Alright, let me walk you through what I’ve been up to lately, focusing on this whole 58 38 thing I mentioned.
It started pretty simply. I dug out my old dartboard from the garage a few weeks back. Needed something to kinda focus my mind on, you know? Something hands-on. So, I hung it up properly this time, got the lighting decent, and decided to set myself a little challenge.
Setting the Goal
I wasn’t aiming for the moon, just something specific. I picked the number 58. Don’t ask me why 58 exactly, it just popped into my head. Seemed like a decent, achievable score to aim for consistently with three darts. Not too easy, not impossible. That was the plan, anyway: get comfortable hitting 58.
The Actual Practice
So, I started throwing. First few days? Man, it was all over the place. Darts hitting the wall, bouncing off the wire… you name it. But I kept at it, maybe 20-30 minutes each evening.
- I’d stand there, take a breath.
- Visualize hitting the right segments for 58. Maybe a Treble 10 and a Double 14? Or a 20, 18, Double 10? Lots of ways.
- Then I’d throw.
And here’s the funny part. After about a week, things started getting a bit more consistent. But not consistently 58. No, sir. I kept landing scores around the 38 mark. It was uncanny. Sometimes 36, sometimes 41, but mostly, bang on 38 or very close to it.
I’d aim for that Treble 10, maybe hit the single 10. Aim for the 20, hit the 5 or the 1. Aim for that double… well, let’s just say doubles are still tricky. But the combined score just kept hovering around 38. It’s like my arm had decided, “Nope, 38 is what you get today, buddy.”
What I Noticed
It wasn’t like I wasn’t trying for the 58. I really was concentrating. But the darts just… went where they went. It made me think, maybe my natural throw, without overthinking, just lands me in that point range right now. Maybe my stance is off, or my release isn’t clean when I try too hard for a specific high number.
Trying harder didn’t seem to help; if anything, it sometimes made it worse. Relaxing a bit seemed to bring me back to that consistent, albeit lower, 38-ish score.
So, What Now?
Honestly? I’m not too beat up about it. It’s practice, right? It’s a record of where I am. So, the target was 58, the reality for now is 38. That’s the log for today, I guess. I think I’ll keep throwing. Maybe I’ll focus on really nailing that 38 consistently first, making it a solid baseline. Then, slowly, try and build up from there. Seems like a more sensible way to go. Trying to jump straight to 58 clearly wasn’t working out as planned. It’s a process, and documenting this 58-aim-turned-38-reality is part of it.
