The General Talk or Moan About Your Dart Skills Thread

Kingp35

My confidence is shot for tomorrow, can't hit a single double!

ratinakeg

I hit a 150 check-out (T20,T18,D18) against Matty84 but I still lost the match 5-4!:D

Great check out of 91 by Matty to win the game!

matty84

Kingp35 wrote: »

My confidence is shot for tomorrow, can't hit a single double!

Your over analysing it mate just try and hit the smallest hole made from a previous dart in the double bed put more concentration into it your mind will compensate for any flaws in your follow through im telling ya darts is 95% in the head

dont beat yourself up too bad everybodys has there off days

Kingp35

matty84 wrote: »

Your over analysing it mate just try and hit the smallest hole made from a previous dart in the double bed put more concentration into it your mind will compensate for any flaws in your follow through im telling ya darts is 95% in the head

dont beat yourself up too bad everybodys has there off days

Ah yeah I know it's all in the head. I get frustrated pretty easy though. I have stepped away from the board now and gonna settle down before throwing again. It's incredibly annoying when every dart you throw lands on the wire!

ratinakeg

What about this lads, I'd say you're all jealous

Legs: 3
100+: 0
140+: 0
!80+: 0
High out:43
Best:35

Averages
Darts: 37
Score: 40.62
Check: Something over 50!:eek: I just turned of n01 by accident

I won 3-0 by the way, worst darts I've played in months!:mad::mad::mad:

DFD

john part gave me a set of his darts last tuesday,i usually use taylor purists,the grip on them is great.the grip on parts wouldn't be the best so i decided to mix and match.tonight i used the part flights on the taylor barrels with medium stems and they were going great,180's and 140's to beat the band.gonna try them in competition and see how they go.

dionsiseire

Well im just back from the Mick Maxwell Memorials Trophy

WOW
what a day

I got all the way to the final playing some smashing darts, i was delighted with myself. Hit 2 - 180's en route to the final, missed a bull for a 170 checkout, beat my own dad 3-1 in the quarters in one of the legs i hit a 180 then checked out 94 and then i won my semi final 3-0

Unfortunately i lost the final 4-1, i threw amazing scores but despite being first down to the doubles in ALL the legs in the final i lost 4-1, just nerves of my first final. the leg i did win i took out 78 (T18 D12)

Got a nice runners up vase, what a day

I'll have some pics up tomorrow, we had walk ons and music and i was assigned wayne mardles music, so after my quarter finals i got my hands on a hawaii shirt and lais (those flower necklaces) and sunglasses to look the part

CLASS DAY

dionsiseire

Well im just back from the Mick Maxwell Memorials Trophy

WOW
what a day

I got all the way to the final playing some smashing darts, i was delighted with myself. Hit 2 - 180's en route to the final, missed a bull for a 170 checkout, beat my own dad 3-1 in the quarters in one of the legs i hit a 180 then checked out 94 and then i won my semi final 3-0

Unfortunately i lost the final 4-1, i threw amazing scores but despite being first down to the doubles in ALL the legs in the final i lost 4-1, just nerves of my first final. the leg i did win i took out 78 (T18 D12)

Got a nice runners up vase, what a day

I'll have some pics up tomorrow, we had walk ons and music and i was assigned wayne mardles music, so after my quarter finals i got my hands on a hawaii shirt and lais (those flower necklaces) and sunglasses to look the part

CLASS DAY

padr81

Well played Dion, good darts the first final is always a ****er lol. Same happened me, didn't miss a double all day and than couldn't hit one to save my life in my first final. It will come though and every time u get there it gets easier. That said I've lost all six I've being in lol.

dionsiseire

Cheers Padr, ive never even won the final of a board before yesterday and i broke through that landmark and went all the way to the final

next time i'll win it

Double Top

best shot i ahve ever done, was messing with my dad, told him i could get the bull on the knee throwing the darts backwards........got it in one:D:D:D:D, wait till the next boards meet, i'm gonna put on a show

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

best shot i ahve ever done, was messing with my dad, told him i could get the bull on the knee throwing the darts backwards........got it in one:D:D:D:D, wait till the next boards meet, i'm gonna put on a show

We'll bring this lad along aswell, should be a cracking night!;):D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJGmo-aYmI

Double Top

ratinakeg wrote: »

We'll bring this lad along aswell, should be a cracking night!;):D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJGmo-aYmI

impressive,maybe we and him can team up. D.T and the magician:D:D:D.

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

impressive,maybe we and him can team up. D.T and the magician:D:D:D.

LOL!:D:D Two magician's sharing the same oche!:eek:;):D

Double Top

ratinakeg wrote: »

LOL!:D:D Two magician's sharing the same oche!:eek:;):D

you can be our lovely assistant LOL!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

you can be our lovely assistant LOL!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

A Debbie McGee kind of role?:eek::D:D Not for me D.T!:D:D

Double Top

just had a game on no1,first time in ages, done it on level three

average was only 60.40 (:mad::mad::mad:muck)
and only bet the computer 7-4 ON LEVEL 3:eek::eek::eek:

dunno how i can hit the trick shot's easy then just lose eveything

couple of days ago was hitting between 12-16 darters back to backto back.

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

just had a game on no1,first time in ages, done it on level three

average was only 60.40 (:mad::mad::mad:muck)
and only bet the computer 7-4 ON LEVEL 3:eek::eek::eek:

dunno how i can hit the trick shot's easy then just lose eveything

couple of days ago was hitting between 12-16 darters back to backto back.

It just happens sometimes unfortunately!:(

dionsiseire

It because you arnt putting pressure on yourself playing level 3, you know you can beat it so instead of concentrating you relax and throw 60's instead of ton 40's

dionsiseire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFhgTy3eHM

My Darts walk on for my semi final

im the second one coming on to hawaii 5-0 in the hawaiian shirt, glasses and lays

Good craic

ratinakeg

dionsiseire wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFhgTy3eHM

My Darts walk on for my semi final

im the second one coming on to hawaii 5-0 in the hawaiian shirt, glasses and lays

Good craic

Cracking video mate, that Daryl Fitton walk-on is brilliant aswell, the security should've been better for your walk-on I must say!;):D:D

Daffy501

dionsiseire wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEFhgTy3eHM

My Darts walk on for my semi final

im the second one coming on to hawaii 5-0 in the hawaiian shirt, glasses and lays

Good craic

Jaysus man , you were in major hurry to get on stage lol . Fair play to you mate brilliant stuff :D

dionsiseire

wasnt so much a hurry to get onto the stage as being ushered quickly towards the centre, when i got to the middle i did a bit of mardle esque dancing and threw the lays onto the family of the person we were there to remember and then was pushed back to the board for a photo

great craic, apparently i'll be in the local newspapers, a good days work

Double Top

from 2moro on i'm only focusing on darts. i'm upping my practise from 2 to 4 hours day and not goning to stop until i get atleast 3 180's a day.

have been a little serious about my darts but i am fully commited now. every spare second is going to to be on board (might put one in my bathroom:D:D:D). am going to hit that nine darter by xmas.

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

from 2moro on i'm only focusing on darts. i'm upping my practise from 2 to 4 hours day and not goning to stop until i get atleast 3 180's a day.

have been a little serious about my darts but i am fully commited now. every spare second is going to to be on board (might put one in my bathroom:D:D:D). am going to hit that nine darter by xmas.

Would the board in your bathroom be at the normal height? It would not be for me!:eek::D I hope you get a nine darter with that added practise, but please don't over practise D.T as it might be bad for your game.

Double Top

ratinakeg wrote: »

Would the board in your bathroom be at the normal height? It would not be for me!:eek::D I hope you get a nine darter with that added practise, but please don't over practise D.T as it might be bad for your game.

hmmmm, never thought about that, maybe 3 instead if 4 for now then build it up. going to try and find as many people to play against aswell, no point practising that much and not being able to bring it of the practoce board. cheers for the advise Rat. next boards meet you'll be seeing a whole new D.T;):D:D

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

hmmmm, never thought about that, maybe 3 instead if 4 for now then build it up. going to try and find as many people to play against aswell, no point practising that much and not being able to bring it of the practoce board. cheers for the advise Rat. next boards meet you'll be seeing a whole new D.T;):D:D

A new D.T, I might not turn up!:D:D:D I'll have a look at my work timetable for next week, hopefully we can get a game in, I'm sick of playing against me mates as I play crap against them and I win 95% of the games and I never concentrate against them and all the the games are just for the laugh!

matty84

Lads ive decided im not gonna use dartpro anymore as im putting too much emphasis on my dart average as anytime im averaging in the mid 70's I tend to say to myself "im playing great here usually its mid 60 average for me" then my hand starts to shake and I make a balls of it and start to throw badly:eek:

Gonna practice on no1 every day now for a good hour or 2 and switch the 3dart average off on it (only switching it back on after each game to see my end average) this is gonna be my regime for the next few weeks (hopefully:rolleyes:)

Play a tournament on no1

level 3 will be rd1 best of 7
level4 will be rd2 best of 7
level5 will be last 16 best of 9
level6 will be Q/F best of 11
level7 will be S/F best of 13
level 8 will be the FINAL:D Best of 13

And in between each game (if i win) ill take a half n hour break before ill play my next round match and im also going to play at the same pace i would a normal game, ie. wait around 10 seconds after each throw just to try and recreate the normal pace of a game playing an apponent

Hope it works:pac::pac::D:D

dionsiseire

I was practicing on N01 last night, and i was playing decent, averaging 60, but would have been higher had i been more clinical on doubles, i was playing level 4 on N01

Won 9-7 and 9-7, Level 4 averaged 60 too, i hit 25 ton's and 15 -140's and 2 - 180's, he hit 3 - 180's and 10 - 140's and 15 - 100's

This was Level 4, i was shocked that i had to produce continuous magic legs to beat him

I was on a 12 darter 5 times only for my doubles to let me down
missed bull for a 170 checkout again

matty84

Here's me first tournament results pathetic stuff really but i do seem to play better later in the day so there's still hope:o:o

Round 1
4-0 3 D.Ave 58.37
Highest Checkout- 120

Round 2
BEATEN 4-3 3D.Ave 57.72
Highest Checkout- 118

Checkout % did me in that game 3/20=15%
Just not good enough, bent the double 10 wire 3 times for the win, plus i messed the bull twice for a 164, 161 checkout hitting the 25 once and a 3 the other time:mad:

Thats shocking stuff by me I should of warmed up for 20 minutes or so instead of going straight into the games without a practice dart at all,, ah well ill be better next time:D

ciarraibhoy

I am feckin' ****e !, played no1 on level 7 and lost 15 legs in a row.

dionsiseire

Level 7 is a good chucker

Should be averaging up towards 70ish

Wouldnt be too worried, just leave the boards for a while and come back at it fresh

i went 2-0 up against Level 9, then it murdered me, ended 9-2, but i had the odd shot at doubles, which i was happy with , if i can score with level 9 and get a chance im playing fairly well

ciarraibhoy

dionsiseire wrote: »

Level 7 is a good chucker

Should be averaging up towards 70ish

Wouldnt be too worried, just leave the boards for a while and come back at it fresh

i went 2-0 up against Level 9, then it murdered me, ended 9-2, but i had the odd shot at doubles, which i was happy with , if i can score with level 9 and get a chance im playing fairly well

I usually beat level 7 fairly comfortably

Kingp35

You have two good idea's there Matty. I tend to look at my average a lot as well and focus on that rather than beating the computer. I am going to turn it off and only look at it at the end of the game.

Also great idea for the little tournament thing. I am definitely going to give this a go and see how I get on.

matty84

Just had 3 cans while playing the past 2 hours and have hit 5 180's thats a record for me in a day, but to hit 5 in 2 hours im delighted:D

Havent drank while playing darts in ages, ill hace to do it more often:D:D

Double Top

had a long game against NO1(level 4): played 43 legs and i'm wrecked
Disappointed with the end average. last two sets i was easily averaging in the 80's, have to work on my doubles aswell
ME
SETS: 2
TON: 58
100+: 47
140+: 11
180: 0:(:(:(:(
HIGH OUT: 128
BEST: 14
WORST: 31

DARTS: 21.71
SCORE: 67.33
FIRST 9: 67.35
CHECK:29.17
(21/72)

also hit a 123(19,T18,bull),102 x2(5,T19,D20/T20,10,D16),80 (5,25,bull)
116(T20,16,D20)

Degag

I took a break from darts for about 6 weeks because my doubles were killing me. So i came back Friday evening and had the same problem (averaged 38 in one game:eek:) So decided to go back to level 2 for a while, get more shots at doubles and try to get my confidence back up. Went 2 - 0 down in sets but came back to win 3 - 2 but my doubles were still cat... Level 2 played unreal for the first 2 sets... averaging 52 and took out 92, 93 and 100.....

I'm going to play it again tomorrow and looking forward to it because i played a practice game against myself yesterday (without the aid of no1) and hit 6 doubles out of 10 which i'm pretty pleased with... wish me luck!

Kingp35

I was the same as you Degag, couldn't hit a double to save my life but i beat N01 yesterday with a checkout percentage of 45% which I'm sure the Pro's would be happy with

What I have done is at the start of your practice session play a few games of Bobs 27, then start from 60 and have three darts to try and finish it. Even if you miss, move on to 61 and try finish that and so on up until 100. See how many you can finish. And finally try give N01 a game first to 5 on 301 though. This should mean you get more shots at doubles and will give you good practice. Worked for me so hopefully will for you too.

Degag

I think that i'm going to turn off the scoring and finishing averages also because i think alot of the problem lies in me looking at the screen and seeing such poor averages. When i look at the screen and see such a poor average, i start believing that i can't hit the double.....

Kingp35

Yep I did that too because of Matty's advise. i was all about my three dart average, I was concentrating on getting that as high as I could and not beating the computer. The day I turned it off I beat N01 and had my highest ever average. Obviously it works!

matty84

Its just amazing what a couple of days can do in darts, couldnt miss a thing on saturday peppering the lipstick on the 20's, but i came back to the board yesterday for a game against my brother, he beat me 5-2, 7-3, and 3-0 i was all over the place just felt like i was throwing with someone elses arm, still averaged around 64 each time with my first 9 darts which aint too bad,(my finishing was disgusting, ended up averaging 51) but i was hitting T20 then high into single 1 and even hitting 18's all over the shop isnt the word:eek::eek: but the worst thing was when i got down to a checkout (between 130-170) i kept thinking about taking them out but hitting stupid scores like 26,15,40 etc, and even worse when i was on a 2darter i couldnt even hit the single to leave me on a double, its like i just kept on thinking too much about winning/loosing, :eek: its so annoying i swear i wanted to loaf the board off the wall:mad::mad::rolleyes:

Thats my rant over had to get that off me chest:D

dionsiseire

Its a credit that you played like that and averaged 51

Postives Postives Postives !

matty84

dionsiseire wrote: »

Its a credit that you played like that and averaged 51

Postives Postives Postives !

Suppose your right mate theres no pointing beating myself up over it, its just horrible when your on a double and you've no confidence at all hitting the bleedind thing:mad:

dionsiseire

ah here listen you've just got to forget those legs

I had a leg where i went 140, 140, 123 leaving me on 98, i hit T20 with my 10th dart

and finished with a 23 darter

laugh at life

Daffy501

Played 15 legs against level8 on N01
Lost 8-7
ME;
LEGS 7
100+ 17
140+ 6
180's 2
high out 170
best leg 15(Twice)
Ave darts 19.71
Ave score 73.51
Checkout 7/28=25%


Computer;
Legs 8
100+ 26
140+ 5
180's 1
high out 156
best 15
Ave darts 19.25
Ave score 73.36
Checkout 8/23=34.78%

Im Happy with that despite losing :D:D:D

Double Top

After changing my throw, i usually have four fingers on the dart (two on the barrell and two on the point) but i'm after taking a finger off the point and it's really working for me, darts are going in must strighter and easier to under/over stack them:D:D:D:D

this new training i'm doing finally starting to pay off

matty84

Double Top wrote: »

After changing my throw, i usually have four fingers on the dart (two on the barrell and two on the point) but i'm after taking a finger off the point and it's really working for me, darts are going in must strighter and easier to under/over stack them:D:D:D:D

this new training i'm doing finally starting to pay off

Hi mate do you think theres a disadvantage of holding the dart on the point because i grip wit my middle finger just on the end of the point and the start of the barrell with my index finger and thumb just behind my middle piggy:o

ratinakeg

Was playing against me mate just there and I'm still in shock!:eek::eek::eek: I started off 180 all in the right corner of the treble, another 180 followed all darts in the left corner of the treble, suddenly I'm on for a 9 darter!:eek: I then hit T20 followed by a damn 5!!:(:mad: After 9 darts I was down to 57 which is my best ever and I'm still delighted though!:D:D Bad thing though is that I finished on D1 after 19 darts!:(

Daffy501

ratinakeg wrote: »

Was playing against me mate just there and I'm still in shock!:eek::eek::eek: I started off 180 all in the right corner of the treble, another 180 followed all darts in the left corner of the treble, suddenly I'm on for a 9 darter!:eek: I then hit T20 followed by a damn 5!!:(:mad: After 9 darts I was down to 57 which is my best ever and I'm still delighted though!:D:D Bad thing though is that I finished on D1 after 19 darts!:(

Question bud , Why were ya going up top and hit a 5 if you had thrown 7 perfect darts???????

ratinakeg

Daffy501 wrote: »

Question bud , Why were ya going up top and hit a 5 if you had thrown 7 perfect darts???????

Sorry Daffy, excuse me my 7th dart was T19 then a S5!:o Maybe I've T20 on the mind!