Darts..

Practice yer doubles might be the key

With an average of 42 he wont be getting many shots at doubles :p

I would normally beat a cr.ap player because Iwould be better on doubles. But 3 dart average there is barely any difference. And If I can get 50% of my darts in the 20s then, imo, I am not all bad. I wouldn't get in any pub darts team worthy of the name, but I'm not rubbish

Thanks Dan

Thing is it is the 1s and 5s that kill the average. I'm better offgoing for 14s I worked out.

Think you should focus on the 20's tbh, getting a proper stance and throwing action.

If you hit one T14 and two singles thats only 70.

I'm not much use at darts by the way, but have won minor pub events etc.....doubles are my problem......i'm a pretty solid scorer, would get a ton every 3 visits or so.

I've never scored a 180. When I do I shall quit darts.

I prefer 19s tbh. But have recently changed to T20s because I will never get a 180 going for 19s. Want to get 1x180 then I will go back to 19s which seem much more comfortable. Or I just might quit.

I get a T20 about every 1 in 13 darts. Which isn't v.good.

My brother got one before Christmas after 12 years of trying, so don't give up :D

1 in 13 means I will need about 2800 sets of 3 to get a 180.

A 3 dart average of 42 is not bad at all and you would probably make a "journeyman" type Pro on the BDO i should think averaging like that.

If you're really lucky you may even go close in one of their tournaments

my dad got a 180 once, an so did my bro in law. I am a much better player than my Dad and the equal of my bro in law. When we have family gatherings we always play Darts together and I am probably the best player

I can't die without at least equallng their 180 achievemnts.

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I know 42 is shlite. I would ike to know what other people average who think they are quite good. If they are not getting regular T20s, or hardly ever hitting a 1 or a 5 then their average will be sub 50 imo.

What do you average Dan?

I've never taken a proper average, as I don't play enough to bother....neevr played in a pub league or anything.

After reading this thread I went into my living room and threw 100, 140, 100, 100, 85 and then 121.

So would like to use those to calculate it :D

I would imagine, with my finishing that my average is somewhere around 70.

ive hit 180's twice in my lifetime

was absolutely buzzing both times i can tell you, even though i was only playing my mate :D

ffs dan, are you for real? were there any sh.it ones in between.

No :^0

But I do not score that heavily normally. I would normaly score 100, 60, 45....or something like that in 3 random throws.

Actually thinking about it, with my finishing (I need at least 3 per double usually) i'd average mid 60's.

my most common score is 45 or 26 :(

i wasn't even taking doubles into account with my average.

Do you practice regularly Rob?

Since putting a board up in my living room last year, i've improved immensely.

my finishing has always been alot better than my scoring

im like a peter manley thrower

i am well into my darts at the moment , i am quite a heavy scorer.

been playing at work a bit recently dan. But I haven't improved. I'm just not a v.good darts player, but i beat most of my mates. can't compete with proper pub players though.

well then just go on a diet larrence ffs

When I played years ago our team averages were taken from the first 9 darts thrown.

Our first 8 games in a match were singles over 501. If you won your single match you played in the doubles.

There were 12 in my squad, so if you lost your single match you were dropped from the pairs.

If more than 4 players lost their single match (never happened) the highest averages would have played in the doubles.

All winnimg players were given the chance to play in the fours, but if we were up against a weak team we mostly dropped out so that all players got a game before the night was over.

About the only thing I miss these days is a game of darts.

what were the averages charlie? approximately?

Very rare to see them go lower than 180 for 9 darts.

Pub players normally go first dart at the treble, if they hit it they stay in the big 20 for 100 or chance another treble.

If they miss it they go at it again, but you don't hit a 1 or a 5 that often when you play a lot.

It all depends if you're first on the oche and which team you're playing.

Good dart players don't normally play in bad teams, they move pubs to join better teams.

When you've been in the same league for years you know every player. One may go up first and get 140 and you're in deep sh1t if can't get 100 or more.

Another game could see you go first and hit 45 and still cruise home as your opponenet is crap at scoring and finishing.

Gary Binosh 24 Jan 18:35


well then just go on a diet larrence ffs

:p http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/9500/Butt-Darts--9737.jpg

I got my 5th x 180 the other night. Had been 10 months coming. Started playing 2 years ago this month.

I'm decent @ darts.

Hit single one then double one.

Could say in theory I'm better than Peter Manley

Had consecutive 180s a few times in my youth, but I can still throw quite dreadful darts on a regular basis. I'm certainly no stranger to 26, 45, 22, 43, 55 or 30.

Without wishing to state the bloody obvious, the hardest part about it is the last dart. Some maximum virgins, when faced with the exciting prospect of 120 after two darts, are just not mentally capable of putting that third one anywhere near the treble. I've seen this happen so many times I often think it might be better to shut your eyes and hope to fluke it.

The WORST EVER attempt at a 180 was from my pairs partner (my best mate) in a match in The Alexandra in Canning Town.

This was in a Pairs Championship quarter final, not a league match, and we were level at 3-3, the next leg won the match.

There was a 'do' on in the saloon bar so we had to play our match in the public bar.

The scoreboard was the right hand door of the dart cupboard, which, when open, used to stick out across the walkway to the khazi. So once a player knew what he wanted, the door would be folded fully back to alllow people to walk past.

We wanted 270, and I hit a 100. The other team wanted 88 when my mate went to the oche. He had been talking about facking football to somebody and not paying attention. His first dart went in T20, his second dart went in T20, and I could see by the way he was looking at the board that he wasn't going for the Bull, but I couldn't say anything.

His third dart clipped his other darts and went into the single 20. He nodded his head in frustration and said ' Close wasn't it?'

He got laughed at by the opposition and asked what the fack he was doing by us. It took him over a minute to realise he needed the Bull and not a 180.

I got lucky, their player hit T16 and missed D20 twice and I got our finish.

Not that it mattered, we lost the sem-final 5-2. :(