Have you ever wondered about origin of handbags and purses? Handbags have been essential to daily life ever since people have had something precious to carry around with them and only items have changed over time. The very first mention in written literature comes from 14th century, even though Egyptian hieroglyphs show pouches carried around waist. Bags were attached to what were called "girdles" which were fastened to waist. Embroidery and jewels adorned these articles and were used to show status - richer person, more elaborate bag. More information on medieval clothing In 16th century, handbags took on more of an air of practicality with use of everyday materials such as leather with a drawstring fastener on top. During this period, cloth bags were used that were made larger and used by travelers and carried diagonally across body. The 17th century saw more variety and both fasionable men and women carried small purses with more complex shapes. Young girls were taught embroidery as a very necessary skill to make them marriagable and we see rise of beautiful and unique stitched artwork in handbags.

Let’s face it. Every hand that a precision shooter throws, be they novice or journeyman shooter, eventually ends with failure. Whether hand lasts three rolls, or ten or thirty rolls, an eventual unintended seven arrives in due course. If we were capable of throwing a perfectly executed controlled toss every time, perhaps this would not be case, but bottom line is we CAN’T throw a perfectly executed toss every time. The seven is inevitable. This is a fact of life for a precision shooter. This doesn’t mean that you should live in fear of seven. As I’ve stated before, as a precision shooter, if you’re shooting in fear of seven, you are giving it power over you.

We’ve established then that for every hand you throw as a dice influencer, it will end in failure. We aren’t going to dwell on negative aspects of that right now. The purpose of this article is to determine whether you are getting most out of those failures at tables.

Every Session Is A Learning Opportunity I’ve been involved with precision shooting for several years now. Regardless, I still approach every session as an opportunity to learn something new. Perhaps it’s a new betting method, maybe it’s a fresh approach to money management, or being more adept at troubleshooting my throw while I’m at table. There is always room for growth. Anyone who tells you that they know everything there is to know about game and about precision shooting is delusional or has an ego that’s run amok. Continued growth is extremely important to your future success at tables as a precision shooter specifically and as a craps player in general.

Debrief I certainly hope by now, you know importance of keeping session notes. The Mad Professor has several articles on subject, as well as MickeyD’s article Notes, Notes, Notes. I’m aware that a lot of shooters keep session notes solely for purpose of keeping track of wins and losses. That’s really a secondary purpose. The main purpose for keeping notes is for gaining insight into future sessions. Your session notes will provide a method for you to FAIL BETTER in future.