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beat anyone except Nelson and 
Low ...You can. beat anyone except 
Nelson and Low... 
You can beat anyone except Nelson and 
Low 
...YOU 
can beat anyone except Nelson and 
Low." 
And, yes. We do have a sense of humor. 
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SECTION V
THE DART IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
Beginning the Dart Improvement Program 
How to Use the Audio Tape 
- Side 1: Fundamental and Technical Skills 
Psychological and Self-Mastery Skills 
Use the Dart Charts 
Dart Improvement Chart 
Competitive Play Feedback Chart 
Practicing Perfection: 101 
Target Triple 20: Scoring and Out Practice 
Target Triple 19: Scoring and Out Practice 
Target Double Bull: 101
- Side 2: 
How to 
- Chart 1: 
- Chart 2: 
- Chart 3: 
- Chart 4: 
- Chart 5: 
- Chart 6: 
- Chart 7: Conversion Chart - Chart 8: 
Monthly Summary Chart - Chart 9: 
Personal Improvement Graphs - Chart 10: 
Year's Highlights 
Fun Games to Build Basic Skills 
Flow Chart: A Year Long Program
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DART IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
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DR. GOOD DARTS
KILLER: 
Hey Doc! Are you serious about this "DIP" thing? 
Will it really work... if I spend the time on it?
DOC: 
Oh yes. The 
elimination of peaks and valleys 
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game and the achievement of consistency does 
require an individual commitment to regular and 
systematic practice
SPEEDY: Sounds great, Doc. But how about something 
useful... that I can use right now. I'm up next! 
BEAR:
Yeah, and I gotta throw with him in doubles.
CHOKER: Yeah, Doc, can ya hypmotize him or somethin' fast 
'cause I'm chalkin' that one.
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BEGINNING THE DART IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
We designed the "Dart Improvement Program" so you could complete it alone as 
a personalized and self-directed approach to improving levels of play. However, 
we recommend you begin the program with a close friend, 
family member, or teammate who is also completing the Good Darts Program. 
The added support and encouragement of another person is extremely helpful as 
you begin the program. 
We have provided daily, weekly, monthly, and annual summary charts for your 
practice and competitive dart play. These charts are designed so you can study 
every aspect of your game. Our "Dart Improvement Program" does require you 
to systematically monitor and record your performance so that you can use the 
charts as teaching and learning guides.
It is important to remember you can design and use the "Dart Improvement 
Program" to fit your personal goals. You may add your own individual practice 
sessions, fun practice games, and shorten or lengthen our suggested daily practice 
session. The important point in improving your game is you must have a program 
established that you will actually do every day. You must also have records of your 
performance so you can determine what you are doing well and what you need to 
improve or change. 
If you are a league player and a member of a regular team, an ideal way to use the 
"Dart Improvement Program" is to incorporate all or part of it into your regular 
league play. It is really designed to provide a structure or model for improving 
individual and team play. Select and use some aspects of our program your team 
members would be interested in doing.
If your team has weekly meetings or regular practice sessions before league play, 
this is an ideal time to review your weekly practice results. Take a few minutes to 
talk and discuss progress and goals for improving your game. All of us can benefit 
from talking about our game and receiving feedback and help from others. Weekly 
meetings where practice results are reviewed and 
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discussed are motivators. They help us stay on the program and complete the 
daily practice routines. 
No matter how much you love darts, you may find it difficult, and at times 
impossible, to throw darts every day. Our "Dart Improvement Program" was 
designed to encourage daily and systematic practice and to illustrate specific things 
you can do to improve your game rapidly. You may decide you are willing to 
practice three days out of the week, play on league night, and enter local fun 
tournaments and "pot shoots". You may take much longer than a year to 
complete the program. 
After we purchased and read all the dart books currently available in print, we 
were amazed at how little of the information provided could actually be used to 
improve your level of play. Our goal was to design a book and program that dart 
players could use ...not just read. We wanted to provide skills, learning processes, 
and procedures that could actually be applied and used as you played darts. 
We published the book and program so you would be able to take it and use it 
wherever you were playing or practicing. Add sections of your own when you find 
a new game or practice routine that improves your play. We have provided space 
for you to record notes about helpful hints or strategies you find valuable. Our 
goal was to create a book and program that all good dart players could add to and 
help improve through their own experiences.
Another important goal was to provide a means of sharing helpful information 
within the darting community. Many people have helped us develop and improve 
our dart games and levels of play. We have worked with and helped beginning 
players as they struggled with behaviors frustrating and detrimental to their game. 
For us, this is the spirit of Good Darts. Our shared goal is to play the game in a 
way that is fun and satisfying at the individual level. Only you can decide how you 
want to play, at what level, and for what purpose. 
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Another point to remember about the Good Darts book and "Dart