I recently got a new B4 DC that is very nice and much nicer than my old board. I have been using it for five days. Somehow, it seems that my play is not as good as on my old board, even though the old one has round wires and staples. One would think that scoring would improve on the B4. In general, it seems harder to hit my target.
This has me wondering if simple familiarity or some kind of visual/spatial factor has an effect on darts play. In this case, I am referring only to the board itself. Nothing else has changed. I can easily imagine how playing in different venues or environments would have an effect.
I expect that as time passes I will be equally as good (or bad) as I was on the old board. It is also true that I have not yet quantified the difference in scoring between the two boards. Nevertheless, I don't think the feeling that it is more difficult to hit what I am throwing at is entirely imaginary.
What do you think? Add it to my long list of psychological oddities? Illustrative of a general human pattern regarding interaction with the material world? Has anything similar happened to anyone else?
This has me wondering if simple familiarity or some kind of visual/spatial factor has an effect on darts play. In this case, I am referring only to the board itself. Nothing else has changed. I can easily imagine how playing in different venues or environments would have an effect.
I expect that as time passes I will be equally as good (or bad) as I was on the old board. It is also true that I have not yet quantified the difference in scoring between the two boards. Nevertheless, I don't think the feeling that it is more difficult to hit what I am throwing at is entirely imaginary.
What do you think? Add it to my long list of psychological oddities? Illustrative of a general human pattern regarding interaction with the material world? Has anything similar happened to anyone else?