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I havent been playing long, a couple years or so. Until I came to this forum I had never heard the term "push" the darts. I always just tried to make my throw look as pretty as possible lol. Today I pushed the darts toward their target instead of just threw them. I found immediate improvements in accuracy. Im thinking just throwing tended to leave the elbow to low and throws inconsistent while pushing raises the elbow and give a more proper trajectory for the dart?
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I think if you're throwing properly, your elbow wouldn't be staying low. My elbow slightly raised as I follow through. I tried pushing the dart like Klaasen and I had immediate good results but I felt that technique relies on too many movements to be consistent.
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I think much of this is mental imagery. If I think strictly throw, then I tend to swing my arm and my elbow stays low and my hand follows down to a very low finish. If I mentally combine throw and push I can get over the top nicely with a throw, then have a higher finish with a push at the end after the dart is gone. Confusing I know and I have probably over thought this but it has improved my game.
I so wish I was more of a natural....
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Love the style of most Asian players too, as you said it looks so effortless. Hope that one day we have a few Asian players that can compete in the top 32/16 of the PDC.
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I could watch her all day.......uh, nice, throw?
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Where's that thread on paper airplanes? That is the mental image that really put the "pushing" thing in perspective for me.
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Here it is! Ranger, it was one of yours! +1 for you!
https://www.dartsnutz.net/forum/showthre...?tid=23545
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Yep. This thought really helped me. Also I have learned that I throw best if my hand and arm are very relaxed. This leads to a bit more arc but far greater accuracy and a much better finish. It also goes completely against my nature as I prefer to use strength in almost everything. But everyone is different and I have played some great players that abosolutely hammer the board when they throw!
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