Hitting a 180 in darts: Appreciate it!

Hi Guys

Just hit another 180 last night.

Now, the reason why i am showing these is that this blog is aimed primarily at the 'pub level' or aspiring player and to show that with practice it will come, regardless of the darts you are using.

Here as in a few other pics (posted recently) i am using a set of 99p brass 12g soft-tips with brass conversion points, red dragon aluminium stems and some cheap 75 micron flights.  This setup cost me about £4.00 in total (£2 of that on the conversion points). You don't need a set of £100 'player' darts to be good or become good at darts.  This is a lesson i learned the hard-way and hopefully will save you some money.

Now it may seem unusual to post when one is hit, considering the amount you see on televised matches  however i am not a prodigious talent, started when i was 7, 'elite' or 'world class', and/or practicing for hours a day.

When i first started (aged 32 or so) it took about 2 months to hit one (boy did i try):

http://mydartinglife.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/how-i-got-into-darts-chapter-3-oh-my.html

and then it took a further month to hit number 2, and then i hit probably 1 or 2 maybe a month (if i was lucky).

Now i can hit one a practice session.

It is actually a very hard thing to do (certainly regularly) and i have known pub players who have played for years and never hit one (practice or play).

In-fact in the league i played in i only saw 1 hit in 2 years (league standards of course vary)

I therefore appreciate every one i hit.

Now if i can progress to a higher level and start hitting 5+ a practice session i wont be posting them (maybe the really good ones), however by that point i would ideally be playing tournaments and updating you on how the journey is going.

Take care

Luke