Today we're going to practice throwing straight by practicing straight throws. This drill is to aim straight and the most important thing for straightness is how straight you throw.
Hey Ronnie, Love the work you are doing... I have watched many hours of dart vids on youtube but you my friend I find are the vids that really hit home with me. I had a couple ideas for videos you may want to try out. I have struggled with getting a grip and throw that I am 100% comfortable with yet. My idea was an in depth video of breaking down the throw. From explaining the bending of the wrist... the pullback before release- why does the dart get pulled into the hand before release? How does the wrist look just before release? Does it move or stay in that bent position right through the throw completion.? Left eye domininent but throw right- How to compensate and adjust in this situation (myself) Wishing you endless success and keep those vids flowing.... Dave
My dart nickname is Tony the Bullshotter, and I have got pretty good at the inner and outer bull shots. Also achieved my first ever 180 and 15 minutes later duplicated it. Actually achieved a triple bull too!
Same thing happened to me after 2 years with an average of 85. I have completely forgotten how to hold, release and throw. It seems I'm getting worse with practice. Again, not a beginner and play competitively. How do I get my throw back?😢👍🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I would personally start throwing and just forget the whole technique side and go what feels comfortable and natural throw for an hour just scoring and a few doubles. Whatever shows your best section of form in that period I would try to replicate and build from that but definitely won’t come back to that standard without some solid hours of refining the technique and building confidence in the throw again. All the best 🚀🙌
I used your 3 in the bed drill with d20 I must say it has straightened my darts up a fair bit managed a 60 average yesterday. how would you structure a repeatable daily practice routine practice games wise? I have around an hour spare on a morning and an hour on a night
Warm up 10 mins then practice most on what your weakest element is in terms of feeling the correct technique then do a drill and back to feeling correct technique while throwing at treble 20. For me a drill without thinking about how to throw better is not as effective. Make it more difficult in practice than a match, it shouldn’t be easy or it’s not really practice, more like just throwing and maintaining. 😉🙌
How do I slow down in pressure situations like I’ve been told by idk how many people to slow down I do try but I seem to rush in pressure situations any advice?
It is difficult to do, couple things to work on is constantly trying to create high pressure situations In practice to make practice more difficult than a match for example such as pressure building games or drills. Not just throwing when you have no pressure, also consciously trying to think about rationalising that there is no danger to your health or body when you play a match, your adrenaline spikes because it thinks danger but it can be controlled if practice this. The other thing is breathing exercises and slowing down your heart rate , typical habit is holding your breath slightly which will double the problems in game. Give it a try and hope it helps, the more you play under pressure the more you get used to it🙌
I’m a beginner using 23g barrel darts that came with my dartboard. I’m having issues with throwing straight darts. When I aim for T20, one dart will land on S9, one will land on S18 and one will land on T6 for example. I look at the T20 but I can’t seem to throw the darts straight. Do you think it would help to use Tungsten darts? And would you recommend a lighter dart, like 21 grams, or a heavier dart, like 24 or 26 grams. I have never thrown a tungsten dart, so I don’t know if it would make a lot of difference
It’s normal at this stage , get some tungsten ones or maybe two sets 21 and 24g then play both against each other , the more you play the better it will be for your game. For the first 50 hours or so just aim for understanding your throw and what is causing your worst shots and try to reduce this. If your arm aches in the muscles it means your getting better which is the easiest gains in throw stability you will get 💪
Try not moving for one throw stand like a statue just moving the arm/shoulder only. Likely you will have to aim higher and throw slower. Once you can do this you can repeat at faster pace until it becomes the normal to not move and throw with speed 🙌
Great vid as always m8 hope to see more regular ones find your videos really helpful
Going to give this training drill a go mate. Thanks for posting.
top video and cracking beard from a fellow bearded man... cheers fella.
Cheers man appreciate it ! Beard power 🙌🚀
Thanks for making the informative video, I’m new, and your video made a nice difference!!
Cheers from Tampa
Great video 👏
Excellent video Ronnie
Today we're going to practice throwing straight by practicing straight throws. This drill is to aim straight and the most important thing for straightness is how straight you throw.
Got a video so I can give it a go 😂
thank you for the tips👍👌
Danke für's Video und die Arbeit dafür. Grüße an alle! 😄
Hey Ronnie, Love the work you are doing... I have watched many hours of dart vids on youtube but you my friend I find are the vids that really hit home with me. I had a couple ideas for videos you may want to try out. I have struggled with getting a grip and throw that I am 100% comfortable with yet. My idea was an in depth video of breaking down the throw. From explaining the bending of the wrist... the pullback before release- why does the dart get pulled into the hand before release? How does the wrist look just before release? Does it move or stay in that bent position right through the throw completion.? Left eye domininent but throw right- How to compensate and adjust in this situation (myself)
Wishing you endless success and keep those vids flowing.... Dave
Great vid, found my game has fallen apart despite regular practice and decent doubling definitely going to make this a priority, thanks 👍
Start a fresh in your mind and get on that board buddy 💪
My dart nickname is Tony the Bullshotter, and I have got pretty good at the inner and outer bull shots. Also achieved my first ever 180 and 15 minutes later duplicated it. Actually achieved a triple bull too!
Same thing happened to me after 2 years with an average of 85. I have completely forgotten how to hold, release and throw. It seems I'm getting worse with practice. Again, not a beginner and play competitively. How do I get my throw back?😢👍🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I would personally start throwing and just forget the whole technique side and go what feels comfortable and natural throw for an hour just scoring and a few doubles. Whatever shows your best section of form in that period I would try to replicate and build from that but definitely won’t come back to that standard without some solid hours of refining the technique and building confidence in the throw again. All the best 🚀🙌
Good vid cheers
I had no idea you manage gian van veen exiting times ahead m8
Same mate, just saw him on the bullhitters vid. My jaw dropped haha
For the last 3 years mate been a great journey enjoyed every minute 🙏
I used your 3 in the bed drill with d20 I must say it has straightened my darts up a fair bit managed a 60 average yesterday. how would you structure a repeatable daily practice routine practice games wise? I have around an hour spare on a morning and an hour on a night
Warm up 10 mins then practice most on what your weakest element is in terms of feeling the correct technique then do a drill and back to feeling correct technique while throwing at treble 20. For me a drill without thinking about how to throw better is not as effective. Make it more difficult in practice than a match, it shouldn’t be easy or it’s not really practice, more like just throwing and maintaining. 😉🙌
How do I slow down in pressure situations like I’ve been told by idk how many people to slow down I do try but I seem to rush in pressure situations any advice?
It is difficult to do, couple things to work on is constantly trying to create high pressure situations In practice to make practice more difficult than a match for example such as pressure building games or drills. Not just throwing when you have no pressure, also consciously trying to think about rationalising that there is no danger to your health or body when you play a match, your adrenaline spikes because it thinks danger but it can be controlled if practice this. The other thing is breathing exercises and slowing down your heart rate , typical habit is holding your breath slightly which will double the problems in game. Give it a try and hope it helps, the more you play under pressure the more you get used to it🙌
@ thank you I will try that now.
I’m a beginner using 23g barrel darts that came with my dartboard. I’m having issues with throwing straight darts. When I aim for T20, one dart will land on S9, one will land on S18 and one will land on T6 for example. I look at the T20 but I can’t seem to throw the darts straight. Do you think it would help to use Tungsten darts? And would you recommend a lighter dart, like 21 grams, or a heavier dart, like 24 or 26 grams. I have never thrown a tungsten dart, so I don’t know if it would make a lot of difference
It’s normal at this stage , get some tungsten ones or maybe two sets 21 and 24g then play both against each other , the more you play the better it will be for your game. For the first 50 hours or so just aim for understanding your throw and what is causing your worst shots and try to reduce this. If your arm aches in the muscles it means your getting better which is the easiest gains in throw stability you will get 💪
How to stop moving towards the board with your shoulders before throwing?
Try not moving for one throw stand like a statue just moving the arm/shoulder only. Likely you will have to aim higher and throw slower. Once you can do this you can repeat at faster pace until it becomes the normal to not move and throw with speed 🙌
Great drills, I’ll give them a bash. What darts do you use out of curiosity ?
Currently using 21g harrow wolfram 👍
This must be the straightest video ever.