One of the most important things to remember as a coach is that you do not know it all! Even if you used to you don’t anymore! 

It is easy to slip into complacency and to keep doing what you have done before, especially if it seems to work. But the more tools in the coaches kit bag the better especially if you may be coaching across a wider range of age and experience that I have focused upon.

My own coaching has been almost exclusively with more established players rather than the younger groups or what could be described as beginners. But a couple of exceptions to this had made me consider that I might need to develop an approach perhaps for helping other coaches.

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It seems to me that knowing that you may have a knowledge deficit in one area means you should seek out he/she with a track record of excellence in that department or area. 

In what I class as ’Indoor Accuracy Sports’ there is one coach who has a cross over record that suggests technical expertise and refined translation skills. It’s no good having knowledge that you cannot communicate. 

That man is Steve Feeney, founder of the SightRight coaching and support brand. Readers of DartsWorld may know him as the Supercoach!

I got in touch with Steve and signed up to join one of his small group training courses earlier this year. This 2 day course had the added attraction of being held at Bradmoor Farm near Aylesbury and this allowed me to closely inspect one of darts most dedicated and impressive venues, but more of that later.

The first day involved a quick introductory session where those who have not met Steve and the small group met each other. 

Like all courses the people on it can make a big difference. We were blessed with several dedicated individuals who wished to improve the standard on coaching in the academies they were involved in, a former PDC level player who has set up an academy in Cyprus, an entrepreneur based in Prague and a former forces member both keen to coach on a commercial basis and little ol’ me who coaches across a wide spectrum but very much individually.

We then learned the history of the SightRight process and how it is successful across sports and with a range of differing players. We also explored – or perhaps exploded – some commonly held beliefs within darts one being the concept of eye dominance , how it is measured and why it is hugely misleading.

This was swiftly proven at the same time as teaching the group the first stage of correctly aligning a player which was effectively session two of the first day.

Steve strongly believes that proper alignment can assist almost any player and is fundamental for a new player. 

One interesting aside was how Steve was using our environment – almost surrounded by darts boards – to tease the later stages of the course where some of the techniques and processes  would take place. You could almost feel the group straining to get on the oche.

The second day involved a mixture of the second stage of aligning your players correctly as well as some wider elements of development of players with their own personal records and teaching a mix of self scoring and fair assessment.

It was here that I added an extra string to my bow that I had not expected. Steve used to work as training staff for a major institution and so has developed a record keeping system and several other ongoing features for his accredited coaches to use. Benchmarked self encouragement can have nothing but positive effects for both coach and player.

The final sessions involved some very hands-on practical sessions with putting the model into practice on each member of the group and how we might do so in the actual session. It’s fair to say we varied hugely in style, technique and competence but several points were swiftly demonstrated and some useful early techniques clearly proven.

A final boardwork session involved some ‘SightRight’ games and a spot of drill work to introduce some foundational stages and exclusive games. I have been deliberately a little vague on detail as Steve has already been the victim of plagiarism/theft! 

The SightRight Accredited Coaches all seemed to get a lot from the two days and several commented that it was far better than others they had attended. Personally I would have no hesitation in recommending this course for any academy coach or anyone wishing to coach in a professional capacity.

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From the DartsWorld Magazines (DW594 Spring Summer 2026)

AIM180 has coached several PDC and WDF players of mixed age and sex who have won titles and reached major finals