...Or "throwing cards," however you want to know it as... [Image]
I've known how to throw cards for quite a long
while, but I've never really tried it much.
Recently, I decided I wanted to get better at it. I figured their must be
some home pages devoted to throwing cards, right? Wrong. Not a single page.
(That I can find anyway.) So I decided to write this for all you budding
card-throwers out there.
Technique
The technique is the most important thing -- it's how to hold the card and
how to throw it.
It's really easy, since their's only one way of doing it (that I know of),
but it works, so don't knock it:
1. Your dominant hand is the one you'll throw with. (You know, the hand
you write with.) Grab a card.
2. Hold the card perpendicular to your hand. The long edge of the card
should touch your palm. Your forefinger should be on top of the card,
your middle finger on the bottom. The tips of your fore- and middle
fingers should line up with the edge of the card.
3. Find a target. To practice, it's easiest to find a vertical target --
a picture, the back of a chair, etc. -- and aim for that. Work up to
the traditional hat later.
4. It's all in the wrist. Just flick your wrist and open your fingers!
The card should slice through the air, spinning. Remember, it's all in
the wrist. Keep you arm, shoulder and everything else still. Open your
fingers just enough to let the card go.
That's all there is to it.
Tips
* Unless your more patient than I am, I highly recommend getting a
couple of decks of cards to use. After you throw 52 cards -- which
doesn't take long -- you have to go pick them up. I like being able to
just sit there throwing them. Or you could find a gullible soul to
pick the cards up for you.
* After you throw a couple of times, you'll notice that you'll only have
51 cards in your deck. Then 50, then 49, etc. Keep a separate deck for
throwing -- it really sucks trying to play a card game without a
complete deck.
* Keep the card level. If it's tilted one way or another, it'll fly in
that direction. It takes a bit of practice to get this right and I
think this is the hardest part.
* Be consistent. Once you get it right, throw the same way every time.
It'll be easier to graduate to the hat or other fun objects -- like
people -- if you always throw the same.
