Ah now many of the top lads are still fairly hardy drinkers and most if not all have a drink before matches. The big difference now is the amount of practice and the amount of competitive darts now played.
Been discussed on the World Championship thread already
The game is a lot different these days in a number of factors.
More money more pro players. Players starting out on the circuit a lot younger
Better physiques by a number of players who probably have Gym workouts to help with there game (always wonder what best exercises are). Days of pro players skulling pints and pies over
More sponsorship and exposure due too social media
UK open would spring to mind. Not a small event at all. But will have multiple boards and is a lot more about the darts then the session
Smallest ones that have audiences are the euro tour events
I don't think so. Smaller events have no audiences.
is there PDC events you can go and watch the darts live where it's not the premier league nights? Smaller comps with less of the party crowd as such?
Few good training videos on YouTube
Could do them 100s of times but won't be making an appearance on the Ally Pally stage
Definitely agree with that . Play around the board or Shanghai for a while. It's fun for everyone.
More likely single 7 double 4 as you have d2 and d1 to fall back on if you come inside. If you leave d7 and the dart lands on 7 you need to bit a 1 or 3 again.
From 15 it's better throwing single 7 leaving double 4. You rarely try to leave double 7 because if you 'throw inside' you are on an odd number. It's why Double 16, Double 8, Double 4, Double 2 became the most popular route.
Just as a random idea, maybe try a simpler game to get the kids started. Stops the frustration for kids of games ending up at double one.
'Round the board' is a nice one. Aim is to go from 1 to 20. So throw a 1, move onto 2, then 3 etc. Winner is whoever throws the 20 first (or end on the 25/bull if you want). Score with all 3 darts then get another go. Gets everyone used to where all the numbers are as well.
Another bloody one. Sorry. A person has 20 left. Throws and hits 5. What next, try for 1 and double 7 etc.
Bust , and back to 6. Also if you bust with your first dart you don't throw the other 2, it's your opponents throw
Ah ok. So back to 6. Noted.
Another question. if a person was on 6 - Throws and hits a 5, what next?
Back to the score before the first dart is thrown
Silly question time here. Kids got a dart board for Christmas and we playing a bit. Darts are just Mickey Mouse soft ones etc.
Just on the rules, we just playing down from 201.
if someone is on 6. So looking for double 3 finish. If they throw and hit 3.
then 3 left so 1 and double 1. If they hit for e.g. 17 next, what happens - ‘bust’ and then back to 6 on their next turn or are they at 3 on their next turn?
Much like the Premer League really. Although it does serve a purpose to provide some funding toward pro, challenge and development tour prizemoney. Personally have feck all interest in PL or World series.
There's plenty of backlash online about Barney getting in. Tbh I don't care who plays in these World Series events, they are utterly pointless exhibition tournaments purely to promote the PDC. It makes sense to put the most well known players in them.
Barney got a place in the first world series event next year. There's also 2 spots TBC. Probably for Fallon depending on the world's
Always likes Glen and thought he had great tenacity and determination but he appears a bit deluded in this piece:
TbL
I don't think she'll get booed on the night as the crowd at the worlds are mostly daytrippers.
PDC/Sky Sports are getting the brunt of the criticism online for the timing of the announcement and rightly so. I've no idea how you can be soo late confirming the qualifying criteria for your flagship event this late in the year.
A lot of people are getting fed of her and the artificial hype behind her.
My thoughts exactly.
If Beau Greaves had won the matchplay but hadn't qualified via the OoM, would she have been given a place? I'd have my doubts.
It's no harm having more women in it. Darts is a universal game and gender plays no role in the skill required. I hope Sherrock is hammered out of it as she's usually pants. And Greaves knocks some of the lads out. She has the skillset to cause upsets
Doubt she’ll get booed. The crowd that turn up at the Ally Pally won’t care how she got her place.
Wow that is mental
Absolutely **** ridiculous she is going to get booed out of it she's taking someone else's spot. PDC and sky have milked this cow dry it's just embarrassing now.
On a more positive note Smith is going to be a real danger for all tv tournaments now that he's finally got the monkey off his back.
So Fallon gets to go to the Worlds…
“In the first of a series of prize fund increases across the PDC circuit to be confirmed in the coming weeks, prize money on the PDC Women's Series will increase to £10,000 per event.
This follows the expansion of the PDC Women's Series to 24 events across six weekends in 2023, meaning that prize money of £240,000 will be on offer next year.
In addition, the winner of the Betfred Women's World Matchplay will also receive a place in the Cazoo World Darts Championship, beginning from the 2022/23 event as inaugural champion Fallon Sherrock returns to Alexandra Palace next month.”
Fair enough if it was for next year but to make a change like that with the winner already decided is bizarre. Kinda feel sorry for her in a way because she will get the brunt of criticism for PDC/Sky’s decision.
She's pure class unbelievable at only 18 as well to be that good often averages high 90s- low 100s. The scary thing is that she's actually going to get better.
She won the Irish classic aswell. I got to watch a couple of her games. Unbelievable consistency.
Beau Greaves won the women's WDF Irish open and Jelle Klaasen won the men's.
