Ringers Pile Up, Thanks to TCC

I competed in the World Champion Horseshoe Pitching Tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee in August. I’ve been pitching horseshoes for over 40 years in Northern California and never have done quite as well as in the Knoxville tournament. Pitching five games a day for three days in the Men’s Open group, I compiled a record of 15 wins and 0 losses, and pitched 11 percentage points over my entering average of 30.65%. Why did this happen?

In May, my wife suggested that I try T’ai Chi Chih. We had taken a class a number of years ago, but I had not continued to practice what I had learned. She reviewed the lessons with me and we began doing TCC three times a week. We even did one TCC practice in a Knoxville park on the morning of the second day of the tournament. After the tournament she asked me if I thought TCC was a contributing factor in my success. Because horseshoe pitching involves a great deal of coordination, balance and concentration, I really believe that TCC was very beneficial to me. I am still doing TCC and am still having great success in local tournaments in Northern California.