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…
Tips and Advice
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 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…
Hey Gang, I Donked This Axe League Real Bad. That’s Okay.
PERCEPTION, REALITY, AND THE FRUSTRATION OF KNOWING JUST ENOUGH. Well, dear readers, I want to admit something to you all: I kinda failed myself during the Wednesday night league (we still have the 7th week and the tourney, but I…
Stop Stopping Yourself From Learning
The impulse to maintain consistency is a very human trait. It’s an ancient, lizard-brain survival tactic that typically doesn’t let us down, as a species. And that’s good. Because I like existing and appreciate all of the little, hairy people…
Get A Grip: The Importance of a Great Axe Handle.
We (not the editorial we, the axe community we) spend a hell of a lot of time trying to choose the axe that makes us feel and look as cool as that one dude from Merlin: And I think it’s…
Throw Better? No. Throw However.
If you’ve spent even one drunken hour throwing in a league, you’ve likely bumped into one of the unofficial slogans of axe throwing. No, not “Premier is dumb” and no, not necessarily “I’m getting a new axe and I swear,…
Let’s Talk Budget: Axe Throwing Gets Pricey, And Will Get Pricier.
Axe throwing started out like so many fringe sports: low point of entry on cost, “whatever works” mentality and, of course, drinking. But it’s graduated from those waddling baby steps into an activity that can cost a-plenty of hard earned…
3 Ways to Throw Axes Real Good Like.
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…
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…