Think you know your 180s from the bull. The difference between a spade and a bust. Here’s all the darts lingo explained in one handy guide.
Nine archers
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Luke Littler came agonizingly close to nine darts in the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton.
Let’s get the fun started, shall we?Everyone loves to see a nine ball on stage, but what exactly is it?Well, it’s when a player checks 501 with the least number of darts possible.
Now there are actually 3,944 different combinations, yes 3,944 combinations, for the first eight darts of the nine archers, but the most common routes are…
Most players will go after 180s (T20, T20, T20) and then check 141 with either:
- Treble 20, Treble 19, Double 12
- Treble 20, Treble 15, Double 18
- Treble 17, Treble 18, Double 18
There have been many famous nine darts over the years, but the best ever has to go to Michael Smith from the World Darts Final, if for nothing else. Sky Sports Darts’ Wayne Mardle’s iconic comment…
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Watch how Wayne Mardle and Stuart Pike responded to Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith’s sensational leg in the World Cup final that ended in nine balls for the Bully Boy.
Bullseye
Bullseye is not only a display of popular games from the 1980s, but also the center of the dart board.
Yep, that little red inner circle is bull and costs 50 and takes real skill to hit it.
With that in mind, check out Gary Anderson showcasing his talent on this…
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Gary Anderson hits three in a row against Luke Littler in Grand Slam of Darts semi-final
External bull
That small inner red circle is surrounded by a green circle called the outer bull.This is worth 25, half a Bulgarian unit.
Big fish
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Luke Littler hit 170 in his Premier League quarter-final tie against Peter Wright in Newcastle on Night 4.
Move it. The Big Fish is the highest possible jackpot. To claim hook, line and sinker, players have to hit two T20s. Sounds easy enough, right?
Shanghai
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Northern Ireland’s Mickey Mansell hit the cash register in Shanghai and reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam darts.
Yes, it’s a Chinese city, but it’s also a cashbox when you hit the same number with your three darts. This is most often seen when a 120 is required, when players hit 20, T20 and D20 to win a leg. for
Breakfast with champagne
To understand what a champagne breakfast is, we must first understand what a traditional breakfast is. Breakfast is when a player hits 20, one and five.
Rumor has it that it was called breakfast because that was the cost of a bed and breakfast (two shillings and sixpence).
So how do you make that luxury? You add champagne, of course. So this is when a player hits triples of each of these numbers: T20, T5, T1.
Game shot
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PDC ambassador Russ Bray picks three of his favorite darts players You can now buy Russ’ book All About Darts
Just a game shot is the winning shot in a game of darts.You will hear the umpire shout when the win is confirmed.
Lipstick
We talk a lot about 20 darts and lipstick is the nickname for hitting this area of darts.
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Gary Anderson and Luke Littler exchange 124 cashes in their Grand Slam of Darts semi-final
The sum is when you hit the exact number left to win the game.
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Stephen Bunting rounded the Big Fish perfectly just minutes after Jian van Veen cashed a classy 133 in Sunday afternoon’s Grand Slam of Darts.
leg
A leg is a unique match of darts that run from 501 until someone checks their score.
Define
A set is used in the longer format of darts. A set will consist of a certain number of legs, and the player who wins the most legs will win the set. So if the first set is of five legs, winning three legs to two, you will win. in a set and you have to do it three times to win.
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Watch highlights from Luke Littler and Gary Anderson’s epic Grand Slam of Darts semi-final clash
A bed
A bed is a term used to refer to each individual area on a board.
A break
A break is when the player who throws his darts second wins against his opponent who throws first.It is also called a throw break.
Wire
If you look closely at the board, you will see that the wire separates each section.
Switch
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Martin Luckmann was applauded after he won a leg after losing 15 straight to Luke Littler in a Grand Slam of Darts final.
Switching is a difficult talent that comes more naturally to some players than others. This is when a player changes which part of the dart board they are aiming at the arrow has blocked what they are aiming for or they have to move because of the unit they need.The most common switch you will see is players going from T20 to T19.
Grouping
When something is a group, it is close together, and this directly translates to how close the group of darts are to the darts. For example, when a player hits a 180 and the darts land completely on the T20 bed will be referred to as a good grouping.Accuracy is important.
Tops
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Gary Anderson came out on top to win the second set against Michael Smith in their first round match at the World Grand Prix.
This really does what it says on the tin. Players tend to go for the highest part of the board, D20. This shirt or top is used a lot during games and so you will hear it a lot in Ally Pally.
Your-more
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Luke Littler hit sensational crossers of 140 and 130 to claim his first title en route to the World Series of Darts Finals title in Amsterdam last night.
The term “ton-plus” is used in several different scenarios. It can refer to a player scoring more than 100. It can also refer to a payout of over 100. For example, if Luke Littler plays hit a three-plus ton, meaning he finished his outing with three major scores above 100.
Robin Hood
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James Wade was on the wrong end of his lady luck as he suffered a Robin Hood and bounced for a potential 180 in the match against Cameron Menzies.
While Robin Hood stole from the rich to feed the poor, in darts his name means something a little different. Robin Hood is when you shoot an arrow and it lands not in the board but in the other arrow you already have. you throw.This LOABS the player of the unit.
Madhouse
Then paying can make you feel like you’re in a madhouse. this is when a player leaves himself a D1, or one and a D1, to win a leg. It may take some players quite a while to complete it.
Although many people associate the word bogey with either golf or the classic children’s program “Dick and Dom”, it actually also means darts.A darts number is when you leave yourself a score that you cannot mathematically check.
Bust
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Mike De Decker had two great finishes to win the first set against Damon Heta in their first round World Grand Prix match.
A bust is when a player leaves themselves a score to pay, but hits the wrong part of the board, scores higher than their target, and has to wait until the next time they come up to the oche to try to check it again. You see a lot of players fail when they give up very small points, such as hitting 20 when aiming for one.
Jump out
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Luke Humphries recovered from the bounce to hit this big finish against Michael van Gerwen in the World Matchplay final.
As has been the fate of many darts players going three T20s, a bounce out is when the dart hits the board so hard that it doesn’t stay inside and falls to the floor.
A chair
Oche, pronounced like hockey without the “H”, is the line from which players throw their darts.
When will the World Darts Championship be held?
The tournament kicks off at Alexandra Palace on Sunday 15 December with three first and one second round matches on the opening night.
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Speaking on Love The Darts, Michael Bridges and Polly James discuss which players are still to be feared when playing against them.
There will be live darts on each of the next eight days, including seven afternoons, with the usual three-day break from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day, before returning for round three and a double session on December 27.
Rounds three and four will run until December 30 before taking a break on New Year’s Eve, with the quarter-finals played over two sessions on New Year’s Day before the semi-finals on January 2 and the final on Friday January 3.
You can find the full schedule for this year’s tournament here here.
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