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Training and your team

Between events, you get better by practising, and the right people around you help it go further.

Training#

Set what you practise each week. Scoring, finishing and the mental side of the game improve with the time you give them, and fade slowly when you give them none.

• A balanced plan suits most players. Lean on one area when your numbers say it needs it: Analytics shows where your darts land.
• Heavy weeks raise your workload. Practice is not free.
• Let the coach plan every week if you would rather not.
• Advanced training gives you practice sessions to play yourself, or to simulate.

Age matters too. Young players have the most to gain; older ones work to keep what they have.

Your team#

The Team section is the people around you: a coach, a manager, a physio and others as you can afford them. Each costs a wage and helps in their own area, from training gains to better deals and quicker recovery.

• Staff have their own styles. Two coaches can be equally good and still suit different players.
• A kit technician suggests changes to your setup.
• A practice partner gives you someone to throw against.

Hire when you can afford it, not before. A wage is paid whether or not results come.

Facilities#

As you move up, you can invest in your own practice facilities. They cost money to buy and to keep up, and they become available as your career grows.