Me Throwing at a Dart Board :D

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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!

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