.....tightening of the muscle, which shortens the arc of your throw, and reduces the necessary follow through of your hand toward the target.  I call that chopping your throw and the dart goes off its intended path falling short or drifting to either side of your target.  Trying for that extra something; especially with your last dart, is the cause of most mistakes while standing at the throw line!

A common mistake many average players make is that they think they must hit every dart in their intended target; the mistake is allowing one’s ego to interfere with one’s smooth eye-mind-muscle co-ordination. Lose the ego! Accuracy and consistency is the goal!

Regarding throwing accuracy, we are probably only throwing at about 70 to 80 percent of our maximum throwing ability, in terms of power and speed.  This allows us make a smooth, consistent arc or trajectory of our dart, and usually results in tighter grouping. 

Don’t try to kill the board.  After all, even if you do kill the board, you can’t eat it.  That isn’t our goal right?  All throwing “too hard” does is to create all kinds of problems in our consistency and accuracy. The perfect shot should just flow (with follow-thru) without us really knowing how it happened.

Keep in mind that it is better to land your dart in the target wedge the majority of the time.  Accomplishing this will built your confidence and reinforce that your line/path is good.  Confidence is Key!  That’s an important part.  Confidence builds belief in you, even if it’s only the size of a mustard seed, it can move mountains.

Here’s something else to think about.  You should focus on your 1st dart, laying it into the wedge, giving your self-confidence a boost that your path to your target is good.  This will help in setting up your next two darts.  You will have the confidence of knowing your throwing line for those next two darts is on target.

If we try too hard on the first dart and miss, our confidence can drop for the next throw.  All too often, we find ourselves throwing not to miss instead of throwing with the confidence to hit our target.  For example; if you are throwing at the 20 “wedge”, our mind set is trying to avoid the 5 or 1 wedges.  In this case we are not trying to hit the 20 wedge as much as we are trying to miss the 5 and 1 wedges. This is the Wrong Mind Set.

Relax; make a smooth, rhythmic throw with the thought to hit the center of your wedge.  Well, only if you want a triple.  Technically the center of the wedge is the triple.  If you only need a single, you should be pin-point focused about half inch inside the double wire for that target.

Pick a spot and do a nice relaxed, focused throw! Don’t think you have to hit a bull or triple every dart.  That leads to "trying too hard".  You may be surprised how many times your smooth, relaxed, controlled toss sends the dart into your target.  Nothing special, nothing extra; just nice clean darts.

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