I have been slowly recovering from a shoulder impingement that has prevented me from playing darts. It is around 15 months since I injured myself playing for too long in a marathon session of darts. I have been playing left handed to keep enjoying the social side of darts but there is only so good I feel I can get throwing lefty: good enough to nick the occasional leg but not good enough to get my average up to consistent pub team standard.
Anyway, thanks to profesional physio and daily exercises i am gradually getting back to throwing right handed again. I can manage around 4 legs of 501 without major problems and have been practicing again right handed. I was even able to enter a fun tournement with friends last week and I made the semis throwing predominantly right handed. I even threw a 180 in warm up, which boosted my confidence and illustrated how further on my standard can be with my dominant hand!
The interesting thing is that I think my experience learning left handed can only benefit my all round game. I feel I know more about throwing dynamics amd more importantly about the effect of expectation on ability. Often when throwing lefty I am much freer in attitude when going for game shot. Now to harness that power and relearn my throw to see if I can get my game up to my goal of pub A team standard, slowly.
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