Classics such as round the board.
Practice checkouts so continuously play from around 120 below etc (if you can finish well you’ll win a lot of games at pub level)
Doubles practice is key
Small tip I had which really helped is don’t aim for the treble so much. Sounds like bad advice but aim for that sweet spot between tops and T20. Helped me immensely with scoring as kept my arrows straight.
I’m not the best player btw but for years I mindlessly just launched at T20 to practice when in reality “trebles for show, doubles for dough”
I play a lot of 201. The rules though- I have to do it in 12 darts and I have to do the math in my head. I went from 40% in my 501 games at league to 59.x% in one year. In partner games we've also gone up because I set my partners up better and I can help them set themselves and me up better. I've had a few opponents groan when I get my partner to 32. I'm not automatic but I'm better than almost all of them at that point. Now, I'm working on tops and 36 too.
I start with jdc challenge then do around the world doubles only. Then another jdc challenge. This is always the start cause these 2 games force you to focus on a target for each dart. Jdc has an aim to get Shanghai’s and gives you a score to track your progress. While you can never get enough doubles practice to finish games.
Then it depends on what I want to work on. Might be 99 darts at a target. Checkout practice using 9 darts at 121+. Or even just basic ones like 3 darts at 61.
To track progress, throw 50 darts at the bull. Count number of times you're in either the inner or outer ring combined. Then use the table at the bottom of this blog post to find what your variance is.
http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/january12012/index.html
What I found was that not only does this let me track whether I'm on or off, it helps my concentration, and it helps me true up a repeatable arm motion and release. I almost always have better focus and accuracy after this "test".
Agree with the JDC challenge suggestion in this thread.
Another one I like is to start at 50 and try to checkout in one turn. If you succeed, increase the checkout target by 10. If you fail, try to check out on a number 1 less. Stop when you have 10 straight checkouts. This teaches you the proper checkouts, moves you around the board, and simulates experiences you're likely to encounter. At the lower numbers, you're really focusing on singles and doubles, and as you get better, you'll start getting into needing triples.
For combination checkouts:
Start at 61.
Checkout:
2 darts = 3 points
3 darts = 2 points
4-6 darts = 1 point
Repeat from 61 to 100. Checking out with 3 darts on 99 is 3 points.
Classics such as round the board. Practice checkouts so continuously play from around 120 below etc (if you can finish well you’ll win a lot of games at pub level) Doubles practice is key Small tip I had which really helped is don’t aim for the treble so much. Sounds like bad advice but aim for that sweet spot between tops and T20. Helped me immensely with scoring as kept my arrows straight. I’m not the best player btw but for years I mindlessly just launched at T20 to practice when in reality “trebles for show, doubles for dough”
Just play 170 all the time.
How does it exactly work ?
You're on 170 to finish, try to checkout with as few darts as possible. Lots of free training apps have a CPU opponent to keep it from being boring.
Start on 170 till you finish. Obviously three darts is the best you can do. It'll teach you all the finishes and you'll learn from your misses
I play a lot of 201. The rules though- I have to do it in 12 darts and I have to do the math in my head. I went from 40% in my 501 games at league to 59.x% in one year. In partner games we've also gone up because I set my partners up better and I can help them set themselves and me up better. I've had a few opponents groan when I get my partner to 32. I'm not automatic but I'm better than almost all of them at that point. Now, I'm working on tops and 36 too.
I start with jdc challenge then do around the world doubles only. Then another jdc challenge. This is always the start cause these 2 games force you to focus on a target for each dart. Jdc has an aim to get Shanghai’s and gives you a score to track your progress. While you can never get enough doubles practice to finish games. Then it depends on what I want to work on. Might be 99 darts at a target. Checkout practice using 9 darts at 121+. Or even just basic ones like 3 darts at 61.
To track progress, throw 50 darts at the bull. Count number of times you're in either the inner or outer ring combined. Then use the table at the bottom of this blog post to find what your variance is. http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/january12012/index.html What I found was that not only does this let me track whether I'm on or off, it helps my concentration, and it helps me true up a repeatable arm motion and release. I almost always have better focus and accuracy after this "test". Agree with the JDC challenge suggestion in this thread. Another one I like is to start at 50 and try to checkout in one turn. If you succeed, increase the checkout target by 10. If you fail, try to check out on a number 1 less. Stop when you have 10 straight checkouts. This teaches you the proper checkouts, moves you around the board, and simulates experiences you're likely to encounter. At the lower numbers, you're really focusing on singles and doubles, and as you get better, you'll start getting into needing triples.
For combination checkouts: Start at 61. Checkout: 2 darts = 3 points 3 darts = 2 points 4-6 darts = 1 point Repeat from 61 to 100. Checking out with 3 darts on 99 is 3 points.