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Practice Like You Mean It

The Disc Dad Guide to Getting Better on a Few Hours a Week

Better hours beat more hours.

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The problem

Sound familiar?

You practice, and Saturday's score doesn't move. Hours alone don't explain who gets good. What you practice, and how, does.

What's inside

How skills actually stick, from motor learning research
The three-round leak audit
A weekly practice budget for busy dads
Putting and field games that transfer
Practice rounds with a job
Monthly benchmarks, habits and an eight-week plan
Over-par holeon the cardTag itOB · TEE · APPPUTT · HEADThree roundsthen count the tagsBiggest pilepractice this firstExample tally after three rounds (made-up numbers, for illustration)OB2TEE3APP4PUTT7HEAD2PUTT is the leak. Practice that first. One of the diagrams from inside the book.

How it's built

Plain English. Honest sources.

Every lesson follows the same pattern: The Science, The Disc Dad Version, then Try This. Every claim carries a label so you know how much weight it deserves.

Disc golf research

Studies and official sources about disc golf itself.

Borrowed science

Research from other sports, clearly flagged as an inference.

Coaching consensus

What good coaches teach. Useful, not lab-proven.

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The whole course

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