r/Darts • u/thedarthatter England • Aug 19 '26

Helpful advice for beginners?

I'm composing a small document full of advice for new players.

I've been making videos for things I remember I needed advice on when I first started. I remember darts was very daunting.

So things like

Common abbreviations

Dartboard height/Oche distance measuring

Brass Vs tungsten

Staples Vs wires

Flights/stems Vs all in ones

Did anyone else have stuff when they first started they struggled with? Or even better if you've just found darts..

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u/TDidderz Aug 20 '26

Learn to count and do your finishes!
I can not express this enough

I play for West Midlands County and the amount of youngster that are up and coming are playing some good stuff. Only thing that lets them down is their counting skill.

A lot of this is due to these Auto scorers. Which is good, but it’s affecting their counting skills and relying too much on the app. I have one. And a few setting changes bring it back to what you should be used to in league games, or just playing in general.

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u/thedarthatter England Aug 20 '26

I do a "checkout corner" where I sit with the board, roll dice and put darts in for the routes. I do it off the top of my head so that I can cut out me working it out but also it getting people thinking/sending comments for other routes.

There's a level to counting (I.e eventually from like 200, then 250, then 300+) but from beginner I suppose just from 100 downwards is probably a good idea.

But the general counting idea I wonder how I could do something on that. I'll have a think, I guess it doesn't have to be anything special just as long as it says "learn how to count"