Anybody got any good practice routines?

Gringo180

Howya's lads im looking for a few good practice routines that will keep me focused for a couple of hours instead of aimlessly throwing at the treble 20 bed for half and hour and getting bored (which im a c%#t for)

Im looking along the lines of some finishing practice as I tend to score well enough but when I seem to get to the 200 mark I go to ****e.

Cheers fellow darters:D

ratinakeg

Gringo180 wrote: »

Howya's lads im looking for a few good practice routines that will keep me focused for a couple of hours instead of aimlessly throwing at the treble 20 bed for half and hour and getting bored (which im a c%#t for)

Im looking along the lines of some finishing practice as I tend to score well enough but when I seem to get to the 200 mark I go to ****e.

Cheers fellow darters:D

What we do on my team is start doing checkouts starting on 61, then when somebody hits that we move on to 62 and so on...

I practise this meself at home and i'm finding that I'm taking these checkouts out handy enough now!

Dicie

9 pints heineken... Remove darts from case.... 2 further pints, a snack box, and taxi home... Practice complete.:D

padr81

121 to 170 game.

You have 9 darts to finish 121. If you get it in 9 you move on to 122. If you miss you got back to 121. The idea is you finish 121-130 in 9 darts each without messing one up.

For example you might go
121 - 5 darts
122 - 6 darts
123 - 3 darts
124 - 7 darts
125 - fail (so you go back to 121 again.)

When you finish 121-130 without messing one up you start on 131-140. Again if you miss any between 131 and 140, you go back to 131.

Same applies for 141-150, 151-160, 161-170 (you need to do all numbers from 161-170 not just the out in 3 ones).

If you can reguarly finish them handy enough, you can try and complete them all in 6 darts. what you'll find is you'll start leaving the nice checkouts more often than not when you miss, for example with the 121. You might go 20, 17, 20 leaving 64. With 122 you'll more than likely go 18,18,18, leaving 68 etc... 123 19,18,18 leaving 68 again, 124 20,18,18 leaving you guessed it 68. So along with improving your big outshots you also get plenty of practice at the small ones (61-100) and you'll find you start to leave, 64,68,70,74,76,80,81,82,84,86,90 alot when missing and you'll have plenty of practice taking these ones out. You'll also start doing things like leaving 100 instead of 99. For example you'll be going in for 159, 20,20 and 19 to leave a nicer checkout than simply going scoring 60.

Its brought my game on in leaps and bounds. plus your still getting treble practice.

Dicie

padr81 wrote: »

121 to 170 game.

You have 9 darts to finish 121. If you get it in 9 you move on to 122. If you miss you got back to 121. The idea is you finish 121-130 in 9 darts each without messing one up.

For example you might go
121 - 5 darts
122 - 6 darts
123 - 3 darts
124 - 7 darts
125 - fail (so you go back to 121 again.)

When you finish 121-130 without messing one up you start on 131-140. Again if you miss any between 131 and 140, you go back to 131.

Same applies for 141-150, 151-160, 161-170 (you need to do all numbers from 161-170 not just the out in 3 ones).

If you can reguarly finish them handy enough, you can try and complete them all in 6 darts. what you'll find is you'll start leaving the nice checkouts more often than not when you miss, for example with the 121. You might go 20, 17, 20 leaving 64. With 122 you'll more than likely go 18,18,18, leaving 68 etc... 123 19,18,18 leaving 68 again, 124 20,18,18 leaving you guessed it 68. So along with improving your big outshots you also get plenty of practice at the small ones (61-100) and you'll find you start to leave, 64,68,70,74,76,80,81,82,84,86,90 alot when missing and you'll have plenty of practice taking these ones out. You'll also start doing things like leaving 100 instead of 99. For example you'll be going in for 159, 20,20 and 19 to leave a nicer checkout than simply going scoring 60.

Its brought my game on in leaps and bounds. plus your still getting treble practice.

You have 9 darts to finish 121. If you get it in 9 you move on to 122. If you miss you got back to 121. The idea is you finish 121-130 in 9 darts each without messing one up.


Persoanl record for this is 164... (use to do it alot when i was with the PDC)

Gringo180

Dicie dont mention a snackbox around glenn:eek::eek:

Thanks lads some very good ones there ill have a belt at them 2moro:D

Dicie

FInishes.

start at 61, miss go to 62, miss go to 63, finish say 64, go to 71, up in ones till you finish one between 71 and 80, if you do go to 81, if you miss go back to 61...

This way you aing getting pi ss ed off by being stuck on a number, and each time using different combination shots out...

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D20 D18 D16 D12 D10 D8 D4 D2 D1 BULL

STart at D20, 3 darts to hit it, if hit, move to D18, ... If you hit tops, 3 darts at D18, if you hit it move to D16, if you miss D16 go back to tops...

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Personally iv alwasy thought practice shud be progressive/positive, no negatives involved, so never getting stuck on a double, leting something creep into your head like a certain double, say D5, miss it a few times and all of a sudden it is a bogey double.

Dicie

Gringo180 wrote: »

Dicie dont mention a snackbox around glenn:eek::eek:

Thanks lads some very good ones there ill have a belt at them 2moro:D

You and Glenn coming to kilkenny for the players finals???

Gringo180

Dicie wrote: »

You and Glenn coming to kilkenny for the players finals???

I wont be able to make it, but im pretty sure the honeymonster is going:pac:You going to Killarney in October, im gonna try go this year heard its a great weekend!

irish93ste

Do around the clock on doubles (1-20) and dont stop till you hit each one,

if you miss the double with your first dart make sure its outside the double and not inside,

simon whitlock only practices on his doubles

padr81

irish93ste wrote: »

Do around the clock on doubles (1-20) and dont stop till you hit each one,

if you miss the double with your first dart make sure its outside the double and not inside,

simon whitlock only practices on his doubles

whitlock doesn't only practice his doubles, he only practices his checkouts (usually involving 2 trebles). Plus Simon Whitlock is a far superior player to most of us, so we need alot more practice on the scoring end of the game than he probably does to maintain his game.

TanG411

padr81 wrote: »

whitlock doesn't only practice his doubles, he only practices his checkouts (usually involving 2 trebles). Plus Simon Whitlock is a far superior player to most of us, so we need alot more practice on the scoring end of the game than he probably does to maintain his game.

He also uses Mighty Grip which is why he blows on his hands all the time. He has said it helps him with doubles.

Can be read on the Red Dragon site here. (Though I suppose a lot of practise helps with doubles as well. )

For my finishing, I have a game of 201 Double in on a practise board (worth buying by the way). That way, I'm immediately on a checkout once I'm off. I try to finish it below 12 darts.

Also round the clock doubles as well.