Miss Wanie’s BCT Diary.: About Dart

Dart???

Darts is one of the countless games you can enjoy with your friends and family after a few rounds of beer on a relaxing day out - or even in the comfort of your own home if you own a darts board yourself. Some people tend to feel reluctant to take part in darts games due to lacking knowledge of the rules, or fearing that they'll look goofy trying to make a nice throw.

Knowing the rules of the game could do wonders. Imagine playing a game without knowing the do’s and don’ts. For sure, losing will just be around the corner but since this a pretty competitive game; one has to know the rules to getting the most applause in social gatherings, gaining new friends at the local watering hole and winning the game.

Playing darts is just easy as counting from 1 to 3. The rules are not complex. All you need is to form two groups that would make up a team composed of two or more players. A warm-up is a must. Each player is allowed to have nine throws. To determine who goes first, a dart is thrown by a respective player chosen by its team members at the start of the game. The player that throws the dart closest to the bull’s eye will be the first team to throw the darts. Each player will take turn throwing three darts. At the end of the three throws, the players will alternate.

The oche (pronounced as o-kee) is known as the throwing line. It plays a very important role in dart playing. A player must avoid accidentally stepping over or crossing over the oche while playing. If the player does accidentally step on the oche, the throw is banned and the player must wait for his turn to be able to throw again.

The player of each team alternates between throwing three darts at the dartboard. To score points, a player must hit the numbered segments. For the score to be counted, the darts must remain on the dartboard for 5 seconds.

If a dart sticks to another dart or falls, no point corresponds to it.

The circle with the numbers is called the target area. Clockwise from the top position the numbers are 20, 1, 18, 4, 13, 6, 10, 15, 2, 17, 3, 19, 7, 16, 8, 11, 14, 9, 12, and 5. Each of these numbers has a pie-shaped wedge that corresponds to it. If a dart lands in the wedge, the number posted on the outer ring is the score. If it lands on the outer ring, your score becomes twice the number hit. If the dart is on the inner ring, your score is thrice the number hit and if the dart lands in the other areas, you do not score a point. The circle in the middle of the dartboard is called the bull. It also has two parts known as the outer part or the single-bull and the inner center part known as the double-bull or widely known as the bull’s eye. If a dart lands on the outer bull, you get 25 points and if the dart lands on the bull’s eye you score 50 points. The highest possible score is achieved when the three darts land in the triple twenty on the dartboard making your score a smashing 180. That makes up for 60 points for each dart you threw.

Getting your throw perfected will take some time, but the greatest barrier is usually in the beginning of your learning, when you have to familiarize yourself with the technique for throwing a dart in general. Take it simple and listen to any tips you're given - it's actually a very simple process which will surely come naturally to you after just a few tries, but it will take quite a lot of practice before you've perfected it.

Here we go some of pictures taken during Dart Tournament in HCSSO Department in TM!!