The Art of Darts: A Masterclass with Three-Times World Darts Champion

Darts has been played?around the world?for more than 100 years on a competitive basis. Although the sport has gone through many transitional periods during the last century, it has progressed from a pub pastime into one of the largest global sports. Today it is a business of mega-proportions with television coverage reaching almost every part of the globe. Covering every aspect of the game, this is the first user guide for the general market, making it as useful and necessary for the obsessed amateur as for the fledgling professional. From choosing the right grip and constructing out shots to perfecting your stance at the oche, this is an essential purchase for every follower, practitioner, and lover of the beautiful sport of darts.

John Lowe is a three-time winner of the World Darts championship, and the only player to have won it in three different decades. He was one of the main competitors who made darts such a huge spectator sport in the 1970s and 1980s.