Reasons to be cheerful

I have had a turbulent life of late, which I touched on in my last post. In the ongoing build up to moving house I have been spending chunks of free time on domestic issues and less and less time honing my darting skills.  I have not stopped throwing and undone the good work I put in during the first half of this year, it is just that other priorities have pushed away regular stat. keeping and blogging about my progress. In two recent matches I have shown signs of becoming a winning dart player and the big change in me has been an increased sense of calm and even a little a ruthlessness in completing legs of darts. It is almost as if my stress and mental energy has been so taken up with other issues that I have been able to throw darts for fun in a way, but also more accurately thanks to my regular practice up to this point.

So reasons to be cheerful about my darts of late are as follows:

I finished 88 and 90 in three darts in a recent match against a friend

In a match today I finished 25 in 2 darts (17 d4) the same way in two consecutive legs without even a glimmer of mental negativity about attempting the same finish twice in succession

I shot 12/20 doubles in a recent doubles practice game which is super good for me and a new PB

I am starting to follow the dart more and group three darts when shooting for the same spot

My laptop is able to record videos again and my follow through is not looking too bad-I am beginning to track stats again but have not accrued enough worth citing yet

When my opponents score big I often manage to find another gear and score well myself

I have hit 5 x180s so far this year and counting...
The other day I finished in under 30 darts twice and was down to a double comfortably under 30 darts in another

Whilst in the pub the other day I noticed from the published league statistics that the local darts team averages ran from 55 to 65 and above for three dart averages. I originally speculated that a 51 average would be enough to win most pub games of darts when I began my blog. A 51 average equates to a 30 dart leg which I can achieve when I am on form but not when I am missing doubles. When this year of determined dartedness is complete, even if I regularly throw under 30 darts, it looks like I will still have a way to go before I can challenge for a place in a pub team.