These days many sports organisations require those involved in coaching attend a range of courses designed to ensure that teaching performance (as well as personal behaviour) is of an appropriate standard. Although this may not yet be the case in darts, I reckon it’s still worth a UniBlog to take a look at just one of the general principles discussed in such courses.
The principle in question, which had its origins in the world of US business management, goes by the acronym SMART. You’ll find some variability in definitions of what this actually stands for, but let’s opt for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timely.
As an example of how this principle might be applied to darts, I’m going to use the pathetic attempts of an anonymous Mr X to elevate the accuracy of my, sorry, his, throw from “Appalling” to merely “Bad” in just one month – and, by defining that relatively
