Moving to a new house has interrupted all aspects of my life including my quest to improve my darts averages through rigorous practice and filming of my technique. However my reduced practice time has forced me to be more economical with the time I do have. I am keeping to mostly straight dart routines and trying to avoid experimenting with technique. The only change in technique which has happened gradually since the summer is a widening of my stance feet for stability, combined with standing slightly further to the left so that my throwing arm aligns more easily with the 20 bed. Recent games have seen my throw smooth out a little and my confidence improve and as such I am finishing legs with less messing around on doubles. I took out a 70 finish last night for example with 18-12-tops; beat a better player in set play 501 last week and threw 2/3 legs of 501 in under 30 darts during a nice spell of practice this week.
I am still using my dartmate wherever there is room to set up for half an hour and I look forward to sorting out a permanent oche in the new house. For now though, decorating and other home improvements will have to take precedence. Also on my mind is that I need to devise a way to measure my progress at the end of December so I can see to what extent I have met my goal of a solid 51 average. I know I am capable of occasionally throwing legs of 501 in less than 30 darts, but I was always capable of that. What I have been aiming for this year, is to routinely throw this standard of darts. It would therefore make sense to measure my averages over a large number of throws to avoid skewing the data with short term variance, so perhaps I should be tracking my results carefully over the coming weeks so I have end of year statistics which are meaningful?
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