In my humble oponion it is a grip issue as you hint at in your post. The fingers are probably not even. Use the little mirror you got when you took the class. Or better yet do what Alligator Rose and Doc do. We have a 24" by 36" mirror that we can place anywhere on our table to see various aspects of our throw. To check the grip we place the mirror acrosse the table from where we stand–in front of where the dealer would be. We set the dice, make our grab, adjust our grip, and hold up the dice in front of the mirror to look at our finger placement and then bring the dice back down, make sure we are level (which you can also see in the mirror) and make our throw.

This can also be done with a practice throwing station by placing the station against a wall and leaning the mirror against the wall as well. Just get the angle where you can easily see your hand.

You can also placed the mirror against the back wall of the your craps table–or the back of the receiving station with the mirror leaning against the wall–and see your entire swing to make sure your back and forward seing are straight down the table and your release is level and fingers hold the "C" grip. For this drill do not look at your landing spot or the flight of the dice. Watch your entire arm and hand swing so you can see any inperfections.

Lastly film your throw. Have your wife or girl friend (but not both at the same time!!!!) or like Goldfinger does–use your grandson to film you. You can use slow motion with an IPAD or other similar device.

Hope this will help.

Alligator Rose and Doc

PS—the mirror is very inexpensive at Target or Walmart or any big box store.

Doc is right on what he is saying. Your grip is off and this could be a combination of things …. fingers not perfectly straight across the front, your middle finger having more skin on the left die instead of in the middle, gripping to tightly with you ring finger so that die stays on your finger a tiny bit longer.

The grip is something that everyone needs to work on over and over again

Dominator

Hi!

This is just another suggestion for checking on your grip to go along with the excellent advice you have already received!

Grip a pair of light colored dice and hold them up to a light source and look through the dice. You should be able to see how much skin surface is actually on each die from your fingers and your thumb.

Sometimes my grip looks true when I look at it on the outside but if I look through the dice I see that I have to make minor adjustments to actually be correct in my gripping.

Hope this helps! 🙂

THanks for feedback. will look at the line of fingers, and double check the contact points. the pressure of my grip is light enough that i have to reset because i drop them often enough. lol. but will remind and go back to basics to double make sure. = )

Arvin – Dom had it spot on. Remember you were griping too tight in class? It’s probably creeping up on you again. You should be able to lightly tap on the dice and they should fall out of your fingers. High on the left is telling you your ring finger either has too much meat on the dice or you’re griping too tight.

Keep working on that grip, and use the mirror trick to watch your fingers squaring up evenly…..practicing just picking up he dice and squaring away until you get that to we’re you want. That will help with keeping the fingers level and squared. Remember the practice swing without letting go? Check those fingers!

Practice as you’d play, play as you practice!

Kind regards,
SectionEight

It sounds like you are practicing but my question is this, do you practice your grip and only your grip. Most students never just practice the grip. This is vital to improving your game. Work on your grip daily and you will see those dice fly together.

Working on your grip for 10 minutes a day will show remarkable results in the casino.