For the 2025 season, Corporate Sports Network introduced the game of darts. It got many buzzing. The truth, though, is that although darts are becoming increasingly popular in the world, many are yet to come to grips with how the game is played and the scoring mechanism.
According to CSN’s Technical department, there will be a training session for teams at the next outing ( Marxh) to enable them to come to grips with the game before they can compete in the ensuing outing.
What does the game entail? What distance does the player have to be from the disc? How is the scoring? we have summarized the most important rules for darts in the following article
The most important darts rules in brief
For the game, you need a dartboard, darts, and the appropriate darts rules (game mode), which decide the victory and defeat of individual games and the entire game. These are the most important rules of darts:
- Each player has three arrows and therefore also three throws.
- Players must be 2.37 metres from the dart board when throwing and must not cross the fixed marker
- Each player starts with 501 or 301 points
- The players try to bring the score to 0 as quickly as possible
- To score, it is sufficient for the dart tip to touch the scoring area
- The first player to bring the points to 0 wins a game called “Leg” in darts
The basic equipment for darts
In darts, all that is needed is a dart board and three darts. In principle, this is already enough to be able to play a game. Ideally, you should have a pen and paper ready at your darts evening to subtract the points thrown by each player. There are a few things to consider with the dart board and the darts, which we will now discuss in detail.
Rules at the target
Numbers from one to 20 are depicted on the dart board. Single-digit numbers are usually placed next to two-digit numbers. This adds tension to the game because players quickly lose total points scored when they try to hit high numbers if they miss the desired square by a few centimetres. In the middle of the dartboard, two more squares are added: the green Single Bull (counts 25 points) and the red Bulls Eye (counts 50 points). In addition, there are so-called double fields, also called “doubles”, on the outer edge of the board. If the player hits this field, the number of points thrown for the field is doubled. The inner ring is the so-called “triple”, which triples the value of the field when hit. The highest square on the dartboard is the Triple-20, which earns the player 60 points if hit.
Darts Jersey
A dart player usually owns several individual shirts with which he presents himself at tournaments. Originally, darts had a relatively strict dress code, characterized by plain black shoes, trousers and shirts. Nowadays, the strict dress codes have been shelved and the once conservative pub sport shines with flashy outfits and bright colours
Rules of darts: scoring and points
Any dart that falls or bounces off the board shall be disqualified. Only darts that are in the board or touch the board with the tip after the last throw count. The score is recognised as soon as the player pulls the three darts out of the board.
The aim is to reduce the given score of mostly 501, to zero as quickly as possible.
If you hit a triple, you triple the number of points thrown with the corresponding dart. If you hit the triple 20 with a dart, you score 60 points, if you hit the triple 19; you score 57 points, and so on.
To win the leg, you must throw on a double (outer ring) or the bull’s eye.
For example, if you have 40 points left, you can win the leg by hitting the double 20. If you score more than necessary, you have over thrown yourself. The shot will be considered a “no score” and you will not receive a score
