04-29-2015, 11:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-29-2015, 11:47 PM by Regulatori.)
We all know Sid used to love talking about Taylor and his "overstacking" and "understacking."
In case you're not into pro darts, Phil Taylor throws darts that stay level in the board. He can often put a dart low on the T20 bed and set the other darts on top...he'll often use that first dart as a marker and bounce/slide the other darts off that initial dart.
Barney won the bull (starts first) in the sudden death round of the 2007 World Champs by overstacking...Taylor threw a dart right below the bullseye and Barney put one right above it (many say Barney's dart glanced off Taylor's into the bull).
I do understand "overstacking."
But what about "understacking?" Sid used to mention this quite often how Taylor would both employ this technique and how Barney later copied him.
It simply means throwing a dart high in the T20 bed and your other two darts lower to deflect off the first dart downwards.
Taylor is what....5'6-7" or 1.7-ish meters. The T20 is a few inches above his head....I can see him possibly "understacking" because he uses smaller flights and throws more directly at the board (doesn't float his darts).
But Barney? The guy is 6'3"
How could he possibly understack? Yes, his darts land flat but I just can't see how it's physically possible.
Do think it's one of those Sid-isms or do you think understacking is a real thing? Seems to me it's just a bit of Sid's enthusiasm for the game rather than a true technique.
In case you're not into pro darts, Phil Taylor throws darts that stay level in the board. He can often put a dart low on the T20 bed and set the other darts on top...he'll often use that first dart as a marker and bounce/slide the other darts off that initial dart.
Barney won the bull (starts first) in the sudden death round of the 2007 World Champs by overstacking...Taylor threw a dart right below the bullseye and Barney put one right above it (many say Barney's dart glanced off Taylor's into the bull).
I do understand "overstacking."
But what about "understacking?" Sid used to mention this quite often how Taylor would both employ this technique and how Barney later copied him.
It simply means throwing a dart high in the T20 bed and your other two darts lower to deflect off the first dart downwards.
Taylor is what....5'6-7" or 1.7-ish meters. The T20 is a few inches above his head....I can see him possibly "understacking" because he uses smaller flights and throws more directly at the board (doesn't float his darts).
But Barney? The guy is 6'3"
How could he possibly understack? Yes, his darts land flat but I just can't see how it's physically possible.
Do think it's one of those Sid-isms or do you think understacking is a real thing? Seems to me it's just a bit of Sid's enthusiasm for the game rather than a true technique.