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In a Slump: I found this very excellent answer to a common darters problem, some call 'dartitus' and others just say they're in a 'slump'. Well whatever you call it, in the Newsgroup alt.sport.darts A darter from Luxembourg, Gust Mees, had this to say about the problem : Hi , greetings from Luxembourg, "I had the same problem years ago. I am 45 years old and I've been playing now, for 18 years and being a member of the Luxembourg National Team, for 12 years. I stopped playing darts for 5 years and then decided to play again. Its in this 1 year period I did not qualify for the National Team, due to the 'Dartitis' Syndrome." Last Season, Gust was the main event organizer for the Spring Cup 2000 in Luxembourg, an 8 Nations dart tournement, with the number 1 in the world, Raymond Van Barneveld on hand. It's quite normal, after you stop playing darts, that you will get 'dartitus', because you were used to playing well, under pressure. Now you think that you have to do the same, but you're not used to : 1) playing under pressure again 2) everybody is awaiting the same good darts from you as in the past 3) you put yourself under pressure to play what you were used to playing!!!! You know, darts is the most psychological game existing and so, here are my tips to get off from 'dartitus' : 1)The most important is to make a 'VACUUM' in your brain, meaning that : Just throw out your darts on the board without thinking on everything and that alone, for at least 1 hour each day, so your brain is getting the feeling back for regular practice and your *SELF-CONFIDENCE* -----> that's the *MAGIC WORD* ....... will come back!!!! If you feel that the self-confidence is back, then *ONLY* try to make serious practice on big finishes and top scores and you will see it works !!! But be patient, it will take some weeks or month's before the results are there, never give up and *BELIEVE* in yourself, the rest will show up on its own !!! It's a very hard period to get through!!!! |
