Does this make sense? Or am I starting bad habits?

You're starting a bad habit.

Most people who play disc golf aren't particularly competitive about it and don't care enough to break bad habits with deliberate practice, so it's also a pretty normal thing for people to do.

Do you want to take the sport a bit more seriously than the huge number of more casual players? Then don't form this habit and challenge yourself to learn how to throw midranges and putters further. Side note: 255 feet shouldn't even be a midrange it should be a putter depending on headroom and wind.

Another thing to consider is context: if you're playing a competitive round like at a tournament or for a league with cash and prizes on the line, you should throw the shot you're most confident in, period. If that means the high speed driver on a dinky 255 foot shot, fine, throw that shot. However, if the context is you're playing by yourself just for practice, you should do the exact opposite -- always throw the most theoretically correct shot even if it makes you uncomfortable, scratch that, especially if it makes you uncomfortable. How else do you become comfortable throwing those shots?

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