hi just started darts again after a 16 year break lol.... at present im practising say an hour a day .trying to do more but mrs moans lol... trying to beat my brother who hits 180s for fun grrrrr.....

When I started 4hrs a day- then 3 - now about 1-2 hrs per day. 3-5 days per week- play league one night and for fun on Saturdays about 3 hrs.

4/5 times in a week 1h30'/2h

well I would love to practice all day if I could, but various joint problems means I am lucky if I can do 30 mins a day.

i go to the pub tues and thurs play my brother for 3 hour but im lucky if i get a dart at the double most games lol so at home its double practice mostly....... i will beat him soon touch wood:)

I used to practice every day for 2+hours straight.

I now only practice 2 - 3 times a week and although it is still for about 2 hours it will be half an hour here half an hour there

1. 30 MINS - 20/S.

2. ROUND BOARD DOUBLES.

3. T18 / T19 / BULL .


3-5 GAMES OF 501.


DAILY.

WORKS FOR ME.

2-3 hours a day. My roommate and me always alternate shots so we keep in the rhythm of a normal game. Plus i usually focus on my mumbers i cant hit very well (bull 16 15).

themonps3 wrote:

hi just started darts again after a 16 year break lol.... at present im practising say an hour a day .trying to do more but mrs moans lol... trying to beat my brother who hits 180s for fun grrrrr.....

Exactly the same, brother beats me all the time and the wife moans at me, or should that be vice versa?

With work, kids, other hobbies (inc. forum) I am lucky to get 30mins a day, I would say I prob get 4x30mins sessions a week if I am lucky which, I am slowly realizing is nowhere near enough for me personally.
Frustrating thing is tho, me brother does no practice at all yet is still one of best players in the league/ area

Practice is definately a personal thing.. Depends on why you play the game, how good do you want to be, and how much natural ability you have. I know people like rebel said his brother is they never never practice yet are one of the best players around. I've got a real good friend (he actually got me started in darts) doesn't play anymore except to sub here and there. He hadn't played in a year he came to sub 1 night and hit 180, 160 on and won all his personal games. Me myself I have to practice every day to stay at the level that I want to be at. 1 1/2 - 2 hours a day and probably 5-6 on Sat. and Sun. When I dont I can definately see a big difference in my consistency, the scoring is still there just not as frequent and forget trying to finish games quickly. Basically we are all different and need different amounts of pratice time. Also how you practice makes a big difference.

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Try to get at least an hour a night. Once a week, I play a friend for around four hours.

Frequency and awareness before quantity General notes on how you should plan and handle your practicing sessions
How often, how much? This is one of the standard questions I get from players. The general answer is of course not surprising: As often as possible, as much as possible.

But how many people have 8 hours or more per day they can use for practicing darts? Answer: Maybe the pros and some of the unemployed, but hardly anyone else. So you get your personal answer - use as much time as you can or are willing to afford. If this is 8 hours per day, great. If this is 1 hour, okay.

However long this time is, you should use it right. 1 hour of intense, aware and motivated practice is better than 8 hours of boredom and so-so arrow tossing. And, as in the headline of this paragraph, frequency is more important than quantity. An example: Player A does 7 or more hours of practicing each Sunday and nothing during the rest of the week. Player B practices half an hour on workdays, 2 hours on Saturday and then enjoys a lazy Sunday. Guess who uses his time better... yes, frequency is more important than quantity, so player B's regime is much better.

Try to practice each day of the week, with not more than 1 or two days off. Even if you can only spend 20 minutes on workdays this is good practice, although you should then plan at least one longer practice session on weekends, let's say more than 2 hours if you are serious about improving your game. The frequency postulate can also be used for doing two or more short practice sessions on one day. E.g. play for 15 minutes during lunch hour if you have the chance to, and for another 15 minutes when you come home. German top player Andre Welge used to get up 20 minutes earlier in the morning to get some additional practicing before he went to work. Not anybody's strategy (at least not mine, I REALLY hate getting up early), but a good one.

Then, not only is frequency better than quantity, intensity also is. Do your practice sessions on a concentration level similar to your match-play level. If you find your concentration or motivation dropping during a longer session, go for a pause. Again 15 minutes up to half an hour are okay for such pausing. You can and should also pause if your motivation drops during a practice session, and also when you are unhappy with your game. Better stop and try again a while later with new motivation and awareness. Unconcentrated and unmotivated practice is bad practice. Pro Rod Harrington told me he doesn't practice when he has no fun doing it. In darts there is no use for forcing oneself to practicing. If you don't want to, don't do. But of course, if you aren't eager to get to the board again after one or two lazy days you will hardly have the personality to become a strong player. In many other sports self-torment (mostly to gain muscle power) is a necessity, but not in darts. Darts is touch and coordination, not physical suffering.

I throw about 3 - 4 hours a day and an hour reading up on anything that has to do with darts!

I try to throw some "arrers" every day for half an hour, (in which I don't always succeed)
but on wednesday and saturday afternoons I play for a couple of hours if I'm home.

Practice routine :

5 minutes at the bull
Round the board ion singles (only singles count)
game of 1001
round the board on doubles
A game of 27
round the board on trebles from 7 onwards
10 games of 501

(just started again a couple of weeks ago, this used to be my old routine, where
the game of 27 used to be a Shanghai round the board )

I'm looking to join a club or league, but haven't found one a reasonable distance from my house.

been playing 1 hour a night and starting to hit what im aiming at... mrs has not spotted all the holes in the door yet lol

I play league 4 nights a week and soon to be 5 nights, so I have 1 practise session a week usually.

At the moment i practise on friday nights. A few drinks and plenty of 501 games for me against n01 program. Steel tip I play level 7 or 8 and soft tip I play on level 9.

Before league nights, I generally shoot 1/2 hr at a few doubles and a few triples.