Hitting enough trebles but missing sideways to much

[rogerc]

Hi!

Currently I am satisfied with the amount of the triple 20 I hit but I miss to often in 5 and 1.
Looking at the percentage:

An average day when aiming at triple 20.

triple 20: 10-12%
single 20: 35-45%
high miss in 5: 35-45%
low miss in 1: 10-15%


A good day it can be up to around 20% in triple 20 but I still miss at lot in 5 and 1.

It has been like this for 3-4 years now, I am not sure what to do.

I think my basic technique is good but I have difficulties to repeat a good throw all the time.
What I think is that sometimes my shoulder moves a bit forward resulting in the 5:s.
I also think that I hit 1 when I release the dart too early and try to compensate with some wrist turn.

Any ideas are welcome, exercises, technical things to think about or perhaps telephone number to a good shrink.

[JayPro]

If most of your misses into 5 are high misses, and those into 1 are low, look at your forearm. If it 'leans' to the left, an early release will go high into the 5 and a late release will go low into the 1.

[rogerc]

If most of your misses into 5 are high misses, and those into 1 are low, look at your forearm.  If it 'leans' to the left, an early release will go high into the 5 and a late release will go low into the 1.

Yes, it is correct. Due to my shoulder problems described in another thread, my forearm leans to the left.

[barcrusher]

Hi mate
Ive been trying to anylize the same problems as you said too much shoulder to the five is a practice thing but with mine with the ones is a grip thing either not gripping the dart as tight as I should ( there is a fine line ) and the dart slipping out or not picking the dart out of the holding hand in the correct position and imparting a clockwise swing on the dart as it comes out of my fingers. Getting there though as Im starting to hit a lot more 120s so once you identify the mistakes you can progress to improvement. Good luck.