Dart Boards

Simplistically speaking, the dart board is little more than the receptacle for the darts which players aim in an effort to win points. Yet when you speak to a true aficionado, you will find that dart boards are so much more than meets the eye. Dart boards are usually made of fibers or other materials that will permit the darts to stick without doing too much damage to the board. It is impractical to make them from wood, since the latter would cause the darts to either bounce off, or dull the tips so quickly that it makes continuous play impossible. Hobbyists who enjoy the game every once in a while will use a piece of foam or cork board or something similar that will allow the darts to stick, and then simply overlay it with dart boards printed off the ‘Net.

Those who play dart board games in tournaments know that size matters, and whether you buy a tourney Halex dart board or one of the Widdy dart boards, dart board regulations demand that exact diameter can be no more than 18 inches. Furthermore, dart board rules demand that each board is divided with the help of metal wiring into 22 sections.

Dart board height is also set by regulations, and the standard height of the bull’s eye is five feet and eight inches from the floor. This rule is sometimes bent in the crammed confines of the bar environment, but by and large this is the magic number that almost anyone who hangs a dart board cabinet or some visible dart boards will seek to follow.

Since many parents shrink away from allowing their kids to play with bona fide dart boards and sets of steel tipped darts, a number of funny dart boards and also electronic dart board have hit the markets. The former may operate with the help of Velcro by permitting stylized darts to stick to the material while the latter may work with the help of magnets. Electronic dart boards at times are also used when the use of real dart boards is not safe, such as in an area of an establishment where a lot of foot traffic may unexpectedly cross the path of a dart.

The next time you have a chance to look at dart board cases and also dart score boards, take a look at the different boards available for sale and how they have evolved to permit alternative uses even by different segments of the population.