Fieldwork

If you follow disc golfers, play with some of the pros, read disc golf blogs, etc., you're likely to hear the word "Fieldwork." All fieldwork consists of is throwing your discs on a large piece of ground such as a football or soccer field at a local middle school so one can get to know how their discs fly as well as to practice throwing the discs and improving accuracy.

The video below is of Paul McBeth, the 2014 Memorial Champion and a fine young player, doing field work with midranges. As I understand it, and every player is different to some degree, the goal of field work is to become more familiar with a specific type of disc such as mid-ranges or drivers. Another observation is that the more experienced players have certain discs which are consistently their go-to discs in the mid-range and driver category. Watching McBeth's video you'll see he has a number of Innova Rocs, a couple of gators and a Mako or two. This is a good video that provides an approach to fieldwork that's not difficult to incorporate into one's own practice. Enjoy!