Tony Mitchell

[Deleted User]

I hit a 140 today going for the 180 it ricocheted off, next 15 were like I didn’t have hold of them, ever! Still, I hit a 140!

Welcome to our world

His 140 was with three darts Neil, not twelve.

At least Neil can reach the board to remove his own darts.

[Maverick]

I hit a 140 today going for the 180 it ricocheted off, next 15 were like I didn’t have hold of them, ever! Still, I hit a 140!

Welcome to our world

His 140 was with three darts Neil, not twelve.

At least Neil can reach the board to remove his own darts.

Now I can

[Maverick]

It’s a long road back but better than not reaching the board at half distance after a few weeks.

I’ll take that, the problem i’ve got is holding the dart in the same place , in the same way.


Working on it.

[Deleted User]

Good man, Tony.

Glad to see you back on the board. You'd still beat me.

Has your T'-shirt had a stroke as well?

[Maverick]

Good man, Tony.

Glad to see you back on the board. You'd still beat me.

Has your T'-shirt had a stroke as well?

it’s upside down, so yes!!

[Maverick]

So , those interested i’m Slowly improving , hit two 180’s a couple of days ago along with a best leg of 19 darts, it’s a long way from not reaching the board at half distance , I’ve just found out they screwed up the MRI so have to repeat that before seeing the neurologist in Hull ! Any advice on switching from single vision to varifocal gratefully received

[1205]

So , those interested i’m Slowly improving , hit two 180’s a couple of days ago along with a best leg of 19 darts, it’s a long way from not reaching the board at half distance , I’ve just found out they screwed up the MRI so have to repeat that before seeing the neurologist in Hull ! Any advice on switching from single vision to varifocal gratefully received

For those interested, I think that's most of us. If you're having a 19 darter, well, you're getting back to where you were.

For varifocals, different parts of the lens are for different distances.
So:
- to change the type of distance you're looking at you move your eyes to the appropriate part of the lens
- to change the location you're looking at, you move your head instead of your eyes.

It's a change. I don't think I'm really used to mine, and I've had them for a bit over a year. I still tend to move my eyes when I shouldn't.

[Maverick]

I’m lifting them on my forehead to read with , it’s a change that i’ll try get used to. Thanks for the reply , sometimes I feel like i’m foisting myself on everyone.

[oche balboa]

You would beat DBG even now

Good luck with your recovery

[Maverick]

Just a quickie , hit a 15 darter tonight finishing 88 on the bull , enjoyed the practice and littered with 18-24 dart legs. May it continue .

[1205]

Just a quickie , hit a 15 darter tonight finishing 88 on the bull , enjoyed the practice and littered with 18-24 dart legs. May it continue .

Nice. Seems like you're making good progress now. Might not be long before people are telling you to stop making excuses.

[Maverick]

thought I got at least 6 months?

Have asked on twitter for Wayne’s help with constructing my throw again, but it’s the concentration that is tough, I can produce one or two good scores then I throw like I haven’t held them before for a couple. The 15 I put together three good scores, a fuck about and a finish on the bull! I can’t do that everytime!

[nikkiboy]

Keep it up Tony.

[Skewball]

Impressive progress!!

[Maverick]

Thanks all , I have my first practice session next Friday with a guy I know , hopefully he won’t beat me up to badly in the hour

[monodarter]

So , those interested i’m Slowly improving , hit two 180’s a couple of days ago along with a best leg of 19 darts, it’s a long way from not reaching the board at half distance , I’ve just found out they screwed up the MRI so have to repeat that before seeing the neurologist in Hull ! Any advice on switching from single vision to varifocal gratefully received

Hi Tony

I saw your tweet earlier. Looks like you're doing really well. Gotta be honest, I love Mardle

I have some vision issues and swapped from single vision to varifocals a while back as was having to take my glasses of to do close up stuff. I adapted pretty quickly and my top tips are as follows:

Make sure you move your head (rather then just your eyes) to negotiate steps.

More importantly I have a pair of single vision glasses that I have solely for playing darts in. I found worrying about the angle my head was at when throwing was another thing I didn't want to be worrying about as it seems I don't look at the board through the right bit of the lens when I'm using varifocals . This may not be an issue for you - you may not hold your head skew wiff but might be worth bearing in mind.
Best wishes for your continued recovery

MD

[Maverick]

Thanks for the feedback , I have tried with varifocals and at the moment everything seems to be working , i’ve Hit a 13 darter but for life of me don’t remember exactly what I hit ! All I know is afterward it was littered with crap I have this issue concentrating , have a practice for an hour lined up to n Friday , will see where i’m at then.

[Maverick]

Hit two more 180’s today a 15,16,17,18,19 darter today along with multiple legs of 20-24 darts, I don’t bother beyond 24 darts as I’ll get hammered if I go beyond 7 visits

[Deleted User]

You're back to being better than me, again.

[1205]

Hit two more 180’s today a 15,16,17,18,19 darter today along with multiple legs of 20-24 darts, I don’t bother beyond 24 darts as I’ll get hammered if I go beyond 7 visits

I'd think that going beyond 24 would be a good exercise in patience, as well as keeping things real by not ignoring bad throws.

Glad to know you're continuing to be positive and seeing some progress.

(If I only had 24 darts for 501, I'd never complete a leg.)