I'm pleased to hear that you're finding it helpful. The more you practice the easier it gets.

Dyscalculia must make scoring a darts game a very real challenge, so I'm pleased to hear you found my video useful. I've been playing darts for a long time. The same combinations occur frequently, and in many cases I don't need to "do the maths", I just know the answer. For example, I don't need to calculate 501 - 85, I know the answer is 416 because I've seen it so many times. Likewise, with most of the likely opening shots... 501 - 26, 401 - 45, etc. Many 3-dart combinations are also ingrained because I see them so often. The same with outshot combinations. So, my point is: you can avoid doing some of the maths by memorizing answers to frequently occurring scenarios. I do have several other videos about darts. You'll also find some on other topics such as Microsoft Excel and Visio. In hindsight, I should have created two separate channels, but I was lazy. The robot voice thing was not a wise move. When I began recording the narrative for that video, my microphone stopped working. I ordered a new one and should have waited until it arrived. However, I was impatient and used the robot voice software simply because it was there, ready to use. Lesson learnt! Cheers.

I hope it works for you. Stick with it.

@@10mins I shall try. My maths is terrible lol but my throw is good 👍🏻

I guess we're all different. I think the lesson is to find a method that works for you. I suspect many of the people who struggle with dart maths are simply not aware of the types of short cut I describe in the video and you describe in your comment.

Thats exactly how I've been doing it since grade school. Way easier and quicker!

If you have a method that works for you, then stick with it by all means. My video is aimed at people who struggle with it. Everyone learns differently, and what works for one person may not work for another. I merely offer my way of doing things as one possibility.

Yes... Sorry about the 388/386 mistake. I check this kind of thing multiple times before I publish, yet errors still manage to slip through the next. :(

Thanks for the feedback. Seems the experiment with the voiceover wasn't a success, so I won't be using it again. I've got another video in the pipeline. It should be ready in a few days. Stay tuned.

Correct. Different words with the same meaning. "Treble" is the traditional term used in darts and I try to use it in my videos, but either word works.

No, my running total does not count upwards towards 501. When chalking a game, the score keeper has to add up the total scored, write it down, and then subtract it from the running score. So, at around the 6:10 mark, you'll see I've added up 60 + 15 + 57 for a total of 133 and then subtracted it to get a running count of 368. I have several other videos that cover the question you asked about getting to an out. If you're subscribed to my channel, look for my "Darts Tactics" videos. Also check out the site I've link below for my suggested 3-dart and 2-dart checkout tables. Use the 2-dart checkout table if the first of your three darts does not hit the intended target, or if it bounces out. For example, if your target is 102, you might try T20 S10 D16 (60, 10, 32), but if you hit a single 20 with your first dart, you've got 82 remaining. The 2-dart chart recommends T14 D20 (42, 40). Try to memorize as much as possible. The more you play, the more you'll find that some numbers seem to crop up more than others. Start by trying to memorize the ones you see most often. Your example, in which you are left with 75 after your first dart, occurs a lot. My preferred route is T17 D12 (51, 24). I don't have to stop and think, I have that one memorized. sites.google.com/view/tenminutesofyourtime/home

Thank you for your kind feedback. I do regret releasing this with the robot voice. My audio recording equipment broke while I was making the video. Rather than wait for my new microphone to arrive, I thought I'd try out the robot voice software, which I'd recently acquired. I admit now that it was a mistake. I should have waited so I could use my own voice. I will consider re-releasing it with my own voice. It has proved to be my most popular video by far, currently getting about 2,000 views per day, so I wish I'd gotten it right first time. I'm heartened by the many positive comments I've received and glad that I have been able to help some people to tackle dart maths with more confidence.

Many people struggle with the math. I'm fortunate because I find mental arithmetic easy to do, but I know it doesn't come easy to the majority of people. The more you do it, the better you'll get at it. (Hopefully!)

The full word is mathematics - plural - so it seemed reasonable that we should shorten it to maths. It wasn't until I moved to America that I discovered the use of math - singular. Two peoples separated by a common language, as Churchill supposedly said. 🙂

It’s always maths here in Britain, eg. Maths class. Maths test.

Try memorizing some likely combinations so that, instead of adding up each time, you just know what it is. In fact, I'm sure you already do that with some combinations. For example, if you hit three single 20s, you probably just know that it's 60 without adding. Right? Start by trying to memorize possible combinations in and around the big numbers. Work on 20 first then move on to 19, and 18. For example, when shooting at the 20 segment 20 20 20 = 60 20 20 T20 = 100 20 T20 T20 = 140 T20 T20 T20 = 180 20 5 5 = 30 20 5 T5 = 40 20 T5 T5 = 50 20 5 1 = 26 20 5 T1 = 28 And so on. You get the idea. Once you've got 20 down pat, do the same around the nineteen segment. Eventually you'll get most of these combinations locked into your memory and you'll only have to do addition when you hit something outside these sets.

Google translate came to my rescue. 🙂I'm happy that you found the video useful.

Oops! You are correct. That is a mistake. Thank you for being so observant. It's so difficult to catch all of ones own mistakes. I wish there was a way to update the video with a correction, but the only option I'm aware of is to upload a new video and delete the old one, which messes with anyone who has saved the link to the old one.

If that's what works for you, do it that way. I can't say that one method is definitively easier than another because it all depends on the individual. What some find easy, others find hard and vice versa. If you read through the many comments on this post, you'll see that some people think what I'm explaining is ridiculously complicated, and other people say it has helped them a lot. Everyone is different.

I will not be using the voiceover thing again. Back to my own voice in future.

It wasn't all that bad. I don't think anyway.

Hmmm! That's a tough one.

The green part of the bull is, to my way of thinking, a single bull, and you'll see that I have not labelled any of the other single segments either. My diagram shows the value of each segment of the board that requires multiplication, with the intention being: "memorize the value and you no longer need to do the multiplication every time". The double bull is 2 x 25, so I show the value 50.

i mean he did have an example of 25 when he hit the 25 😊

Indeed, but you can only count WITH numbers.

Complicated to describe in a video, but very easy to apply in practice. I've had a lot of success helping some of the people I regularly play with. However, not everyone gets it because we all learn differently. Some people might find suggestions made by other people in the many posts on this video to be more helpful for them. The unfortunate few might always struggle with maths, no matter what method they attempt. If you have something that works for you, stick with it.

Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking the same thing about the voice.

@@10mins Agree with the voice, dull i’m afraid. You’re other videos make you sound like a very wise man indeed. Thank you for your videos. Got stupid Dartitis so a video on that would be very much appreciated

@@garywyn Thanks for the feedback. I'll be sticking with my normal voice from now on. I'm happy to hear that I sound like a wise man, I wish I was. Regarding dartitis, I know very little about it. I know it's very real and I have had a couple of friends who were badly affected by it. I vaguely recall reading some suggestions about trying to break the feedback loop that causes the affliction. It involved doing something radically different like wearing a glove to throw, or taping some of your fingers together. Something that gives your brain different things to thing about while you throw in the hope that it will reset and you can then ditch the gloves or the tape or whatever. But, I have no idea if it's effective.

🙂 Oh well! At least you tried.

Yes, I learned my lesson. Own voice from now on.

Thanks for your feedback. I have it on my "To Do" list to re-release this video with my own voice.

😄Each to their own nurby1824. Thank you for your opinion. The methods used are in fact quite simple, but to describe them in this format does get a bit longwinded. If you have a simpler way of doing things, please share it with us.

How can showing you what the numbers actually are , be complicated ??? You silly goose.

Nurby you’re talking bollocks.

@nurby1824, enlighten us with your simpler method... i won't be holding my breath. so easy to criticise when you don't have anything better to say

@@owengunter506 just learn math simple.

It's complicated to explain in video format, but exceedingly simple to apply in practice. If you find that adding "normally" works for you, then stick with your method. However, what's "normal" for you may not be normal for others. It's undeniably clear that many people have trouble performing simple additions and subtractions in their head. This video is aimed at those people and offers some suggestions that might help them. If your school days were anything like mine, we were taught to do arithmetic on paper with all the "carry one" mechanics that involves. This method does not work well when you're trying to do it in your head. We were never taught how to do "mental arithmetic". I had to learn the tricks to that by myself.

It sounds like you've got a method that works for you, and that is kind of what I'm getting at. Subtract a nice, easy round number then add back in the difference.

You are correct, but you'll notice that I have only marked the values of the doubles and trebles. So, the single bull, just like all the other single segments, is not marked.

What??

"noone" is perfect (see what I did there?). It's a typo - an embarassing one, but despite the robot voice, I am only human. It's surprisingly hard to spot ones own mistakes. I believe others have already pointed out the error in early comments. Thank you for your feedback.

@@10mins That's fair enough, I understand where you're coming from. It just confused and amused me honestly. I apologise for sounding inconsiderate or crass, I only meant my comment in jest. Good luck in your future content creation.

No worries. No apology necessary. I always welcome feedback.

Yes, I learned my lesson. No more artificial voice.

Thank you for your input. If you read through all the comments on this thread, you'll see that many people find my suggestions to be a very useful, and others, just like you, think it's complicated. It's actually not complicated once you start using it, but each to their own. We all think differently and what works for one does not necessarily work for another. If you find this complicated then it's not for you, simple as that. Perhaps you have a less complicated way of doing arithmetic in your head. If so, please share.

Yes, lesson learned. No more robot voice.

I LIKED THE ROBOT@@10mins

I respectfully disagree with you and suggest that perhaps you've missed my point, which is that we all learn differently. Yes, the arithmetic required to add or subtract two numbers should be simple. It appears you have a method that works for you, so you don't need anything I've suggested. In fact, right at the start of the video I specifically say that the video is aimed only at people looking for a solution to their math woes. It's undeniable that many people struggle with the math or can't do it at the pace required when scoring a darts game. The approach I suggest is NOT complicated. I could explain it in a few seconds if we were face-to-face with a whiteboard at hand but explaining it in this video format required me to be a little long-winded. So yes, at first pass it might sound fiddly, but if you try it, it's actually quite simple. For example: 174 - 85 = 174 - 100 + 15 = 89. I find that to be a no brainer, but I accept that it may not work for everyone. If you read through the many comments on this video, you'll find that some people like the method I suggest, and others propose alternative methods (some of which sound complicated to me, but which they find easy). For those who struggle, I say, keep trying different things until you find an approach that works for you work for you. Finally, you use the term "simple math", so I assume that you don't have trouble scorekeeping. Perhaps you'd care to share your approach. Try explaining the process you step through to add and subtract in your head. Readers of this post might find it suits them better than my method.