Second Day in the Back Yard

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After my second day of practice, I've gone from 0/10 sticking in the target, to 6/10 sticking. When should I start trying different distances? I'm guessing that I should get consistent at the distance I'm at now (7 paces from the target) before trying others.

When trying different distances, how should I change my throws? Should I use my wrist to affect the spin, or the speed at which I throw, or maybe a combination?
 
As noted by others in previous threads, it takes a real expert to alter the release/spin and make the motion work. I try to drill in the same motion and stick with it consistently. That will get you a very high stick percentage and permit you to move on to focusing on accuracy. Once you are getting 8-10 out of 10 at one rotation distance, try moving back. Sometimes two rotations is not quite double the distance of one rotation (at least for me). You may need to take a step forward or backward to get your correct two-rotation distance.

If you start at two rotations and you just aren't getting any sticks, return to one rotation and work on consistency and accuracy. I would not recommend altering your basic motion. You will probably get frustrated.

Another thing that you can try if two-rotation throws are a big problem is 1 1/2 rotations. As I mentioned before, you do this by reversing the edge of the hawk when you throw. The edge will be pointed back as you throw and the hawk will stick handle up. The correct distance should be roughtly 1 1/2 times your single rotation distance.

It sounds like you're making good progress!
 
Originally posted by DancesWithKnives
Another thing that you can try if two-rotation throws are a big problem is 1 1/2 rotations. As I mentioned before, you do this by reversing the edge of the hawk when you throw. The edge will be pointed back as you throw and the hawk will stick handle up. The correct distance should be roughtly 1 1/2 times your single rotation distance.

It sounds like you're making good progress!
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I tried to throw it with the reversed edge a few times. It would strike with the point at the top of the blade, but it wouldn't stick. Do I need to make the point sharper?
 
Sharpening the point would probably help. However, it sounds like you might also want to try taking a small step back. If the hawk has a little more flight time in which to rotate, you may get a cleaner strike on the cutting edge---instead of just a point hit.
 
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