Shot my first night of regular league tonight in ~20 years and put in an absolutely stunning performance. I’ve been shooting encouragingly well at home (in my quiet, distraction-free, stress-free, comfortable living room).
When I shot in the league against people in my ability range tonight, I couldn’t hit anything until the very end of the entire night. When I was shooting the 20, I hit the 12 and 18 more than I hit the 1 and 5, which I hit more than I hit the 20. Similar performance with almost everything else. I had lethal trouble doubling in but I never had to worry about doubling out because it was mercifully over before then. I lost both of my individual games and my poor partner wasn’t able to carry me well enough to keep me from being the cause of our losing both partners games. Overall, it was probably a lifetime worst night of painfully bad dart shooting.
The only thing I did right is when we were wrapping the night up with a 4-man team game of 601, it came to me to double out with a double 5. Without hesitation, I landed my first dart perfectly centered in the double 5 as if it was what I did every time I tried to double out. At least I redeemed myself a little tiny bit with my last dart of the night---I think (?)...
My shooting tonight was way beyond anything that I could blame on sound and sight distractions in an overcrowded, noisy league setting or on the beer, since I was drinking diet soda. I doubt I could have done too much worse if I’d been blindfolded or shooting left-handed.
So... the question... Is this a typical or at least reasonably common “first league night experience”? I’m away from darts for ~20 years now, so I’m a newcomer all over again right now but I wasn’t anywhere near this bad when I originally started ~20 years ago. I wasn’t stressed out, I wasn’t nervous and jerky, and I really didn’t have any excuse at all. I just couldn’t hit anything worth squat. I just don’t get it.
When I shot in the league against people in my ability range tonight, I couldn’t hit anything until the very end of the entire night. When I was shooting the 20, I hit the 12 and 18 more than I hit the 1 and 5, which I hit more than I hit the 20. Similar performance with almost everything else. I had lethal trouble doubling in but I never had to worry about doubling out because it was mercifully over before then. I lost both of my individual games and my poor partner wasn’t able to carry me well enough to keep me from being the cause of our losing both partners games. Overall, it was probably a lifetime worst night of painfully bad dart shooting.
The only thing I did right is when we were wrapping the night up with a 4-man team game of 601, it came to me to double out with a double 5. Without hesitation, I landed my first dart perfectly centered in the double 5 as if it was what I did every time I tried to double out. At least I redeemed myself a little tiny bit with my last dart of the night---I think (?)...
My shooting tonight was way beyond anything that I could blame on sound and sight distractions in an overcrowded, noisy league setting or on the beer, since I was drinking diet soda. I doubt I could have done too much worse if I’d been blindfolded or shooting left-handed.
So... the question... Is this a typical or at least reasonably common “first league night experience”? I’m away from darts for ~20 years now, so I’m a newcomer all over again right now but I wasn’t anywhere near this bad when I originally started ~20 years ago. I wasn’t stressed out, I wasn’t nervous and jerky, and I really didn’t have any excuse at all. I just couldn’t hit anything worth squat. I just don’t get it.