Hitting a plateu or hoping to level up your axe throwing? Well hell, friend, who isn’t? Here are a few ways I’ve helped boost my axe throwing accuracy and consistency. Yes, I have three ways to throw axes real good…
Tips and Advice
The Most Important Stat in Axe Throwing
The most important stat in axe throwing? How many axes you own, amirite? I will tell you something that I suspect many of you have already surmised about your humble narrator – I am not really all that great at…
Axe League Tip: Be a mentor.
Axe throwing is a welcoming sport. We are excited when someone new joins in, are excited when they come back for another league, and are all-around pretty excited about anything. We’re like Labrador puppies, really. Just in the world, excited…
3 tips for brand new throwers
Starting out in axe throwing, specifically as a member of a league, can result in a bunch of advice and guidelines from more experienced throwers. And that’s great, honestly, as a way of diving deep in something new. But the…
What to do with your pre-throw nerves
Axe throwing is by all accounts a low-pressure thing. Compared to, say, flying a B-17 over Nazi-occupied Europe, axe throwing is small potatoes. But it is a potato, and that’s worth thinking about. Because potatoes are real good. Despite the…
Axe Throwing Tip: Everything is Practice
I’m a thinker. I’m paid to think, I think in my free time. To the credit of the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! program I read a lot — and all of that is great. I enjoy treating my body as…
When to make your axe an ex
I’m literally writing this post just to use that title. Call me Carrie because this article is entirely hinging on that wordplay. Anyway, I think you’ve known me long enough now, dear reader, that I may safely admit to you…
Games to Improve Your Axe Throwing
Listen, I love throwing a hunk of metal into a hunk of wood as much as the next person, but the truth is this: practicing this sport can get reaaaaaaaaaaaaaal repetitive. Throw, retrieve, throw, retrieve. What am I, an adorable…
Want a Better Throw? Limit Yer Movement
Before some throwers blast their way into the comments section and let me know how wrong I am, let me start with a statement: If you’ve got a throw that’s already working for you, and you look like you’re performing…
Spice up Axe Throwing League Night
League night is a cornerstone of axe throwing. It’s where you develop as a thrower, where you meet new friends, and where you find your excuse for drinking. But it can get repetitive. The same throwers, the same matches. The…