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Dartitis!

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  • 19-08-2009 12:12am
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    ratinakeg
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    It must be a pain in the backside to have dartitis, I've seen some of you lads on here had it before! What do you do ? Do you give up for a while? My head would be wrecked. Was thinking I had it for a few weeks as I was playing crap just recently but I was simply was not practising enough! Played a good bit earlier and was happy again!:) Would you count a dip in form as dartitis?

    Saw this vid earlier suggesting Rod Harrington has dartitis;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5tRO-vsV7M

    I don't know if I'd call it dartitis though!


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    Daffy501
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    I dont think i would class a dip in form as Dartitis mate however i have never expierenced it so wouldnt know about it.

    I did have a Darts mate about 12 years back who suffered from it and he used an unusual method to get rid of it !!

    Somebody told him it was all in the head and that he had to trick his mind into thinking he wasnt throwing at the dartboard , so he tied an elastic band from the number 20 to the number 3 and concentrated on trying to break the band with a dart.
    After a while he was back throwing normal and told me that he attributed the fix to throwing at something different other than the T20 as he maintained that was how it all started for him , he just got so used to trying to hit T20 and when he didnt he became frustrated.

    According to Bristow,in an interview, he said that its all to do with repetiveness and the mind and body getting used to doing one thing for so long


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    jamesbere
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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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    Dartitis (pronounced dart-eye-tis) is a condition which can affect dart players, and severely damage their performance and results. It can be compared to the 'yips', a movement disorder which can affect golf players as they take their putting stroke. The term is used in reference to players who struggle with some kind of psychological problem with their technique and/or release of their darts.
    The most famous case of dartitis came in 1986, when five-time World Champion, Eric Bristow revealed he was having problems with the release of his darts.[1] Bristow managed to make a partial recovery from the condition, and even managed to regain the number one position in the world rankings.

    URL="http://www.boards.ie/w/index.php?title=Dartitis&action=edit&section=1"][COLOR=#0000ff]edit[/COLOR][/URL Players affected

    The following players have all been reported sufferers from the condition dartitis.


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