Way too much practice!

1 – 1.5 hours per day and that should be broken up into segments. Like 20 – 30 minute segments if you can ….. morning before work maybe – then when you get back from work …. that sort of thing ….

And break down your practice into certain things you want to work on — hitting your spot, straight shoot, arm swing straight —- etc. And when you do breakdown your practice into certain things – ONLY look at those things. Example, if you are working on a straight arm swing and you throw the dice and you don’t hit your target but your arm swing is straight, say "good shot"!

Dom

Yea Dom, I was breaking everything down in to sections as well. Worked on finger position in front of the mirror, worked on the firmness of my grip, used one of Randman’s practice techniques he taught me about just throwing the dice and paying attention to your form not worrying about the landing area or what comes up just throwing and analyzing my form, threw over an object to work on the arch, threw in to the cup for accuracy and landing, added both the object and cup together for an added challenge, walled up the don’t pass with chips another time for those times when those people show up and try throwing your game off(which by the way I love making don’t players lose when they bet against me), also worked on betting as well.

If your arm was on fire, there are a few things you need to do.
1) Stretch in the morning. Get on the floor, spread you legs as far apart as you can. Then:
– Stretch your arms straight overhead, joining your hands. Lean forward slowly, to as far down as you can with no pain (do NOT bounce up and down). Hold this position foe 10 seconds, breathing normally. Sit back up with a straight back.
– With your arms straight overhead, lean left, down along your left leg as far as you can with no pain. Hold for 10 seconds. Sit back up with a straight back.
– With your arms straight overhead, lean right, down along your left leg as far as you can with no pain. Hold for 10 seconds. Sit back up with a straight back.
– Repeat the above stretches once.
– Sitting with a straight back, move your legs together, so they extend straight, ankles touching. Lift your right leg, pull your right ankle down to the outside of your left leg, just above the knee. Take your right hand and plea it on the floor behind you. Place your left hand on the floor outside your right leg. Slowly turn your upper body to the right as far as you can with no pain, until you are facing behind you or close to it. This is called a pretzel right position. Hold for 10 seconds.
– Repeat the pretzel position, but to the left. Hold for 10 seconds.
– Resume your position, sitting up straight, looking forward, legs straight out before you, on the floor.
– Take both ankles and pull the in, overlapping, also called a Lotus position. Holding your ankles firmly and your back straight, lean your head to the right as far as you can with no pain. Slowly move your head down and to the left until your head is far left. Raise your head back to a straight up position. Now repeat, moving left to right.
– Repeat the head and neck movement.

2) Your done with stretching, which only takes 5 minutes. Now take 2 ibuprofen with half a glass of water. Wait 15 minutes or more and begin your practice.

3) Practice throwing for 5 to 15 minutes, focusing on whichever needs improvement.

4) Now, use a craps layout on a table nearby. I use my kitchen table, right next to my Throwing and Receiving stations. Set up your chips for your normal buy-in. Make your Passline bet, and bonus bet if you do that.

Go to your Throwing station and make your first throw. Place a chip above the number you threw. Pay yourself if you threw a 7 or 11. Put your Passline bet back in the bank, if you threw craps. If you threw a box number, place your odds on your craps layout. Make a Come bet.

Go back to your Throwing station and make your next throw. Add a chip above the number you threw, move your Come bet up to the box number you threw, or take it down if you threw craps, etc.

Keep making throws, stopping each time to update your chips on the layout. When you finally hit a 7, count your chips you used to mark the numbers you threw. That’s your number of throws for that hand. Count your money chips to see how much you are up or down.

Stretching and ibuprofen will keep your muscles from ever cramping.

Using a layout with chips between throws will more realistically match the tempo of a real Casino, and keep you from overstressing your arm, wrist, and joints.

You can practice all day doing this. However, just as you should in a casino, if you find you have had 3 hands (Come out to 7 out) in a row that are a net loss – take at least a 30 to 60 minute break, thinking about something else. Then come back with a fresh perspective.

Thanks Preacher, I’ll incorporate that in to my practice routine.

Hey Acacius,

I would eat lots of protein. Deer Jerky 🙂 . And print out the below photo and put it on your wall while you practice. 😆

Pleasure shooting with you and NR.

-Mr. PiP

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Haha nice MrPiP. It was good throwing with you as well, next time I make it out that way I’ll have to get a hold of you. Nice spreadsheet btw.