Would it help to work on accuracy in a tree tunnel? rather than in a field?

My driveway is lined on each side 20 ft apart with 70 ft pines spaced every 5 feet. The lowest branches are probably 30 ft. I was wondering if it would be helpful to work on distance and accuracy while throwing down this "tunnel"?

sure, any practice will help out your game

Personally I dont' think it would be that good of a strategy. The problem is that you will only learn a dead straight shot when most holes require you to shape the disc left or right. So if you want to learn a dead straight shot then sure, but the game of DG is all about controlling the flight and making the disc go where you tell it.

I'd say, sounds like good practice for getting your straight shot down. Once you've done that, you can start working on very controlled hyzers and anyhyzer shots by varying it a little. Obviously there are still other shots to be practiced though.

I'd say yes AND no.

Obviously throwing lots of discs down a tunnel helps you throw better down tunnels. The problem is that I think you will tend to develop a more constricted throw that, while accurate, loses distance. Then you can't throw far enough, so then you'll need to throw really hard, which hurts accuracy, etc etc. It can be a vicious circle.

I would recommend you do most (80%) of your accuracy work on a field, or a park area with a few trees and some elevation that you can easily shape your shots around.

Learn to pick a spot in the distance to aim for and decide what angle your disc should be and try to hit that spot.

Another way to look at it is what a pro named, uh, @*$"(@!, I forget his name, he's a Kansas City guy, said, which was: pick a spot 40 yards down from your drive and see if you can get your disc to hit that spot with the right angle.

Concentrate on visualizing your shot and/or concentrating on hitting your line of flight, and always note how your actual shot differed from your planned shot.

I think you want a pretty smooth, slow, effortless shot with good tempo to help your accuracy.

And then also practice some on tunnel shots, mostly to (1) keep from getting overly intimidated by the shot, (2) Usually you need to throw lower on tunnel shots; that will help you to learn to keep a low accurate shot, and (3) #@%$ forgot the last one, getting too old for this. Oh I remember now: you'll develop a better idea of what tunnel shots you can reasonably execute and which are a too stupid to try.

I set up about a 4 hole object course at my house. Hole one was down the driveway, a nice tight annie or forehand. The bad thing was that when I landed on the gravel driveway it beat the hell out of my discs and they lost stability in a hurry. Something to think about.

The other drawback to throwing down a tunnel for most of your practice drives is that when straight, they will land on asphalt or stone and when off the flight path, they will probably hit some trees. Either way will warp your disc into something that is easily avioded by just throwing in a field!

What i personally do is PLAY ALOT! Instead of trying to throw the same holes over and over agian i create new tee shots for the same basket. I do this so i can work on various shots and by doing this over and over again, I developed accuracy.

Another thing to remember, accuracy is much much much much more important than distance! Distance is a nice feature but if you set up your approach shots well then you have a much easier time on the course!

i invented a game i call "triangle" for working on accuracy. you can play it with a type of disc from putter to long-distance drive to roller. it works well in just about any type/size space.

take four discs of the same class. the more identical the better. pick a spot out there at a comfortable distance for the disc and throw to it. hopefully you're close. now throw the second disc to the same spot - the object is to get as close as possible. not throw the third disc, again trying to place it as close to the other to as possible.

now you've got a triangle. throw the fourth disc so that it finishes inside the triange.

you can also make this a competitive effort by alternating shots with a partner. points awarded for placing the fourth shot in the triangle. points are prevented by using the third shot to make the triangle as teeny weeny as possible.

Good places to practice drives are a Football or baseball field. If you are on a football field, stand at an appropriate distance (360' from goal to goal) and try to throw your disc through the uprights. If you're on a baseball field, stand at an appropriate distance and throw into the batting cage/backstop.

If you want to practice putting and approaching, the best place to do that is on the course. Get a group of golfers together and play some "Sweet 16".

sweet 16???

Yeah there are a lot of names for it but here in Bellingham, we call it Sweet 16.


You need:
1-any players.
3 discs each (preferably putters.)
At least 1 basket.

The game starts where one person picks a place to throw from. The shot should be under 100'. It should be a makeable shot. Each person throws their 3 discs and trys to make them. After everyone has thrown, the point leader (or closest shot) selects a new shot to throw. You get 1 point for hitting the basket, 2 points for hitting the chains, and 3 points for sinking it. The first person to make 16 points wins. It's a ton of fun!