Dear Clutchy, The U.S. Championship is coming up next week, and lots of my league friends are going. They want me to come along, but I don’t want to spend lots of money to just go 0-2, pay for lodging,…
Tips and Advice
10 top tips for what to do with your free hand while throwing axes.
There’s a big issue in our sport: what the hell, exactly, are you supposed to do with your off-hand when throwing axes?
There isn’t a single bit of consistency in this sport to guide us, and frankly, I’m sick of guessing.
Practicing for IATC Round 1: some tips.
Round 1 is, in my humble opinion, one of those absolutely goofy, wildly unique elements of throwing in the IATF. That’s saying a lot, considering the other hallmarks of this sport is handing out stickers and alcoholism. Love it or…
Depression and Axe Throwing: a few suggestions for escaping yourself.
Winter and the holiday season oftentimes can make emotions swing a disproportionate amount, compared to the rest of the year. Truth is, there are plenty of human brains out there affected by seasonal depression — or just the melancholy of…
Tips for learning a new axe throw: A half-assed series of lessons.
For those of you who keep track of my adventures, you likely recall (or, if you’re more like me, you don’t remember at all) a post I did not too long ago talking about how I started developing a new-to-me…
Tuesday Tip: Staying still and movement.
Nobody really taught me how to throw. At least, not actively. Not when I was first starting out. I’ve had just oodles of teachers. People I’ve looked up to. People I’ve mimicked and asked questions to and, for 30 minutes…
Boosting your throwtential: Worth the risk and time
Change can be scary. Maybe it’s a new option at your favorite pizza place. Maybe it’s when mom started bringing around a man who smelled like new floors and asked you to call him “pop.” Maybe it’s a new hairdo…
Post tourney blues – dealing with the drop.
It can strike almost instantly – in fact, it hit me just as we were crossing the border between New York and Pennsylvania (on the way back from Toronto) – the “drop.” Having post-tourney-morbs is well documented in axe throwing.…
Dear Clutchy: I’m throwing in Round 1 – please help!
Dear Clutchy, I’ve decided to throw in Round 1 of the IATC – but I’m nervous about doing well enough to earn a spot in Round 2! My axe house was only given 3 spots, and I’m not the strongest…
Tuesday tips: getting better means remembering the basics every throw.
I’m a noticer. A pay-attention-er. I’m well known for being a little freak who stares at what people are doing like I’m some sort of time-traveler who doesn’t know what’s going on and is amazed by even the smallest, inconsequential…