ARBROATH & DISTRICT MENS DARTS LEAGUE

Practice Routines

As Bobby George says “ Trebles for show, doubles for dough! ”

Finishing games is what it's all about!
It’s great when you can score high but if you can’t finish you are not going to win!

Many people when first starting to play find it difficult to remember combination checkouts.
Some combinations are better than others purely because if you miss the first shot you may still be inline for an easy single then double to finish.

Example: 77 can be finished by hitting treble 15, double 16, one of the nicest doubles on the board. But what if you hit a single 15? That leaves you with 62 , - Single 12, Bull? , Treble 10 ,double 16?
Both are not easy to hit.

What if you decided to go for 77 a different way?

Treble 19, double 10? and you miss treble 19 but hit the single? Then this still leaves you a shot at single 18 then double 20.
This seems a better route and there are many shots similar to this. There are also a number of ways to finish.

170 - T20 T20 Bull 130 - T20 20 Bull 90 - T20 D15
169 - no outshot 129 - T19 T16 D12 89 - T19 D16
168 - no outshot 128 - T18 T14 D16 88 - T16 D20
167 - T20 T19 Bull 127 - T20 T17 D8 87 - T17 D18
166 - no outshot 126 - T19 T19 D6 86 - T18 D16
165 - no outshot 125 - 25 T20 D20 85 - T15 D20
164 - T20 T18 Bull 124 - T20 T16 D8 84 - T20 D12
163 - no outshot 123 - T19 T16 D9 83 - T17 D16
162 - no outshot 122 - T18 T20 D4 82 - T14 D20
161 - T20 T17 Bull 121 - T17 T10 D20 81 - T19 D12
160 - T20 T20 D20 120 - T20 20 D20 80 - T20 D10
159 - no outshot 119 - T19 T10 D16 79 - T13 D20
158 - T20 T20 D19 118 - T20 18 D20 78 - T18 D12
157 - T20 T19 D20 117 - T20 17 D20 77 - T19 D10
156 - T20 T20 D18 116 - T20 16 D20 76 - T20 D8
155 - T20 T19 D19 115 - T20 15 D20 75 - T17 D12
154 - T20 T18 D20 114 - T20 14 D20 74 - T14 D16
153 - T20 T19 D18 113 - T20 13 D20 73 - T19 D8
152 - T20 T20 D16 112 - T20 12 D20 72 - T16 D12
151 - T20 T17 D20 111 - T20 19 D16 71 - T13 D16
150 - T20 T18 D18 110 - T20 18 D16 70 - T10 D20
149 - T20 T19 D16 109 - T19 20 D16 69 - T15 D12
148 - T20 T16 D20 108 - T20 16 D16 68 - T20 D4
147 - T20 T17 D18 107 - T19 18 D16 67 - T17 D8
146 - T20 T18 D16 106 - T20 14 D16 66 - T10 D18
145 - T20 T15 D20 105 - T19 16 D16 65 - T19 D4
144 - T20 T20 D12 104 - T18 18 D16 64 - T16 D8
143 - T20 T17 D16 103 - T20 3 D20 63 - T13 D12
142 - T20 T14 D20 102 - T20 10 D16 62 - T10 D16
141 - T20 T19 D12 101 - T20 1 D20 61 - T15 D8
140 - T20 T16 D16 100 - T20 D20  60 - 20 D20
139 - T19 T14 D20 99 - T19 10 D16
138 - T20 T18 D12 98 - T20 D19
137 - T19 T16 D16  97 - T19 D20
136 - T20 T20 D8 96 - T20 D18
135 - T20 T17 D12 95 - T19 D19
134 - T20 T14 D16 94 - T18 D20
133 - T20 T19 D8 93 - T19 D18
132 - T20 T16 D12 92 - T20 D16
131 - T20 T13 D16 91 - T17 D20

THESE ARE SOME BASIC WAYS TO FINISH IN 2 OR 3 DARTS, HOWEVER THERE ARE PLENTY VARIATIONS AND ALOT OF PLAYERS OPT FOR A ROUTE THAT WILL RESULT IN A SHOT AT THEIR FAVORITE DOUBLE.

Practice - Checkouts

Although I have placed a checkout chart on this site to help people not sure of finishing there are more ways to finish than I have illustrated and in fact many of the two dart out shots would not be considered by players when they have three darts in their hand. But it is important to practise finishing as much as heavy scoring. If you can’t hit doubles consistently then you will lose more games than you will win even if you are a heavy scorer.
There are many ways to practice doubles, you can play a game of round the clock hitting each double in turn and set a target of the number of darts you take to hit them all then try to better yourself by beating the previous score. This practise is fine but I would concentrate more on doubles that break down easily and the higher numbers example:

20, 10, 5
16, 8, 4, 2, 1
18, 9

Most games you will see played are finished on these doubles, why? Two reasons:

1) They breakdown easily that means if you hit the big number as apposed to the double you will still be on another double.

2) High score finishes often involve high doubles.

CHECKOUTS