Step 4: Step four: Targets!
I almost forgot.
These darts sink really well into 3/4 plywood. The aforementioned sceneshop floor is covered with the stuff. If you dont have such facilities available then you could cut out some disks of wood of any type (1/2 3/4 plywood is preferable. OSB works fine. 1/4 Luan is OK but the dart tip will probably go all the way through. A hoola hoop on the grass is great (Flashback to the original)) Mine are about three-and-a-half feet in diameter and set apart fourty-four feet. Yours should be the size that you feel is appropriate and set apart at whatever distance you feel that you and your dart throwing cohorts have a reasonable probability of hitting without unnecessarily endangering innocent bystanders.
Now it just comes down to throwing technique and rules. I prefer the two-fingers-inside, underhand, palm up method though I have co-workers who swear by the thumb-inside underhand, palm down technique. All pretty much agree that an overhand throwing motion is only useful when going for the distance record (currently- 1 point from 86 feet)
As far as the rules go, we play with a three-ringed target. The rings are valued at 1, 3, and 5 points (bullseye=5, white ring =3, blue ring=1). Games are usually to 11 points. Any dart that lands on the line between two score values counts as the lower score(we're harsh that way.) After a round of shooting at one target the player who scored best in that round gets to throw first at the other target. (Honors for the golfers out there.) This gives the best thrower the slightly unfair advantage of a clean target. You could reverse this rule but I doubt it would make much of a difference. The " must win by two points" rule can add a level of challenge as well.
Either way you go, Good Luck. Throw Straight. Have fun! Claim your dart when it lands! (Wherever it lands!)
These darts sink really well into 3/4 plywood. The aforementioned sceneshop floor is covered with the stuff. If you dont have such facilities available then you could cut out some disks of wood of any type (1/2 3/4 plywood is preferable. OSB works fine. 1/4 Luan is OK but the dart tip will probably go all the way through. A hoola hoop on the grass is great (Flashback to the original)) Mine are about three-and-a-half feet in diameter and set apart fourty-four feet. Yours should be the size that you feel is appropriate and set apart at whatever distance you feel that you and your dart throwing cohorts have a reasonable probability of hitting without unnecessarily endangering innocent bystanders.
Now it just comes down to throwing technique and rules. I prefer the two-fingers-inside, underhand, palm up method though I have co-workers who swear by the thumb-inside underhand, palm down technique. All pretty much agree that an overhand throwing motion is only useful when going for the distance record (currently- 1 point from 86 feet)
As far as the rules go, we play with a three-ringed target. The rings are valued at 1, 3, and 5 points (bullseye=5, white ring =3, blue ring=1). Games are usually to 11 points. Any dart that lands on the line between two score values counts as the lower score(we're harsh that way.) After a round of shooting at one target the player who scored best in that round gets to throw first at the other target. (Honors for the golfers out there.) This gives the best thrower the slightly unfair advantage of a clean target. You could reverse this rule but I doubt it would make much of a difference. The " must win by two points" rule can add a level of challenge as well.
Either way you go, Good Luck. Throw Straight. Have fun! Claim your dart when it lands! (Wherever it lands!)
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