Darts Coach Reveals Why You’re Hitting 1s and 5s – FIX YOUR THROW!

In this video a darts coach breaks down why so many players miss the 20s and end up hitting 1s and 5s, and shows the simple fix that can improve your throw right away. My channel follows the journey of getting better at darts through practice games, training drills, and real matches, so you’ll see how small technical adjustments make a huge difference in accuracy and confidence. If you’re struggling with consistency on the treble 20 or want to learn how to throw straighter darts, this video gives you the coaching advice you need. Find me on socials and DartCounter under- samsondoesdarts [email protected] #dartslife #darts #dartstraining 0:00 Let’s Play Darts 0:09 A horrible 65 and work to do 0:25 Trying to throw straighter darts 0:38 Help from Daniel Straight to the Point 1:01 Avoiding ones and fives and real improvement 1:18 Playing the coaching clip 1:22 Why darts drift into the one 1:34 Hand shape and grip explanation 1:54 Follow through and elbow rotation 2:28 Why rotation kills straight darts 3:00 What Daniel fixed in my throw 3:21 Warm up throws 3:25 Doubles around the clock begins 3:36 Early mistakes and old habits 4:05 Focusing on hand shape consistency 4:36 Better grouping and less rotation 5:01 Keeping the hand shape through release 5:52 Moving into doubles practice 6:03 Setting goals for doubles training 6:32 Target darts per double 7:05 Steven Bunting shoutout 7:37 Early struggle on doubles 8:01 Stuck on double one 8:44 Quiet panic phase 9:03 Finally hitting double two 9:16 Easter chat and cream egg season 9:40 Small momentum building 10:09 Tournament idea on DartCounter 10:55 The double five nightmare 11:28 Worst dart of the month 12:05 Why darts is harder than it looks 12:33 Double six problems 13:00 Changing position to fix it 13:33 Scraping through and reality check 13:52 Pre shot routine issues 14:16 Reducing variables at the oche 14:41 Shockingly bad patch 15:03 Not feeling great but still practicing 15:26 Sweet sound and small positives 15:48 Hitting the wrong doubles 16:05 One of those sessions 16:26 Moving position again 16:41 Grinding through a bad day 17:14 Consistently bad consistency 17:35 Accepting inconsistency while improving 18:07 Relief at hitting double nine 18:32 Knowing when to stop 19:13 Final reflection and perspective 19:49 Compare yourself to yourself 19:58 Sign off and Godspeed