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		<title>What You Need to Know About Dart Boards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dart board would be a great addition to your family room or play room. When you have a dart board in your family room, you will spend hours just having fun with your family. Dart boards are very diverting, regardless of whether you are playing for fun or money. They have been available for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The dart board would be a great addition to your family room or play room. When you have a dart board in your family room, you will spend hours just having fun with your family. Dart boards are very diverting, regardless of whether you are playing for fun or money. They have been available for home and pub use for a long time, and people enjoy them just as much today as they did in years past. Dart boards range from the very expensive top of the line sort that the professionals use to quite inexpensive. The choice is yours. Almost all of the dart boards that are made today are made of natural rope fiber, also known as sisal. These rope fibers are very tightly compressed by a pressure machine. Then they are held together with a sealed steel band. The steel board is then put on the front of the backboard. This backboard has been previously treated with non warping stain. This stain makes the dart board strong enough to withstand any conditions.</p>
<p>The base of the dart board is created first. Then the surface is sanded with fine sand paper. Then the colors and images are printed on the board. Placement and stapling of the wires into sections on the board is the final step. You can buy a dart board at a variety of stores worldwide. For example, most department stores, hobby stores, and toy stores carry a variety of dart boards. Darts originated in England. That&#8217;s why a lot of dartboards are made in England and sent all over the world. New Zealand makes a very popular dart board called Puma. When you have a dart board in your home, you will learn how to play darts in nothing flat. You can play a couple of different ways. If you are a stickler, you can play the regulation way. If you are just killing time, you can play just for fun to see who can get the highest score. Darts are played in pubs and homes around the world. This ancient game is both relaxing and challenging for a wide variety of players.</p>
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		<title>The Best Dart Boards Are Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Philips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt today indoor sports have become a huge fashion. It is a good thing in many ways because it actually has helped us to change our weekend&#8217;s plans from potato couching to actual wild sporting. You can add a lot of more fun to your gaming room by getting something that almost everyone could [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No doubt today indoor sports have become a huge fashion. It is a good thing in many ways because it actually has helped us to change our weekend&#8217;s plans from potato couching to actual wild sporting. You can add a lot of more fun to your gaming room by getting something that almost everyone could try to have a shot at &#8211; the Dart Boards! Not only will this bring in a good indoor sport for you and your friends but also liven up the room as well.</p>
<p>Today this game has become much of a necessity in any gaming room. However, there is a lot of important thing that you need to note with regard to this type of game. It is necessary to make the proper choice of darts if you want to play a serious game with it. Like do you want to have a heavy dart or a lighter one? Right from 12 grams to 50 grams, there is a huge selection at the onset itself. The only way to determine which one you can use best is by having a throw at all of them. Try a hand at these ones of various weights to understand what will suit you best. Remember that heavier these equipments are, more difficult the throw is going to be.</p>
<p>The kind of knurling you want is also another major decision. You can go for either the traditional smooth standard finish or the raw harder finish, as per your ability to grip it better. Usually the harder ones are preferred more because they give you better grip. Another question that arises is about whether you want them sharp ended or rounded off. The rounded ones are preferred because they won&#8217;t destroy your dart boards in the long run.</p>
<p>The material make of the equipment also plays an important role in determining the way it can be thrown. You have a choice between brass and tungsten. While traditionally brass was the most popular choice, tungsten ones grew later as a better dart choice because of its ability to make them thinner. This helped to improve the shots and also the darts thrown later on did not disturb those thrown first. In short, if you want to make the game a little easier for you, tungsten darts would be a better choice.</p>
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		<title>Brief History of Darts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Philips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The accepted opinion is that darts was first conceived due to the boredom connected with being a soldier during medieval times. In the course of downtime between brawls, troops might challenge one another to games of throwing short spears at a thin piece of a cut down tree. The age rings within the timber as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The accepted opinion is that darts was first conceived due to the boredom connected with being a soldier during medieval times. In the course of downtime between brawls, troops might challenge one another to games of throwing short spears at a thin piece of a cut down tree. The age rings within the timber as well as the splits that developed from drying out created a basic likeness to a present day dart board comprised of numerous lines and several various scoring regions. The sport evolved into somewhat accepted in the middle ages as it was used to maintain soldiers&#8217; hurling arms in practice.</p>
<p>The sport of darts eventually grew to become a lot more prevalent and even noblemen would be known to throw a round ever so often. In fact, history indicates that England&#8217;s King Henry VIII was given a group of darts as a present. The sport as we know it was in risk of being transformed through the years. People attempted numerous variants like using a blowpipe to direct the dart. Many Scandinavians still play a variation of darts by hurling foot long small-scale spears from many meters away.</p>
<p>Since it increased in acceptance, the game of darts has overcome multiple attempts to have it prohibited. Many individuals thought that darts was a game of odds and not a game of skill, so it needed to end up being settled in a courtroom in 1908. The sport was illegal in Scotland because a corrupt influence but the civic outcry made it short-lived. Currently the sport is most well known in Britain in which you will find an incredible number of competitors and thousands of registered groups, however it&#8217;s rapidly growing to be a global hobby. The sport is common in the Netherlands, Germany and the Scandinavian areas. In the U.S. many of thousands of dartboards are bought yearly and numerous Americans play darts every week.</p>
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		<title>Understanding The Simple Rules For Playing Darts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The game of darts had its origins in England and may have first been made from the cross section of a tree or even the bottoms of wine casks which was why it was sometimes named &#8220;butts&#8221;. Playing the game of darts can be a good recreational activity, as well as a good sport provided [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The game of darts had its origins in England and may have first been made from the cross section of a tree or even the bottoms of wine casks which was why it was sometimes named &#8220;butts&#8221;. Playing the game of darts can be a good recreational activity, as well as a good sport provided an individual knows the technique of throwing darts.To learn the technique of throwing darts, one should understand that the dart travels through a curve, and the speed with which the dart is thrown should continue the movement until it reaches and strikes the dartboard.</p>
<p>Though the game of darts can be played in many different ways, the circular game board is always a necessary component of play. It is a game which is played competitively, as well as in pubs and private homes.The board is usually made of sisal, a strong, durable fiber, with each section lined with wire. The standard dart board is hung so that the bull&#8217;s eye is five feet, eight inches from the floor, and the throwing line is seven feet, nine and a quarter inches from the board. For casual play these rules do not have to be set in stone as people are playing just for fun and social interaction.</p>
<p>The rules for playing darts are not complicated. There are usually two teams, each made up of two or more players. Each person is allowed nine throws as a pre-game warm-up. To determine which team or player will go first a dart is thrown by a person from each team. The closest throw to the bull&#8217;s eye is the team that will go first. When his turn comes, each player will throw three darts. Then the other side will also throw three darts. If someone accidentally crosses over or steps on the dart throwing line or oche in the course of play; the throw is disqualified and that person must wait for his turn come around again to resume playing.</p>
<p>Darts must remain on the dartboard for five seconds to be counted and if sticks into another dart or causes it to fall of the board it does not count. Darts are scored in the following way: in the wedge, the amount posted on the outer ring; in the double ring (the outer, narrow ring) twice the number hit; in the triple ring (the inner, narrow ring) three time the number hit. Bull&#8217;s eye (outer bull) is twenty five points; the double bull&#8217;s eye (the inner bull&#8217;s eye) is fifty points.</p>
<p>Many people enjoy darts and even have their own special sets of darts, imbued with almost supernatural powers, that they will not play without. Dart players are a fun-loving bunch of people who enjoy the company of others in a fun yet mildly competitive way. To get best results while throwing darts and to avoid the dart from wobbling, one should use standard form flights and middle length shafts. Moreover to get the best throw, the darts should not point too much upward or downward.</p>
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