Carnegie Hall

Practice, practice, practice!

This is what I am doing lots of. and I know it’s going to take a long, long time to get to anything resembling a competitive standard, but time is on my side with this. I don’t feel old or hopeless or resigned to never being competitive.

I am positive, looking forward to overcoming this challenge, determined to beat these problems. With attitude and determination I can see no reason why I shouldn’t compete again and give anyone who thinks that they’re going to get an easy ride against the guy with dartitis who’s playing with his wrong hand a nasty surprise. The wrong hand is slowly but surely becoming the right hand due to that ever present ‘Practice, practice, practice!’.

I’d like at this point to say a big thanks to my good friend Scott, who has been recently coming round to practice with me. We have been playing matches against each other a couple of nights a week, and although the averages aren’t rising to a staggering extent just yet – the finishing is definitely improving, my action is settling a little and I am not missing the board anymore! (much)

It’s important not to lose hope and keep your head up. Sometimes you can reach a Plato and then sometimes you surge ahead, but it’s all part of the process.

Keep going, don’t lose heart and you can overcome. I will compete again! I will, I refuse to be beaten.

Generosity from Unicorn Darts

I would like to post a big thank you here to Unicorn darts and to their excellent customer service.

Unicorn recently sent me a set of their Sigma pro darts in an unexpected and most generous gesture. I cannot praise highly enough Unicorns quality of service or the quality of the product they manufacture.

My sincere appreciation to all at Unicorn

Thank You!

Getting marginally better

Time and not expecting miracles is key to this kind of relearning. Small steps.

I can however tell you that it is not totally disheartening. I have made improvements.
The one that seems most key to me is the fact that it no longer feels ’strange’ to throw with my left hand. It seems that I have now been practicing with my non-dominant hand long enough for my brain to become habituated to playing this way. I briefly tried to throw with my right hand and dartitis / dystonia aside it seemed strange to be trying to throw with my conventionally dominant hand.

I am taking this as a very positive thing!
My brain is growing accustomed to this new throw and I am therefore feeling more and more comfortable on the oche (leaving aside the pains in my left knee and the back ache incurred through my change in posture).

Odd though it may seem I am now more comfortable and it seems more natural to play with my non-dominant hand than my dominant one.

It’s amazing what you can get used to!