I think I’m in a position to dispense some gyan regarding the way of throwing darts. So here’s a video of me throwing three of them.
Had to work quite a bit to get the correct camera angle which showed the entire throwing action. I even took one from behind, but you can hardly see the dartboard and the throwing motion at the same time so I decided to chuck it.
There’s so much I have to work on, that it could seem pretentious of me making a video as if I’m a pro. But hey – this is the Internet! If others can put up cat videos, there’s no reason why I can’t put up my harmless little dart stuff right?
For me, the throwing action is particularly important since I damaged my elbow when I was in school and can’t afford to “snap” it too much. Tai Chi helped out a lot when I was in College, but I still have to take care of it.
I’m doing three things which would have helped me immensely had I known them earlier:
- I’m pulling back my arm fully. This allows me to have more time to swing and accelerate the dart so I don’t have to “jerk” it towards the end.
- I’m pulling my shoulder forward so that I don’t hit my face with the dart when I pull back. It took me quite a while to figure this one out actually. The pitfalls of not having a teacher.
- I’m keeping my body steady. Actually I didn’t even know I was moving until I recorded my motion and played it back in slow motion.
Note my zombie like expression as I enter the Zen mindset and try to merge with the target :) .
If you look carefully, you might see the dart point slightly bent. That’s because it’s a soft tip dart and doesn’t affect the accuracy or the throwing in any way. What a lovely hobby!
I wonder if your landlord thinks it’s a lovely hobby…
In reply to Sraboney
These walls are all soundproof. Trust me, even if you scream your guts out no one outside the house will notice :)
In reply to bhagwad
I’ll vouch for that. If the walls werent soundproof, one of us would’ve been arrested by now for all the “screaming guts out” :D
(yes, we all know which one of us!)
Well at least you have a hobby that requires some movement, mine is just reading about boys who love each other. :P
In reply to RenKiss
:D Which books are those?
In reply to bhagwad
Just your run of mill boys love manga. :)
Yaoi
In reply to RenKiss
Did you watch Princess Mononoke? I suggested it to you on Twitter…
In reply to bhagwad
Yup. :) It’s a great film.
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