The rules of the game of darts

Darts - a popular game in which participants throw darts at a special target. For someone, this is a hobby and an interesting hobby, but someone plays at a professional level. This sport is interesting because it can be done at any age, even in the children's, though in an advanced way. For training, do not need a lot of space, in addition, the material costs in order to start doing, are relatively small. Thanks to this democracy, the game is gaining popularity, because it is interesting to consider the rules of the game of darts. Also, parents should remember that the game develops a child's accuracy, accuracy.

Targets and darts

First you need to find out what kind of equipment is necessary for this sport. To produce targets, use natural fiber, which is obtained from the leaves of agave. This material is called sisal. It is from its compressed fibers that the targets are made, their total diameter is 451 mm (+/- 10 mm).

On the front side there are sectors of different colors, the wire is attached from above, dividing the target into radial sectors (20 pieces), also has doubling and tripling rings. In the center is the green sector "Bull" and the red one - "Bull-Ai". According to the rules of the game of darts, marking and determines the number of points received by the player.

Also for the game you need darts, which can be brass or tungsten. Their weight should not be more than 50 g (usually 20-24 g), and length up to 30.5 cm. Each dart consists of such parts:

• The barrel, that is, the metal part into which the needle is pressed;
• Shank - a removable part of metal or plastic, screwed into a barrel;
• The plumage is inserted into the shank, it is designed to stabilize the flight.

It is better to buy quality equipment, even if it costs more. This will protect against excess bounces dart.

How to count glasses according to the rules of darts?

You can play together or a team of 2 or more participants. By toss-up, it is determined who will start first. According to the rules of darts, the distance to the center of the target from the floor should be 1.73 m, and from the line with which the throws are made, 2.37 m.

Each team must throw 2 sets of darts, then they are removed from the target. A throw will not be counted if the perpetrator has entered the line, and also in the case when the dart is stuck in another dart or dropped from the target.

Scoring is carried out as follows:

• the entry in the sector field is counted according to the number indicated on the sector;
• A throw in the outer ring leads to a doubling of the number on the sector;
• hit in the inner ring triples the sector number;
• green sector gives 25 points, red - 50.

These are the classic rules of darts, but there are various options, which also need to say a few words.

The most popular game is "501", it also hosts official competitions. Each player or team at the initial stage is given 501 points and they need to be "written off" with a countdown during the competition. It is necessary to close the last glasses through the doubling sector. If it turns out that in the last approach the player got more points than what was on his balance, he will remain with the result, which was before the throws.

Another famous game is "Cricket", the essence of which is to first close certain numbers on the target. So, in the game take part sectors from 15 to 20 and "Bull". In "Cricket" to close the sector you need to collect in it a tripled number of points.

Of course, the rules of darts for children can be simplified or different. We also need to understand that for the child the target should hang lower, at the level of its growth. Darts can be an excellent family hobby and a way of spending leisure time.