Why You Should Track Your Weak Numbers | Oche

Here’s an uncomfortable truth about darts practice: most players spend it on what they’re already good at. It feels productive to bank treble 20s, but your average and your legs are actually limited by the numbers you can’t hit. Finding and fixing those weak spots is the fastest route to improvement — and it starts with tracking them.

You can’t fix what you don’t measure

Ask a player which doubles they miss most and they’ll usually guess wrong. Memory is selective: you remember the dramatic missed bull, not the dozen quiet D11s that never went in. Without data, you practise by feel — and feel sends you straight back to your comfort zone. Measurement breaks that bias.

Where weak numbers hide

Weak numbers show up in two places:

• Scoring: segments you subconsciously avoid or hit thinly, dragging your 3-dart average down without you noticing.
• Finishing: the doubles you rarely face — D11, D13, D14 — that wreck a leg when a finish forces you onto them. These are the silent killers of checkout percentage.

Why targeting the weak spot works best

Improvement is about raising your floor, not your ceiling. A player who can’t miss the treble 20 but falls apart on D7 loses to anyone who exploits it. Pouring practice into a strength gives diminishing returns; spending the same time on a genuine weakness gives outsized ones. Fix the worst number and every leg that used to die there now lives.

Turn weak numbers into a practice plan

Once you know your weak spots, the plan writes itself:

1. Identify the lowest hit-rate scoring numbers and doubles from your stats.
2. Drill them in isolation — add them to your doubles practice routine or scoring sets.
3. Re-measure after a few weeks and confirm the hit rate has risen.
4. Repeat on the next weakest number.

This loop is the engine behind our whole improvement approach.

Let the app find them for you

This is exactly what the Oche X01 scorer is built for. It logs every dart you throw, and the stats dashboard breaks down your hit rate by number and by double — surfacing the weak spots you’d never spot by feel. Instead of guessing, you get a ranked list of what to fix next, and proof when it improves. For finishing specifically, pair it with our checkout percentage guide, or explore the full improve silo for level-by-level targets.