt goes in, doesn't make it a good one. * Focus on a single chain link, not the entire target. Focusing on a single link makes the target "appear" larger. This way, if you miss hitting your link by a little, your putt should still go in. It gives you a perception of a larger margin of error and can increase your confidence. * Create a pre-putt routine by saying the same words to yourself before every putt or by completing a specific string of actions each time you putt. When you make your pre-putt routine a habit, it can help to lift the mental pressure you may feel when it comes time to sink that "big putt". * Wrap up your practice session before a round by sinking five or six quality 10-25 foot "must get" putts instead of trying to make a few 30 - 50 foot "wanna have" putts. Making a string of shorter quality putts allows you to finish practice on a confident high point.
One way to end a putting slump for short range putts:
A quick temporary fix is to change putters. You can even use a driver. This tricks you into focusing on the disc, and what it is doing, instead of yourself. A long-term fix would be to continue focusing on what the putter is doing. What you are trying to do is feel your putt, not imagine it.
Putting Tips:
Putting is all about the “feel” of the disc flying to the target with the proper speed, height, line and disc angle. All these components are important, and when done properly, they become integrated into one “feel”. The quality of the putts you practice is far more important than the number. Only quality putts count. Those are the ones you want to practice and reinforce. Forget the bad putts. Putting just to hit a certain number of putts, or for a set period of time, is useless without quality.
The following tips can help you establish the "feel" of a quality putt.
* Set aside 10 to 15 minutes for putting warm-up before every round of golf you play. This will enable you connect with the "feel" of your putt and boost your confidence. * Practice a variety of putts including straddle putts, left to right, right to left, uphill, downhill and straight-away shots. * Consider getting five or more putters to use just for practice. They should all be of the same model and weight. Repetition helps to reinforce the "feel" of a quality putt, plus you can practice many more putts with five discs than you can using only one. * Practice quality putts. These are the putts you want to practice and reinforce. Forget the bad putts. Putting just to hit a certain number of putts, or for a set period of time, can be harmful without quality. You may be reinforcing bad habits. Just because a putt goes in, doesn't make it a good one. * Focus on a single chain link, not the entire target. Focusing on a single link makes the target "appear" larger. This way, if you miss hitting your link by a little, your putt should still go in. It gives you a perception of a larger margin of error and can increase your confidence. * Create a pre-putt routine by saying the same words to yourself before every putt or by completing a specific string of actions each time you putt. When you make your pre-putt routine a habit, it can help to lift the mental pressure you may feel when it comes time to sink that "big putt". * Wrap up your practice session before a round by sinking five or six quality 10-25 foot "must get" putts instead of trying to make a few 30 - 50 foot "wanna have" putts. Making a string of shorter quality putts allows you to finish practice on a confident high point.
One way to end a putting slump for short range putts:
A quick temporary fix is to change putters. You can even use a driver. This tricks you into focusing on the disc, and what it is doing, instead of yourself. A long-term fix would be to continue focusing on what the putter is doing. What you are trying to do is feel your putt, not imagine it.
Ask Dave a question askdave@innovadiscs.com
More Information at http://www.innovadiscs.com/index.html
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