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FirmhandKY -> RE: Learning to play darts. Help!!!!!! (2/21/2007 8:52:47 AM)
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1. I play best after about 4 or 5 beers, so drink, but never get sloppy drunk.
2. Everyone will give you advice, but do what "feels right" for you.
3. A firm stance, with both feet remaining on the floor may be more difficult at first, but will make you a better player in the long run.
4. Don't "lean forward" or "jump" when you throw.
5. The more fingers you use to hold your dart will give you more and finer control as your body learns how to play. It may also initially cause you more problems, as it is easier to over-correct and cause you to screw up a throw until you get into a rhythm.
5. Always .... always ... put you fingers on the exact same place on each dart each time you throw - to the point where it becomes automatic, where your fingers should go on your specific set of darts. This usually means that you should buy a pair of darts where you can figure this out. For this reason, I don't like smooth barrel darts, but prefer ones with a knurled barrel.
6. Practice, practice, practice. Did I mention practice?
7. Sharp darts stick into the board better, and bounce out less.
8. Play with different weights of darts, even buying a few sets, until you figure out your best weight. 16 or 17 gram darts are very light and are easy to over-control and bounce out of the board. 28, 30, 32 gram darts are very heavy, and require great strength and are tiring over time, but are harder to deflect, and hit with a satisfying "thunk". I'm currently using 26 gram darts.
Light darts are good when you start, to teach you control and precision, heavy darts are good to give you power and strength.
FirmKY
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