Tips from some excellent darter....

This morning as I was doing my daily work at the office, my phone 'sang' Drain You of Nirvana. Hmm.. SMS! turn out to be my darts idol.. Hahahaha.. wake up call I see... I replied and he kept on coming back.. lol Conversation goes like this...

Idol : "Praktis bull bro.. ambik consistency.. min 30 bull"
Me : Ok, Thanks.
Idol : "Kak ya 101.. 100.. .. 50.. 3 n 2 darts checking for muscle memory.."
Me : Cool, will do..
Idol : "Tips for bull.. x aim.. jus flow ur stroke.. if u do aim,x take too long.. throw waktu nadi nafas u brhenti stiap kali breathing.."
Me : Owh, nicer tips. Tq. Try the breathing part later, Hehehe..
Idol : "I biasa mcm ya... sebab mun u ambik nafas u will force ur throw.. then nya jd x consisten.."
Me : Maybe thats y my throw sik consistent.. kak tok ngetes nya.

I want to tell you guys about who this darts master is but I'm afraid he will 'bull' me later.. hahaha.. Somehow I will ask for permission from him first.. If I can, then I will post more of his brilliant game into this blog. Hahahaha.. c ya.. _\m/

Let's Go Again...

Well, it seems like forever since my last update. Lol.. Anyway, here’s the thing. Created an account and then got cancelled by higher authorities. It just blew me away. It made me unsettled and then hatred plus anger got the best of me. Ok, I know that is just over the top.. Truth is I got lazy.. Forgive me eh.. hehehehehe.. *The Rock trademark eyebrow thing*.

            The Darts scene in Kuching has got better than ever. Since the last game I covered here, there was like a dozen other tourneys and even social darts got merrier by the hour. I just can’t really cope with the growth. To say proud is an understatement. Maybe screaming, “Hoorah!!! Yess!! Yeah!!” while running around the block might quite say it or maybe that’s just too much again. Really, seeing more darters came out of their hiding is really amazing. Some most of them we haven’t seen before and actually played really well. Throwing some consistent darts is really mind blowing. To have scored 180 max score in every leg is even “Pro..” like we always like to joke “You should play with Phil or Barney or sort…” Don’t take me wrong, it’s not really a joke, it was a compliment purely from my heart. I’ve seen some darters throwing consistently for the first few months and then lousy in the next few. Some got better, some static and some even stop playing.

In my first year of shooting these small arrows, proudly saying I was that good, throwing some mean 18 darters and less. Then arrogance kills me in an instance. I wasn’t ready for all that at the time. I was merely throwing for fun with no serious intention in mind. I was picking and choosing my opponent since most of them at that time was totally no match for me *shaking head in regret*. Then in 2007, I got hit in the face by karma, I was defeated by my own stupidity. Got so angry at myself for hitting 5 all the times while aiming for T20, T1 got me to reverse the results. *as if…* I thought, try aiming for T1, then it’ll land on T20. Stupid! It wasn’t the solution but I thought it was. Then I started to play bull or semi-bull for at least a minimum of 75 score. Still can’t make any difference. In the middle of the game, I was ready to call it off but my sympathy (not the right word..) for my opponents at that time was greater. He was a rookie and only been playing darts for like a week or so… I didn’t want him to lose respect of me because I was the one giving him tips and tricks in scoring, setting and checking. It’s at least a consolation to know that someone I mentored *feels like Phil and Adrian…* beat me fair and square, but it wasn’t, not even a bit. My mentality was so down. I kept saying quitting is the best thing to do right now. So, training has stop.

Few months has past, my darts was rusty and dull, my dartboard was a home of fungus, my friends kept calling me for some sparring but I denied them. Well, sometimes I went only to get some drinks with them but wasn’t sure if I wanted to play anymore.

Maksak Darts call out. My name was listed out to represent our department. I just sigh and told them I can’t play anymore. Told them I quit. They insist because they can’t find a partner for one of them. We were playing double tourney for Maksak. Not wanting to disappoint my partner I brilliantly say “OK”. That was it, something missing in my life… *owh, so dramatic..* Found my darts not in the darts case but in my toolbox. Gather my drill and sandpaper to sharpen and shine them. Maksak here I come again. Did well last year and this year going to be even better I hope. Game on, out of nowhere, without training and preparation, won first game in league phase with some brilliant game by…. me, off course. Never thought I still have the game in me. Was hitting Ton for fun. Was moving left to right just to find the best angle and hit them in almost every throw. I was pretty happy for it to happen on Maksak since my partner wasn’t a darter to begin with. He was just there to complete the representative quota. lol. I was too. Knowing that other teams were playing really well in league phase, so I told my partner, we only need to get to second round.

Second game, again unexpectedly we won with the same score line. 2 nil. No reply and I hit 140 in both legs. So I thought I’m coming back. It’s the break that I needed. Deep down I know that I need to play with respect to my opponent to play well. I was too highly confident before and off course it was my ego and arrogance that kills my game. Knowing that, I started playing my game with respect to my opponent and we won all 5 matches in league phase. We were top of the group. Senior darters has already for seen my game *like they said..* and it’s no surprise that we topped our group. Hmm.. I wasn’t in the same boat with them all. They are really good and humble. I wasn’t. Hit me again and regretting my attitude toward other darters. I was so ashamed when they told me I can really play well if I can control my temper and respect other darters. To cut the story short, we managed to proceed forward only to fall at quarter-final. But it was a good outing since we were the best team from our department and I didn’t train or even throw for few months, plus my partner was not a darter. Most of my colleagues fall at top 16.

The second fallback!! Year 2009, I was in a verge of quitting for the second time as my arrows was hitting 5 again. These time no more compensation by hitting T1 anymore. That was just plain stupid. I was only moving around the oche and even moving as far as 2 feet from the right of the oche. How intense it was for me to try and get my throw right. This continues on for a month long and to make the matter worse, my house got nabbed by burglar on February 2009. My notebook was laying around in my living room with other electronic devices was not disturbed. The only thing missing was my dartboard with my darts set. Obviously it was a darters or maybe their right hand man.. lol.. but seriously, those are the only thing ‘they’ took. After the police report, my decision has become clear. Stop is the only answer available. I was married and need to stop spending my money on beers and stuffs. Well, that was my resolution at that time anyway. (Lame, I know…) It was April 2010, I saw a dartboard in my new working place that gave me a wink. “Let’s start all over again!” I smiled. I still have the calculation and settings. I just need to get training back again!

Starting over is not as easy as I thought it was. Me hitting 5 again has really annoyed me but I learnt to make full use of it. Saying 5 is better than 1. hahahaha.. Still until now my game has not improve to my liking or to how I used to throw. Lol.. My best so far is only 16 darter and I’ve hit them only once. Did I mention that my best was an 11 darter….? It goes as 140, 180, 100, 81 in 2 darts. My 81 was T15 D18. Achieved that during Sosial Singles Darts Kampung Seberang Kedai, Limbang. Year, can’t remember tho.. hahaha.. Was representing Champion 7 Darters Limbang. Some good old time… When can I get that again, I don’t know but trying hard. I know it’s not easy tho. Hitting 5 is not how Phil Taylor won his 15 World Championship title.. hahahaha.. _\m/