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Improvement with receipts

Latest article BDO Players at PDC Q-School: Who Earned Tour Cards? Feature • 11 September 2026 • 6 min Read it

Recent work. From the desk.

Darts Journalist covers improvement: routines that provably move averages, the mechanics of a repeatable throw, and holding a dart steady when the leg matters.

Adrian Lewis’s 113.80 Average vs Van Barneveld Jeffrey de Graaf and Berry van Peer’s PDC Routes Phil Taylor’s Highest Losing Televised Darts Average Darts Chalking Subtraction: How to Keep Score

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Recent articles

Feature • 11 September 2026 • 4 min Adrian Lewis’s 113.80 Average vs Van Barneveld A 7–1 Premier League rout built on three 11-dart legs, five maximums and a 138 checkout; it was Lewis’s televised personal best at the time. Read article Feature • 11 September 2026 • 4 min Jeffrey de Graaf and Berry van Peer’s PDC Routes Shared backing linked different routes: Van Peer reportedly accepted a reallocated Development Tour place; De Graaf had to qualify at Q-School. Read article Feature • 11 September 2026 • 5 min Phil Taylor’s Highest Losing Televised Darts Average In the Premier League, Taylor averaged 115.80 in a 7-4 loss to Raymond van Barneveld—reported then as the televised losing-average record. Read article Feature • 10 September 2026 • 12 min Darts Chalking Subtraction: How to Keep Score Total each visit, use round-and-adjust, decomposition or column subtraction, then reverse-check the remainder before writing it. Read article
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What we write about

  1. 01 Practice Routines Structured games with scoring — so practice produces a number, not a feeling.
  2. 02 Throw Mechanics Stance, grip, and release — building a throw that repeats under pressure.
  3. 03 The Mental Game Doubles nerves and match-play psychology, treated as a trainable skill.