Illustration by Elias Stein
Agreeing to the rules is half the fun.
Rally score? Canceling? Texas-, Missouri-, or Michigan-style? Suit the game to kids, old folks, or youthful beer-swillers.
Develop your own throwing form.
Underhand is traditional. Some like to throw flat. Only in St. Louis, Peterson says, do folks throw overhand.
Practice makes perfect.
Luckily, we love washers in St. Louis, and you can find a game anywhere folks are gathered in the summertime.
Beer can ruin your game—or refine it.
“Your accuracy either gets terrible or really good,” says Peterson.
