 |
| "Natural Flavor, with other Natural Flavors"? |
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Point Protector Spring Idea
Just one of the ideas I have SPRINGing around in my head. Made of 4130 Chro-Mo Steel and Silver fillet brazed together. The spring puts an adjustable amount of tension on the points, so your darts go in and out of the holder, with the amount of resistance that you want. 
Sunday, June 28, 2020
What's a "Hot Button"?
What's a "Hot Button"?
A Hot Button is a memory device that keeps track of your game statistics. You can view them on line and track your performance trends with them. They cost around $12. You can use them on any Galaxy 3 dart board.
Not only are they handy for keeping track of statistics, but finding competition on line that matches your skill level. If you have a big tournament or match coming up, and you want to tune up a bit.
Walk up to the machine and choose "Remote Games".
Chose 1 or 2 players. You can play doubles on line as well as singles.
You can play anonymous, but your statistics will not get recorded.
See that silver button/disc/thingy. Put the button up to that. Some times you have to twist it some to read the hot button.
Viola! ...Up comes your statistics.
Choose a game. For example I want to play Cricket. It says there are 132 games in progress, and 6 people waiting to play.
Like I said, "Any Galaxy 3 machine". They are all over the USA and World. I've played people on line in Greece, Belgium, Canada, Anywhere. I choose opponents on the left. You can see their skill level (MPR: Marks Per Round). To the right I'm being challenged by 2 people. I can see where they are from, but not there skill level. I know that because of the "??? MPR". Remember ,you don't have to have a hot button to play online.
I should have taken a picture of the Match. The monitor on the board because 3 parts. 1. Score Board 2. Camera on player throwing. 3. Camera on their dart board.
When you get on your computer, phone, or however you can access the internet. You can review your stats.
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Ric Smith's LaserDarts LaserBitz
Ric Smith's, LaserDarts LaserBitz
LaserBitz are pieces of 90% tungsten, that have been textured and/or contoured with precision, so they thread into each other to create a dart.
If you don't know Ric Smith, he is a regional class player. What more do you need to know? The key to becoming a regional class dart player is having a dart you can consistently grip and throw the same way every time. Having a dart with different contours and patterns gives the dart distinctive grip points. Everyone holds their dart differently. I suspect it's because everyone's hand is a different size and bends differently.
Build'a Dart!
(The Ric Smith Build Order)
The Official LaserBitz Information
Horizon Darts Information
Laserdarts Information
....aaaand there ya go!
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Low Tech Practice Idea.
Why do we practice, to become better? How do we become even better, better; We practice better? You know the old cliché, “Don’t practice harder, practice smarter. You practice, write down the results of the practice. Take that data, and then establish benchmarks. Then raise those benchmarks over time. For example I have a routine to throw 100 darts at the 20, and count how many times I hit the triple.
I used to get a piece of paper and write 3, 6, 9, …to 33 (3darts/1round x 33 =99. Yeah 99 isn’t 100 but close enough). I didn’t really like having to stop, pick up a pen, then write down the result of each round. Then one day I was going through an office supply store and found those tally counter things. It occurred to me I could buy 2. Mark one “Rounds” and the other “Hits”. This way I didn’t have to stop to pick up a pen between rounds, the tally counters would do the calculations for me.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)