Darts: a game where participants compete with one another by throwing small arrow like devices at a target that is round and has numbers and sections and an inner bull with an outer bull and so on. Darts now refer to the standard game with a specific bristle board design and a set of rules. Rules that are general to the game and rules that govern games like, “501,” “301,” and “Cricket.”


Darts is a traditional pub game that was and is commonly played in the United Kingdom as well as other places in Europe and across the pond here in the America’s.


Wikipedia tells hits history in a terse form, i.e., “The dartboard may have its origins in the cross-section of a tree. An old name for a dartboard is "butt"; the word comes from the French word but, meaning "target". In particular, the Yorkshire and Manchester Log End boards differ from the standard board in that they have no treble, only double and bullseye, the Manchester board being of a smaller diameter, with a playing area of only 25 cm across with double and bull areas measuring just 4 mm. The London Fives board is another variation. This has only 12 equal segments numbered 20, 5, 15, 10, 20, 5, 15, 10, 20, 5, 15, 10 with the doubles and triples being a quarter of an inch wide.”


There have been a variety of darts created over the years but the most common today is the tungsten dart. There are electronic darts but for this blog and for my efforts in tossing darts I remain a steel dart fan and enthusiast. I am recommending a book for novice darters but only because it appealed to me and my studies and rest assured most of the dart books out there are outstanding. In short, find one if this one does not fit your needs and get it. I can tell you when I started to play over twenty years ago, before I laid down my darts in 96, I tossed darts for several years without knowing some very important and critical mechanics, etc., of the dart game. As I take up once again my steel darts I have found a fountain of information to help make the game both enjoyable and competitive. Enjoy, diddle for the middle and let the darts fly!

Friday, July 21, 2017

DARTS-Chaos

Dart Arts Article/Post Caveat (Read First Please: Click the Link)

Chaos is about those obstacles we encounter that adversely affect how we play the dart arts. Like the adrenal stress-conditioned effects there is no one single way to combat those effects in every situation and case. What I mean is this, no matter the situation variances within that situation experienced multiple times tends to trigger the adrenal stress in a condition that still causes chaos.

The more chaos the less you will be able to combat the effects or at least control them down to a state that allows your darts to fly true consistently and with target-rich results. 

In situations, contests and tournaments, that are more chaotic the less you are going to be able to train and practice to combat and control those chaotic effects. One of the most chaotic contests you can encounter is the, “Blind-draw Doubles,” where the environment and experiences change at every leg of that journey. Different partners and the fluidity of game order, i.e., 301, 501, and Cricket in any order whomever wins the toss or diddle chooses. 

Only over time and experience can one hope to control all those variances and changes to a point where their darts hold true to their perfect darts and perfect game. If you are a beginner, i.e., one who is practicing and playing from one month to two years, then and unless you have no choice it may be best to avoid such random blind-draw doubles games. 


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