Home Pratice Routine by Mr. Finesse
PART I: There are 8 Physical Elements one must work on to become an accomplished Controlled Shooter and to become proficient in these 8 Physical Elements one must PRACTICE endlessly. Setting up a practice are and using it can be…
Hand Length – What Are True Odds? by Dan Pronovost
Hand Length – What Are True Odds? by Dan Pronovost Posted by Dan Pronovost With the new "40 and over record holder’s" club Frank and Dom have created, I’ve become very curious about the probability of such events (as a…
Perfect Throw Might Just Be Imperfect by Frank Scoblete
Perfect Might Be Imperfect By Frank Scoblete This is my first attempt to explain why “perfection” is often imperfect in dice control and that slight imperfections as the dice float through the air might be the best thing for a…
The Learning Curve by Dominator
The Learning Curve Dominator Remember in any learning curve, you have great improvement at first and then the improvement starts to level off and your improvement isn’t as dramatic. You might also find some drop in ability. What will happen…
Throwing curves! by Carl
Carl In my practice sessions, my dice both hit the table and then make a rather sharp turn to the left. I throw form SL and I’m right handed. What am I doing wrong? Doc Holliday responds Carl, This is…
What causes the dreaded Double Pitch by Dominator
A double pitch problem is usually caused by one, two or all of these factors: 1. Fingers not square across the dice in the front 2. landing to hard on the table surface 3. griping the dice to hard Number…
Having Trouble with NO Spin Zone! by John Davidson
John Davidson asks Hi, everyone, here’s my problem. I just can’t seem to get any spin on the dice. I used to be someone who stacked the dice and threw with no spin but since reading Frank’s stuff, I started…
SRR Calculations by DJ
From an earlier response from Dom on the subject of Practice: "I have about 12,000 tosses recorded. As a math guy, I will tell everyone that you need at least 5000 tosses to even begin to figure your SRR, anything…
Real World Play by Bill Burton
As many of you know I write a weekly column for the About Casino Gambling website. I give what I feel is practical and honest advice about the casino and the games. This would not be possible if I were…
5-Count on controlled shooters? by Carl
Carl asks I’ve been reading quite a number of posts on other boards lately and one "authority" said that you should ALWAYS bet on controlled shooters because they have the edge and it would be foolish to use the 5-Count…