Comments on How to Play American Cricket Darts

Try shooting at a Bull earlier in the game. Do this when you have a lead in points and your opponent cannot score on their first dart of their next turn. Meaning that your opponent must first open a new number, point, and then close one of your numbers you have opened. For example, you have 20's and 19's closed with 40 points and you have one dart left. Your opponent, has two marks on 20's, no marks on any other number, and no points. Try to shoot the the third dart at bull. There's 2 reasons for this. Reason 1: It is impossible to close bulls with one dart. So, by getting one bull early in the game, it is possible to close bulls with one dart hitting a double bull at the end of the game. Reason 2: Getting that one bull early will really get in the head of your opponent. Your opponent will be thinking about that one bull lead for the entire game, while taking a little pressure off yourself.

Try shooting at a Bull earlier in the game. Do this when you have a lead in points and your opponent cannot score on their first dart of their next turn. Meaning that your opponent must first open a new number, point, and then close one of your numbers you have opened. For example, you have 20's and 19's closed with 40 points and you have one dart left. Your opponent, has two marks on 20's, no marks on any other number, and no points. Try to shoot the the third dart at bull. There's 2 reasons for this. Reason 1: It is impossible to close bulls with one dart. So, by getting one bull early in the game, it is possible to close bulls with one dart hitting a double bull at the end of the game. Reason 2: Getting that one bull early will really get in the head of your opponent. Your opponent will be thinking about that one bull lead for the entire game, while taking a little pressure off yourself.

If you're not a very good dart player, try throwing your darts at the B first. I do this and find that my misses often hit the other numbers needed. If I'm lucky, I'll hit the B, if not, I could get a lucky miss by hitting a number between 15 and 20.

If you're not a very good dart player, try throwing your darts at the B first. I do this and find that my misses often hit the other numbers needed. If I'm lucky, I'll hit the B, if not, I could get a lucky miss by hitting a number between 15 and 20.

Since you score 3 hits for hitting the triple row, always throw for the triple section of the board. Generally you want to emphasize closing numbers before scoring points, since you can score on sloppy throws. If you have trouble hitting Bulls, you need to score some extra points in advance.

Strategy is very important in this game. Stay ahead and only close another player's number if you have more points than he has.

Be sure you are not playing by specific throwing order rules. Close numbers in a different order, like 20, 18, B, 16, etc. Opponents will be confused. Your advantage will be lots of closed targets to score on; he won't know what to close first.

Strategy is very important in this game. Stay ahead and only close another player's number if you have more points than he has.

If you are not a marksman in darts, it helps to group your targets. Aim for 20 and 18, 17 and 15, 16 and 19, or 17 and 19. Don't shift your weight or pull the dart out of your field of vision while aiming and throwing.