Okay, listen. I love this sport. I love how quirky a lot of it is, I like that it’s not perfect, and I like that we still have lots of room to figure it out/change it/experiment. But as I nestle…
Author: Badger
How to Prepare for IATC Round 1
The Wilson Cup, named after a character from Home Improvement, is the shining grail of our sport’s penultimate tourney. And while precious few of us will ever get into the winner’s circle of the IATC, we can certainly use the…
Creative Ways to Get Inside The Head of Your Opponent
Much like the sister sport of axe throwing; chess, getting into the mind of your opponent while throwing is essential. There’s plenty of talk about how we’re all a community and there’s so much love to be shared and had…
The One, Under-discussed Skill Every Axe Thrower Eventually Needs to Learn
Gather ’round, dear readers, and let me tell you one of the great secrets of our sport (and, really I suppose, all sports). It took me a long time to learn this skill in general, but I figured it out…
IATF Says: “Eff it, everything counts as points, now”
In a startling about face, the IATF has recently announced the debate about Premier vs. Touch Clutch vs. Standard is over: every goddamn thing counts as points. Appearing on a front porch (not hers) and wearing a bath robe from…
What’s Your Axe Throwing Nickname?
There is nothing more difficult, nothing more EMBARASSING than not having a nickname as an axe thrower. Pivotal, missed clutches. Accidentally throwing with your axe cover still on your axe. Messing up in Axescores. ALL OF THEM MOMENTARY, COMPARED TO…
New Throwing Axe Review: A Custom Flying Fox by Garrett Stidham
Friends, there comes a time in every young axe-throwers life when they find the purchase of off-the-shelf axes to be…unsatisfying. Sure, the type of axe you throw has some impact on your throwing, but really it’s the skill, dedication, and…
The Mental Game, Or: How I am learning to get out of my own way.
Axe throwing is a lot of things. It’s finding the right axe for you, it’s learning how to throw well (consistently). It’s getting your first axe name and figuring out where your line happens to be between drinking and still…
Did the IATF Even CONSIDER the Impact of their New Rules? Because I Have.
The newest packet of rules updates may seem fairly straight forward on casual glance: a new touch clutch for Premier, clarifications on rules around big axe clutch attempts and how qualifying works. But on a deeper read, there is a…
New IATF Rules, Who Dis?
That’s right, dear reader – your friend Badger has all the hot takes on the newest rules the IATF presented to us yesterday here. Let’s see what’s on the menu, hmm? BIG AXE CLUTCH ATTEMPTS In the before times, looooong…