Schweberger

[maikyle]

I heard on PDGA radio that you do 200 putts per day and you normally do not putt outside of 28ft.
First, how do you not get bored during practice? if i am not putting well, i tend to get sidetracked and just end up wasting time. is there a game you play or a mentality you have?
Also, since you do not practice outside of 28ft, what and how do you practice for shots outside of 28ft?
thank you for youe time and tips.

[bschweberger]

I can get a liTTle boring, but if I want to have a beTTer chance of winning I have to put in the puTTng time. If your mechanics for 28 footers is is solid the longer puTTs will fall with just a liTTle more pop in the stroke.
When I get bored I will work on sidearm puTTs, Turbo puTTs, even mess around with some lefty puTTing(which has goTTen preTTy good).

[maikyle]

Thank you for your response. Any tips on putting in general? My stance and aim is very identical to yours. Thank you again

[wsfaplau]

How did you settle on 28 feet? Seems like an odd distance.

[idahojon]

How did you settle on 28 feet? Seems like an odd distance.

two giant steps...

[cgkdisc]

28 is a "perfect" number (google it).

[winonaradiosteve]

I wondered that question too after he said it during our recording but never got to ask him about it. All I can think of is that it's either all the room he has in his yard or it's one step inside of 10-meters.

One more clinic from Mr. Schweberger this week, then it's on to a series from Sir David Feldberg.

[JHBlader86]

28 is a "perfect" number (google it).

One would think 42 would be the way to go since it's the meaning of life.

But I did google 28, and since I SUCK at math I'm really confused.

[bschweberger]

Thank you for your response. Any tips on putting in general? My stance and aim is very identical to yours. Thank you again

No problem...Try and grab the pole on your release and hit a link on the backside of the chains...this helped me stop coming up short on alot of puts...never up never in.

[bschweberger]

How did you settle on 28 feet? Seems like an odd distance.

No real reason behind the 28 feet, i will still take a step inside of that every now and then to make some shorter putts.

[bschweberger]

two giant steps...

actaully Jon it is 3 giant steps.....LOL

[jmc2442]

...never up never in.

N I C E.

[cornhuskers9495]

Schweb, your still my hero...

[abee1010]

First, how do you not get bored during practice? if i am not putting well, i tend to get sidetracked and just end up wasting time. is there a game you play or a mentality you have?

"Putting Percentages game"

I dont' want to step on any mullet toes as I realize these questions were directed to cheeseburger, but I thought I would share the percentage game I play when putting to keep my interest and focus. I have been playing this same simple game for 8 years now and it still doesn't get the slightest bit boring.

I start by marking several distances in a straight line from the basket about 3 to 5 feet apart. The first line should be close enough where you RARELY miss (10ft or so. When you measure 10ft, it looks like a drop in).

So the point of the game is to try to advance to the farthest line possible based on hitting a certain percantage of putts from your previous round. I have been going for 100% for a while now which means that you advance to the next further line by making all of your putts (I use anywhere between 2 and 10 putters). You also move down based on missing putts the previous round.

I will explain with an example where I am using 4 putters and going for 100%

- If I make 4/4, I move 1 line further.
- If I make 3/4, I try again from the same line.
- If I make 2/4, I move 1 line closer.
- If I make 1/4, I move 2 lines closer.
- If I make 0/4, I start over at the closest line.

The nice thing about this game is that you choose the percentage you would like to work on, then the game determines the distance you need to practice to inrease the distance that you are able to shoot that percantage from. It can be adapted to any percentage you want to work on. When I practice jump putts, I will go for 50% and that will allow me to practice further putts.

I have been practice putting rather religously everyday for about 20min when I come home for my lunch break for at least 5 months now. The season is still young, but I am already seeing an improvement in my consistancy inside the circle.

[stack]

Schweb... you ever throw any 9x whippets? if so how would you compare to the other whippets you throw

[bschweberger]

Nope, never thrown a 9X Whippet. I think they have gone threw a retooling in the last 8 years.

[michaeljo]

yea, the 9x were still the regular W mold not the retooled X mold. i liked the old mold better.

[cornhuskers9495]

yea, the 9x were still the regular W mold not the retooled X mold. i liked the old mold better.

Is this coming from a discraft guy???

[stack]

Is this coming from a discraft guy???

he did use the past tense (liked)... and i'm getting my hands on 2 soon thats why I was asking.

[johnbiscoe]

even the 9x weren't the REAL whippet though were they? didn't it go old mold>w mold>x mold?? boy would some old mold whippets in stylin' new plastics be sweet!!!

[stack]

i personally have never thrown a whippet... anyway for me to tell if its the 'old mold' biscoe?

[mwatson10324]

I've got several brand new ones from the early to mid 90's. Sweet feeling plastic. San Marino style. I'll dig a few up and let yah throw em'. Going to be in Wilmington?

[stack]

awesome offer but unfort. no... yadkinville spring maybe and def. the clash

[michaeljo]

yes you are correct there was the original mold then the w mold then the x mold, biscoe wins something

[tkieffer]

Original mold was so stable that you'd better have your legs spread if you were going to hold one out away from your body. Otherwise, you might fall over!

I did like the 9x better and still have a couple of them along with one or two of the old DX original mold. At the time, they were one of the great headwind drivers.

[jmc2442]

Stack, once you figure this disc out it will be your go to overstable midrange, I'm calling it now. Jerry Gotcher got me into them and I thank him to this day for it. The Whippet is by far one of the most predictable discs I own.

hyzers, skips, and thumbers... OH MY!

[johnbiscoe]

i personally have never thrown a whippet... anyway for me to tell if its the 'old mold' biscoe?

underside of the rim has a more pronounced curvature, almost like a bead. more overstable than the newer configurations.

[stack]

watching Schweb on tv right now... NICE!

(warming up/playing @ USDG on disc golf live)

[bschweberger]

kewl, I heard that was down in CharloTTe now.

[stack]

yeah... he's been broadcasting for a little while now. Really cool to have random people come up to me and say things like... hey i saw that frisbee sport you play on tv... it was pretty cool.

will be interesting to see what they have to say about this episode w/ your mug all over it!