4. Darts history
• Darts is a form of throwing game in
which small missiles are thrown at a circular
target (dartboard) fixed to a wall.
• darts is a traditional pub game.
• Though various boards and rules have been
used in the past, the term "darts" usually now
refers to a standardized game involving a
specific board design and set of rules.
5. Darts history
• It was first played approximately in 1870s.
• It is usually played one versus one.
• It was never an Olympic game.
• It is categorized as target sport, individual
sport.
• It can be played by men and women so it is a
mixed gender game.
7. Dartboard
• Before the First World War, pubs in the
United Kingdom had dartboards.
• Dartboards were made from solid blocks of
wood usually elm.
• It had to be soaked
Overnight to heal the holes
made by the darts.
8. Dartboard
• Nowadays quality dartboards are made of sisal fibers;
less expensive boards are sometimes made of cork or
coiled paper.
• A regulation board is 17 3⁄4 inches (451 mm) in diameter
and is divided into 20 radial sections.
• Each section is separated with metal wire or a thin band
of sheet metal.
• The best dartboards have the thinnest wire, so that the
darts have less chance of hitting a wire and bouncing out.
9.
10. Darts
• It was made of one piece from wood;
wrapped with a strip of lead for weight.
• Modern darts have four parts: The points, the
barrels, the shafts and the fletching. The steel
points come in 2 common lengths, 32mm and
41mm and are sometimes knurled or coated
to improve grip.
11. Scoring
• The standard dartboard is divided into 20
numbered sections, scoring from 1 to 20
points, by wires running from the small central
circle to the outer circular wire.
• The goal is to finish 501 which is starting
score.
• The highest score possible with three darts is
180, commonly known as a "ton 80" (100
points is called a ton).
