Each round includes three darts.
Darts that break off or fall off the dart board cannot be scored or re cast. The tournament's five second rule requires that after the third dart is thrown, any dart must remain on the dart board for at least five seconds for scoring.
Basically, darts are a competition between two players or two teams of players. The group may consist of two or more members. Team members from both sides take turns to throw.
The nine throws before the start of the game can usually be used as a personal warm-up before the game, and decide who starts throwing darts first for each person or team. The dart team that throws the darts closest to the bull's eye starts first.
Each player throws a round of darts when it's his turn, and then the player takes back his own darts. If a player's foot crosses the throw line or accidentally trips and releases his dart, the score will not be counted, and there may be no chance of re throwing.
According to the 5-second rule, darts must remain on the dart board for more than 5 seconds. If the dart falls off or is inserted into another dart, the score will not be counted.
Players can approach the dart board to confirm the position of the dart after three darts are thrown, but no one can touch the dart until one round of throwing is completed.
No one can stand within 2 feet of the dart throwing player for consideration and safety.
◆ distance and location
The hanging height of the steel tip darts board refers to the distance from the center point of the dart board to the ground, generally 1.73 meters, which is the standard height of the official competition. Of course, if you are limited by space at home or office, or you are not tall, the height can be adjusted appropriately.
The linear distance between the dart line and the dart tray is 2.44m. In fact, the linear distance between the dart line and the dart plate is not completely unified all over the world, which is also a headache for the competition organizers. In England, the distance is 1.83M ~ 2.74M, and the international news championship, the most influential event in Britain, is 2.44m. The British National Darts Association stipulates that the minimum throw distance is 1.83M, allowing players to throw greater than this distance. All major American darts Championships use 2.37 meters as the standard distance. Chinese dart competition rules also stipulate that the dart throwing distance is 2.37 meters from the front center point of the dart board to the top of the ground vertical line to the positive center point of the dart throwing line, which is the shortest distance for players to throw darts.
◆ what is rule 501
There are many ways to play darts. 501 rules are often used in formal competitions. Generally, each player starts with 501 points in 12 to 20 rounds of each game. The player's points decrease with the throwing points. The player who first reduces the points to 0 wins. The DART (not necessarily the third DART) that each player ends the game must be hit in the double zone, which is called double out. If a player throws a dart and his score becomes negative, his score in this round will not be counted and will remain the figure before the start of this round. This is busted. If the competition stipulates to "double out", it is also regarded as explosive darts if it is reduced to 0 points but fails to hit twice the area, or to 1 point (it is impossible to double out at this time). Once the dart is exploded, the player's round of throwing will end. Even if the three darts are not finished, his score will be restored to the score before the start of this round; It's his opponent's turn to throw.
For beginners, the formal 501 competition is very difficult, especially doubling may be quite laborious. You can try a simplified one in one out game. Straight in refers to scoring from the first dart; Straight out means that the last dart does not have to be hit in the double area.
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