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03-07-2015, 07:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-07-2015, 07:07 PM by brenthahn.)
Within the last week or so, my darts have all started landing a bit point-to-the-right, flight-to-the-left. Same darts, same grip, same stance, same everything. Or so it seems, but obviously not. I've shot video of myself and it all looks okay, but then again I have no video of what I looked like pre-slice. 20's are now 1's, 60's are 3's, and I'm losing my mind. Anything like this ever happen to you?
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I sometimes have the same thing happen to me if I don't keep my forearm perpendicular to the floor. If my elbow gets off center and kicks a bit to the right (I'm right handed), then the darts stray more often than not.
Are you throwing in the same area as far as where the board is set up? Is there a bit of a cross draft that could possible have a bearing on how your darts are flying? In my man cave I have a large window A/C mounted in the wall about 20 ft. from where my boards are set up and it blows right to left. If I don't direct the air upwards to hit the ceiling first, it makes my darts do exactly what yours are doing.
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All that I would do is take a note of your foot placement - if your toe points straight ahead (12 o'clock) point it slightly left (11 o'clock) - this should be enough to get your eye in in my opinion.
It sounds like its mainly in your head if you are saying nothing has changed with grip/stance etc
Maybe a change of foot placement for the short term to get the darts back in the 20 bed could work for your confidence long term?
Good luck with it either way.
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I do that a lot warming up, hit T1 with all three darts on a regular basis. Usually settles after 5-10 mins once I remember where to put the finger that rests on the taper of the storm.
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Thanks for the replies, fellas. I guess I wasn't entirely clear -- by "slice" I mean my darts are actually curving to the right and hitting the board at an angle. If it's all in my head, I need a new head. And no, I wish it was the air currents. Just now, though, I tried pulling my elbow in and making my forearm more straight up and down. It's uncomfortable but it does seem to help.
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If your darts are now landing in the board pointing to the right, it may be that you are releasing them pointing slightly to the left and they are over-correcting in flight. Could be a slight problem with your wrist positioning. Or your fingers may be applying more pressure than your thumb (I'm assuming you are right-handed) skewing the dart on release.
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It's in your release. A finger or your thumb still on the dart. Clean the barrels of your darts.
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I occasionally have the same issue. Normally my darts enter the board almost perfectly perpendicular to the board, but occasionally I get a little lazy with my release and notice a little horizontal wobble with the dart.
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I'm sure with time it will happen for you. But on the bright side if you can bury 2 for 120 on a fairly regular basis I'm sure you will win most if not all of your matches as long as you can double out!
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My slice was because of foot placement.
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Happens to me sometimes still. A while ago it was happening more often than acceptable and I noticed it was my thumb placement. More specifically what part of my thumb was touching the barrel.