problem with throwing knife

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doghunterd2

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I'm fairly new to throwing and I'm stumped< I seem to be twisting my wrist and it is causing the knife to hit flat or sticks at a angle. Any ideas?
 
Yes.

Move.

Get a consistent throw. Then adjust your distance to the target. Pay attention to how it is hitting.
 
Reason I asked is that I find this to be more common with no-spin. I agree with BFT, look how you are gripping and do it the same every time. I change my grip at different ranges a bit but always the same at any given range. Then watch how it hits or glances off to see what you are doing. It is not always a problem if the knife is going more or less where you want it to end up. Who cares if it is slightly angled or edge up if the point is stuck in the center. My grandson uses this weird side arm all the time. He tries to throw overhand and invariably hooks hard right and throws a side arm. Still hits and sticks near center.... so I don't question it. It may have to do with his being 8. He does the same when throwing his grandmother's hawk. The hawks all stick in with the handle pointing West and the head to the East. He can often throw more accurately than I can this way.
 
For a half spin throw, try tossing it from the blade with a tomahawk action, with no force, from about 5 to 6 feet. If right handed, put your right foot forward with your body facing about 45 degrees to your left. Stand and point the handle of the knife at the target with the edge vertical. Sight along your arm. Bring the knife back to about your ear and GENTLY toss the knife with a tomahawk action. Have someone stand away beside the target and watch to see how it's hitting. If the point is down as it hits, you're too far away (it has over-rotated). If it's hitting with the point up, you're too close (it has under-rotated). Adjust your distance by 1 inch at a time. Let it slide from your grip. The weight of the knife will stick it in.

Throw GENTLY, especially if you're using a heavy knife at half spin distance. A miss will bounce with enough force to stick it into your shin bone.

For a full spin throw, try tossing it from the handle like a tomahawk, with no force, from about 12 to 13 feet. Stand and point the blade at the target. Bring the knife back to about your ear and gently toss the knife with a tomahawk action. Have someone stand away beside the target and watch to see how it's hitting. If the point is down as it hits, you're too far away (it has over-rotated). If it's hitting with the point up, you're too close (it has under-rotated). Adjust your distance by 1 or 2 inches at a time. Let the handle slide from your grip. The weight of the knife will stick it in.

Steve

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You're probably throwing with a cross arm sort of deal. Start your throw with your knife around your ear, then as you follow through, make sure your arm is coming down on the same side.
 
Here are some pics of my Grandsons's weird side arm throw. He doesn't even know he does it, and it doesn't prevent him from sticking stuff. These pics are of him throwing a hawk (Ughhhhh Mea Culpa!!) because that is what I had pics of around here.

Here he is setting up like any other human

Here he is fully cocked back and already losing his form



Coming forward with the axe




Here is the axe, out in front flying sideways toward the target. Does this every time. It doesn't matter how hard he works to keep the thing evenly vertical, it winds up horizontal. And stuck in the target



 
Same day my wife was throwing. Exactly vertical. Great follow through and almost perfect results. She loves that axe!





 
I once read a saying that said you should throw like you're projecting a bird to fly out of your hand. Don't try to spin it, it will spin anyways and be a much more gradual spin
 
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