Disc Golf Mantras

[Scott Selders]

What are some of your favorite Mantras to help keep you focused, or refocus after a bad hole?


For Putting mine is "Shake Hands with Spiderman".

For overall Play "Feel the I-Ching"

After a Bad Hole-"Focus on the Future"

[Mike Dussault]

...Don't want to miss, don't want to miss, anything but miss!!

[Brad Harris]

For putting: "This is a missable putt." Keeps me focused on seemingly gimme putts.

For drives I go back to my days as a diver in college. Step up to the tee, see the line I want and then "1, 2, 3, go!"

[Andrew McManus]

"play smart, play safe"...and I've actually been practicing this....lately

[Rob Walker]

Right before I putt, "Drive for show, putt for dough". Seems to help keep everything in perspective.

[Dave Jackson]

It's funny, the downhill ski's I use all winter long are Volkl (company) Mantra (model). I always find myself thinking while skiing and constantly reminding myself to not be a pu$$y.
I guess that is one of my mantra's: don't be a puss.

Trying to psych yourself up can work wonders. Get the adrenaline flowing. Eliminate doubt from the equation. Hammer that biatch.
All positive, no negative... Crush it.

[Todd Lapham]

Hit this putt you get to drink a beer.

Miss this putt you have to drink a beer.

Happy either way!

[Josh Rogers]

Commit, commit, commit...

[Chris Piaseczny]

Don't be scared.

[Cam Gallant]

Swag, swag, swag, CHAINS, swag.

Commit.

[Stephen Ditter]

I played with Hero this past weekend and he kept saying after a bad shot "make your next shot your best shot"

-mange

[Bill Stewart]

...Don't want to miss, don't want to miss, anything but miss!!

Pretty negative angle, from a teacher nonetheless. Did you ever think of adjusting it to a positive message?

Mine is more of a Bill Cower face. Get a deep breath, focus on the line, practice the release a couple times and heighten the concentration with a "take that, you motherf*****" face. Now I realize that could be construed as negative as well, but it's more like pulling the trigger on an evil adversary. Kinda like Dirty Harry's "well, are you feeling lucky?"

[John Giampapa]

"Plenty of golf left"
"Play the course, not your opponent"
Putting "Don't yank it"

[Greenleaf Garrison]

"Holy CRAP, Josh Rogers has an email address!?" Welcome to then current century brother

[Jim Bobka]

"A man has got to know his limitations" (another Inspector Callahan one liner). Knowing how to stay within your game proves itself priceless in the end.

[Ven Vardin]

I use 2 steps during putting to isolate my focus. I learned this from Dave Pelz' Putting Bible.
The Routine:
1 Evaluate the conditions: distance, wind, elevation, obstacles, landing areas near the basket... 2 Choose a putt. 3 Set stance. 4 Practice it until it feels right. 5 Go directly to ritual.
The Ritual:
6 Sing a song with the right rhythm for my throw today. This helps get me into the same natural groove every time, and isolates me from the outside world. 7 Look at the spot on the basket the disc will hit. 8 Back swing. 9 Throw... 10 Hold position and watch entire throw.
Did I get lucky?
Luck plays a big role. Many times a great throw is unlucky. It was still a great throw. Do not change your putt because it is not producing. Keep repeating the Routine and the Ritual.

[Dave Hickson]

"Be the disc, be the disc, BE THE DISC nanananahhhh!"

[Doug Bechtel]

Don't think, just throw.

It ain't the disc, it's the throw.

I am water.... Smooth.

[Mike Dussault]

...Don't want to miss, don't want to miss, anything but miss!!

Pretty negative angle, from a teacher nonetheless. Did you ever think of adjusting it to a positive message?

Mine is more of a Bill Cower face. Get a deep breath, focus on the line, practice the release a couple times and heighten the concentration with a "take that, you motherf*****" face. Now I realize that could be construed as negative as well, but it's more like pulling the trigger on an evil adversary. Kinda like Dirty Harry's "well, are you feeling lucky?"

I just came back to this thread to see if anyone caught that yet. Of course that is not a mantra I use!!

Karl "The Mailman" Malone used to mumble to himself every time he shot free throws and that is what my friends and I used to imagine him saying before every free throw.

[Bill Stewart]

got me.

[Tom Fisher]

"closer then i was"
"i have to urinate" seems that taking a leak or crap before the round always keeps me focused.

[Greenleaf Garrison]

its just another putt

[Titan_Bariloni]

"don't miss this putt in front of the rocket"

[Jeff Wiechowski]

"Always pack your confidence in the bag"

[John Giampapa]

"Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

[Mike Murphy]

"Aces or Eights!!"