Keeping your eye in

death1234567 · 14-05-2009 11:57AM #1

How often do you think you need to practice in order to prevent your game/average slipping? I heard Bristow say once that a minimum of twenty minutes everyday and that's just to keep the "oil" in your arm so to speak. Now I throw every friday night in the pub for an hour of normal darts and hour of drunken darts and during the week I might do 20 mins here and there. The inconsistency in my game is driving me nuts and because I'm throwing bad I don't want to practice.

ratinakeg · 14-05-2009 12:09PM

death1234567 wrote: »

How often do you think you need to practice in order to prevent your game/average slipping? I heard Bristow say once that a minimum of twenty minutes everyday and that's just to keep the "oil" in your arm so to speak. Now I throw every friday night in the pub for an hour of normal darts and hour of drunken darts and during the week I might do 20 mins here and there. The inconsistency in my game is driving me nuts and because I'm throwing bad I don't want to practice.

Most days I practise for about 2 hours but some days I don't go near the dart board. 20 minutes is not long enough for me as it takes me about 10 minutes to get into the swing of things. Maybe try other methods of practising like clock or shanghai.

Double Top · 14-05-2009 12:51PM

i practice atleast a hour a day no less, sometimes it can be up to 3 hours. like Rat said 20 minutes is not enough to get going. you need to put the effort in to get any results, vary it up aswell practice round the board single's/double's/treble's and your outshot's

D_murph · 20-05-2009 01:25AM

You definitely need to throw at least an hour a day. When I was throwing seriously 6 years ago, I used to throw at least 2-3 hours a day and I found that I was lacking if I missed even one day. Home board of course

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Even since I came back to darts a few months ago, I have seen a major difference between times I have practiced regularly and the times I havent.

When I was at my best 6 years ago, I used to practice 2-3 hours a day minimum when possible and the lads at the pub still call me the "140 machine" :eek: lol.

Hopefully those days will come back soon...

greened · 20-05-2009 12:35PM

D_murph wrote: »

You definitely need to throw at least an hour a day. When I was throwing seriously 6 years ago, I used to throw at least 2-3 hours a day and I found that I was lacking if I missed even one day. Home board of course .

Even since I came back to darts a few months ago, I have seen a major difference between times I have practiced regularly and the times I havent.

When I was at my best 6 years ago, I used to practice 2-3 hours a day minimum when possible and the lads at the pub still call me the "140 machine" :eek: lol.

Hopefully those days will come back soon...

I agree. 7/8 years ago I used to practice about 3 to 4 hours a day 5 days a week. Sometimes more. Now a days I am lucky to get 20 minutes a week. I can still score pretty well but cant depend on my finishing. Long gone are the days when I could hit 100+ checkouts regularly. I still play in a leaue and can still hold my own on the cbard. However 4 to 5 fives years of no practice has finaly cuaght up with me.
In short to play seriously and have regular 15 to 18 dart games (anything more I would consider as losing the game when I used to practice hard) you do need a good few hours practice each day.

MBC · 20-05-2009 12:58PM

Also ya need to playing against actual people at least once/twice a week to improve........try play someone that is better than ya also.

D_murph · 20-05-2009 02:06PM

MBC wrote: »

Also ya need to playing against actual people at least once/twice a week to improve........try play someone that is better than ya also.

I agree totally. Nothing will motivate you quite like playing a real person and your game will go up when they are better than you.

Practising at home is definitely an advantage but you cant beat playing a real life opponent and preferably losing a few games also. Sometimes you can need a kick in the ar$e to make you improve lol.

greened · 20-05-2009 08:25PM

absolutely. you cant beat match practice. You should also try and play someone who is at least the same standard or at best much better than you. Playing better players will teach you how to dig deep in a game and get the big scores (and checkouts) when you really need them.
I believe that regularly playing people who are not good throwers or who dont have a real interest in the game, and therefore give up mid way in games, will eventully drag down your standard.

Keeping your eye in

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