hi guys! its been a while since ive been on here and I apologize for that.
i just got a new set of darts and they are about 1/2 inch or so longer than my old ones. im deadly accurate with them (purist grip) but the problem is that every time i throw it feels great coming out of my hand but it ends up in the board with the pin straight up and barely sticking in. ive always used the short stems because i grip the dart sort of toward the tip and i never had much luck with regular or longer stems, in fact i have always had the same problem that I'm having now. i love the darts but i don't want to change my entire throw because of them.
i have tried adjusting my elbow height during aiming to no avail. ive also tried to grip the dart more toward the pin and tried more toward the shaft. ive tried more wrist "pop" and less. ive tried longer backstroke and shorter. ive also tried moving my stroke from my eye to my ear (trying to achieve more of an arm motion like throwing a football). nothing really works. ive even tried using more of a chizzy approach and keeping the dart on the same plane. that works to a certain extent but with the way the dart is gripped its not really feasible.
i have a very bad feeling that the problem lies in my wrist pop and/or the exact time of release during the throw. i guess i just wanted to see if there was anything hardware related i could try because im scared that im going to find out that i don't have nearly enough wrist action in my throw, which is going to cause me to relearn to throw. that sucks! even though it will probably be much better in the long run, i would just hate to feel like i lost all those hours of practicing the way i throw now.
oh, and one more thing. the reason i switched is because my darts were stolen and i honestly cant remember where i got them or what brand or anything. hell i cant really remember exactly what they looked like so replacing them is pretty much out of the question. Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.
thanks in advance!
MC
i just got a new set of darts and they are about 1/2 inch or so longer than my old ones. im deadly accurate with them (purist grip) but the problem is that every time i throw it feels great coming out of my hand but it ends up in the board with the pin straight up and barely sticking in. ive always used the short stems because i grip the dart sort of toward the tip and i never had much luck with regular or longer stems, in fact i have always had the same problem that I'm having now. i love the darts but i don't want to change my entire throw because of them.
i have tried adjusting my elbow height during aiming to no avail. ive also tried to grip the dart more toward the pin and tried more toward the shaft. ive tried more wrist "pop" and less. ive tried longer backstroke and shorter. ive also tried moving my stroke from my eye to my ear (trying to achieve more of an arm motion like throwing a football). nothing really works. ive even tried using more of a chizzy approach and keeping the dart on the same plane. that works to a certain extent but with the way the dart is gripped its not really feasible.
i have a very bad feeling that the problem lies in my wrist pop and/or the exact time of release during the throw. i guess i just wanted to see if there was anything hardware related i could try because im scared that im going to find out that i don't have nearly enough wrist action in my throw, which is going to cause me to relearn to throw. that sucks! even though it will probably be much better in the long run, i would just hate to feel like i lost all those hours of practicing the way i throw now.
oh, and one more thing. the reason i switched is because my darts were stolen and i honestly cant remember where i got them or what brand or anything. hell i cant really remember exactly what they looked like so replacing them is pretty much out of the question. Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.
thanks in advance!
MC