Drastically reduce bounce-outs! New darts are too sharp, and will nick the wires, then bounce out. Use a darts sharpener, but not to sharpen the dart. Instead, round the point, so that it looks like the end of a ball-point pen. When that rounded point hits a wire, it will slide off into the board! If you never touch up your points, they will get flat on the end, and also bounce out a lot. Flattened points will also pound the fibers down into the board, eventually making it rock hard."