While I got ‘ya—I do like to try and hit the same spot every time. Not always successful every time, but I try. While practicing recently I noticed the dice were doing some crazy things as they landed on the felt. Th felt was so chewed and bunched up that I had to cut out some of the loose parts—notice the 2nd picture. I simply wore out my "target spot." Found a piece of felt and made a small square and it is much better now. The bright green of the new felt makes an outstanding target.

Let’s talk about targeting. Like many I also found myself simply looking at the far end of the table but not really targeting. This "patch" really gave me something to target. I can hit that little spot almost every time now. If you find yourself simply looking to the end of the table, practice taking a couple of seconds to really concentrate on your target spot and then begin your back swing. It will make a world of difference.

Here is a second idea. Use the Spieth method of targeting. For those not in the know, Jordan Spieth is a fairly new young player on the PGA tour who has who won several major tournament in his first few years on tour. The Spieth method of target is simply this—assuming you make your target a circle, small targets mean small misses. If you target is about 4 inches in diameter and you miss by 1 inch you are only 5 inches from the center of your circle. However is your target is 15 inches and you miss by 1 inch, you are 16 inches from the center of your target. If you think you are targeting but you are really only looking to the end of the table throwing the dice you may be in deep ****. Take a few minutes to really concentrate and make it a part of your practice so that targeting is automatic. It may well make a world of difference.

Hope this makes a positive impact on your success at the craps tables.

Doc

Doc how was the wood under the felt. The table the Cleveland Crew uses needs the felt replaced but we are trying to figure out how to repair the plywood. We have dents from the dice hitting in the same area all the time.

Thomas I have a suggestion for whom ever has the table .When the crew plays you ask for .25 from each one and put them in a 5 gal. water jug . This over time will pay for ALL repairs needed .
I used Oak plywood on my table but have not looked under the felt and do not feel any dents yet . But then again it does not get as much play .The extra cost may be worth it since it is a lot of work changing it .If you used 2 sheets of ply would you may be able to just flip them over instead of buying new ones .The plans that I got off this site said to use 2 sheets of ply wood glued . I dont remember if I put the oak side down on the under ply wood . I hope that I did .I know that I put the oak side up on the top piece but then again both sides may have been Oak for all I know at this time .I think they were 50.00 a sheet at that time .
Good Rolling. 😀 😀

I heard of guys using bondo and sanding gently with a sponge sanding block, painters also use same technique when painting over knotty pine and it comes perfect…

Bondo is the ticket it dries hard and is sand able.

Now if the wood is exposed as in knotty pine I would be using the sawdust out of my chop saw bag mixed with a little glue so I have a color match.