Task description
Goal/task: get out of 170 using as few arrows as possible.
This exercise helps a lot in developing the "what should I throw?" questions between two arrows. Counting in your head while throwing is a difficult but crucial point in getting out. If you don't have a reflex when you throw what, then the focus will not be on the movement but on counting, which is a direct path to mistakes. If you play 170 a lot (and have learned the outs), after a while you won't count anymore but you will know reflexively what you should throw. With the greatest players, it seems as if they can calculate in a tenth of a second how much is left after throwing. This is a mistake. They don't count but they know what it is, because they are aware that if they throw for T20 but it becomes S20, what will happen next for the first and second arrow. A big difference. They are in such a situation that they have at least four scenarios in their head before throwing (whether they have a triple with the first arrow or not, whether they have a triple with the second arrow or not).
This exercise helps a lot in developing the "what should I throw?" questions between two arrows. Counting in your head while throwing is a difficult but crucial point in getting out. If you don't have a reflex when you throw what, then the focus will not be on the movement but on counting, which is a direct path to mistakes. If you play 170 a lot (and have learned the outs), after a while you won't count anymore but you will know reflexively what you should throw. With the greatest players, it seems as if they can calculate in a tenth of a second how much is left after throwing. This is a mistake. They don't count but they know what it is, because they are aware that if they throw for T20 but it becomes S20, what will happen next for the first and second arrow. A big difference. They are in such a situation that they have at least four scenarios in their head before throwing (whether they have a triple with the first arrow or not, whether they have a triple with the second arrow or not).
Why is it worth doing this?
It's a popular practice for a reason. In this game, you'll encounter the most critical part of the game over and over again: getting out. You can throw T20 after T20 if you can't turn it into a win in the end. When you're playing alone, there's no question that the goal will be to finish in as few rounds as possible. It's advisable to set difficult but achievable goals. For example, if your average is around 50, then (170/50=3.4) which, rounded down, means 3 rounds. So if you're using it as training, it's advisable to set a goal value of finishing 10 times in a maximum of 3 rounds.
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