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Tips and Advice
Axe Throwing Tip: Don’t Tip (Your Body)
In the spirit of sharing an axe throwing tip that I should have known long before now, I have another one for you, dear reader: This past Sunday was yet another lovely, 5-week marathon league at Meduseld Meadery. Unlike past…
Axe Throwing Tip I Learned Late: Have a “Lock Point”
Dear readers: I spend time thinking about axe throwing. A lot of this thought, outside of questions like “how much of a mole man do I look like to other throwers?” and “I wonder if eating a whole stromboli just…
Forget the Line. Focus the Arc.
I have a lot to say about IATC (well, at least one post that I’ll stretch out to three, because content is queen), but one of the most revelatory lessons I gained happened the day before I participated in Round…
Heckling and Axe Throwing: A Guide
Axe throwing and heckling goes together like beer and olives (inasmuch that you don’t think the two really need to go together, but have you had a beertini? delicious). But like all good things, there is a limit where fun…
Become an Axe Throwing Hero
Hero worship isn’t something I particularly subscribe to. Truth is, a hero is just someone who was in the right place, at the right time, and did the “right” thing. But I’m not against people making themselves into a different…
Listen Often, Apply Rarely: The Boon and Curse of Axe Throwing Advice.
When I started throwing axes, I was blown away by how quickly (and readily) more experienced throwers were willing to help me get better via axe throwing advice. I think my very first match, Trevor (yes, I remember) basically stopped…
What I Wish I Knew About Axe Throwing When I Started
Axe throwing is an easy-to-pick-up thing for most people. I had/have a little bit of difficulty from my complications a la cerebral palsy, but even so: I make it work, and I have fun. But there are a number of…
Axe throwing practice/game tip: modified 7s.
This past Sunday, after a session of Old Gods of Appalachia with friends, Chapman and I trotted off to the Meadery for some axe throwing practice. It’s a typical thing for us, both: Sunday practice. When they make a biopic…
Make Axe League Night Mean More: 3 Ways to Add Variety and Camaraderie
League night is my favorite night. I love the chance to see friends, laugh, and disassociate from the garbage fire of the world via a goofy sport. But there are nights where, somehow, it feels like something to just get…