7 Darts Practice Games You Can Play Alone | Oche

You don’t need an opponent to get better at darts — you need structure. Throwing aimlessly at the treble 20 for an hour does little; playing a game with rules, a target and a score sharpens specific skills fast. Here are seven solo games, each training a different part of your game.

1. Around the Clock

Work through every number 1 to 20, then the bull, hitting each before moving on. It builds whole-board accuracy and stops you being a one-dimensional 20s player. For the full ruleset and harder variants, see our Around the Clock guide.

Trains: all-board accuracy.

2. Bob’s 27

Start on 27 points and throw three darts at each double in turn (D1, D2 … D20). Hit the double and you add its value ×2; miss all three and you subtract it. Go bust below zero and you’re out. Brutal, brilliant doubles training — full rules in our Bob’s 27 guide.

Trains: doubles under pressure.

3. Single-player 501

Play a normal 501 leg solo and count your darts. Your goal is to finish in fewer darts than last time. It mirrors real match scoring and finishing in one game.

Trains: scoring + finishing, end to end.

4. Doubles around the board

Like Around the Clock but on doubles only — D1 through D20 and the bull. The fastest way to raise the checkout percentage that wins legs.

Trains: finishing accuracy.

5. Treble-20 hundreds

Throw set after set of three darts at the treble 20 and count how many turns it takes to bank, say, ten scores of 100+. Pure scoring repetition where most legs are won.

Trains: treble-20 consistency.

6. Catch 40

Give yourself 40 (D20) and count how many darts it takes to finish, then reset. Track the running total over 10 finishes. A focused, high-rep finishing drill on the most common checkout.

Trains: the single most-left finish.

7. Halve-It

Hit a target number each round or your score is halved. The penalty keeps the pressure on and forces accuracy across varied targets — see our Halve-It rules.

Trains: accuracy under consequence.

Make solo practice count

The magic ingredient in every game above is the score you’re chasing — your own previous best. The Oche X01 scorer saves your results so each session becomes a personal-best chase, and the stats dashboard shows whether your averages and doubles are actually climbing. Build these games into a plan with our practice routines guide.