Dice Control Execution – The Total Process
Dice Control is not just about the skill of setting, gripping and throwing the dice – it’s a total process including zoning in, aiming, releasing and following through. Here is how we do it:
Become comfortable with the table. As the dice are coming to me, I’m rubbing the felt on the table and preparing my mind set. I’m now relaxing and breathing slowly and deeply. My bet size has already been determined with the betting tactic I will use and chips are positioned in my chip rack to facilitate minimal disruption of gripping/throwing process.
Aim. Stretch arm toward the desired target area, taking a deep full breath in, filling my lungs, never, ever allowing my eyes to rise above the green diamonds. No eye contact with other players, never, ever allowing this distraction from my “calm place!”
Dice Square & Flush. During my aim, adjust my wrist to ensure the dice are perfectly square and flush to the back wall.
Holding deep breath in, bring hand back, short back swing, “breaking wrist” just slightly if at all, dice remain square to end wall.
Begin a “full exhale” as hand and arm “flow smoothly forward” to desired release point with hand ending straight out, parallel to table bed, in “Fish Mouth Release”.
Follow through. Continue with arm/hand and wrist breaking upward all the way through a relaxed smooth release, removing any “jerking motion” at release (follow through like a golf swing). Eyes now on the dice watching them “float” through a nice slow arc with slight backspin holding tight together as they land in the target zone, visualizing & influencing the dice to the desired spot and outcome.
Nice slow arc and landing. The dice take two to three bounces, square and flush to the table surface just in front of the diamond wall, gently repel off the back wall and then “die” like “fly paper” sticking them to the table.
With the desired number resulting, I gently hit the table with my fist and, with a low whisper, say “Y E S!” This provides positive reinforcement directly to my “muscle memory” influencing the next roll to be consistent, duplicating the same identical movements and process for the next throw.
