Our Monday night team at Kelly's in Neptune, NJ, has enjoyed a string of wins in the past few weeks. Last night I had the rare distinction of the high score in the first of three games, with a 43. Tom, Dave, and John all have higher averages than I do in American Baseball darts, so that felt good. They got their games on in the next two, which was good because my performance fell off. Overall it was good enough for a team win.
In the previous week, in which Dave was off to England, Howie Dirks filled in well with a nice 36 average. That performance helped us win, and put us in first in the league standings. So far so good!
I have put more time on the board in the past few weeks and my steel tip game is picking up. I needed to alter my stance to fix a problem. I had been leaning my body weight more forward on the ball of my front foot, with bad results. This put more pressure on my ankle, which was getting stiff and sore after about 45 minutes of play. I needed to eliminate that distraction from my game.
My new stance still has much of my weight on my front foot, but it is centered more towards the middle or heel of the foot. The net effect is that it does not stress my ankle. As with any fundamental change, it feels awkward at first. It is starting to feel more comfortable which is paying dividends at the oche.
I am busy researching for my dart gift review, which should be coming out in the second week of December. I will be out next week for Thanksgiving holiday, with Howie filling in as I visit some family in Texas. Who knows, maybe I can find a good game out there.
Later today I will post a calendar of upcoming dart events in the New Jersey area. Until then, good darts!
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