OK, I finished reading Sharpshooter's book on dice control. A great book written in my favorite style - story telling. It also has a forward written by Frank Scoblete that is worth the price of the book alone.
Although Sharpshooter makes it obvious that just like baseball or any competitive sport it takes lots of practice to learn to throw the dice. The whole argument for dice control is that if you can reduce the number of sevens rolled below the expected of 1:6 to say 1:7 you can get an advantage over the house. Basically it means you can get longer rolls going which translates into wins! The sport I would compare dice throwing to would be darts. I was in London recently (no no craps playing, next time!) and watching the World Dart Championships on TV. It was amazing to see these guys step up to the line and let loose and consistenly put the dart in the double 20. I couldn not help thinking what good shooters they would make!
So here are the key points I took away from Sharpshooter's book. First, the set. He uses the "Hard Way Set". This means put the dice together with doubles showing on top and the 1's and 6's on the ends. Check it out. If you could actually throw the dice in this position and keep them from doing anything but rolling forward you would always be rolling points. So that's the idea.
Then there is the throw. You lightly toss them down the table so they fall dead after bouncing off the back wall.
I am itching to try these techniques out. There is lots more material in this book about different sets of the dice, how to practice, good betting strategy, etc.
Time to stop reading and start shooting!
DD
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