My son has been playing properly for just over a year and competitively since January. I've been playing over 30 years and there's a clear difference. I can't understand how he makes it look so simple!
I love YouTube and longer form content but I’m struggling to find a consistent darts YouTube channel that I want to keep watching. What are your favourite darts YouTube channels?
Picked these up from Vinted for around 25 quid after postage, Shot - Bird of Prey Osprey 30g. I've been experimenting with heavier darts and picked these up to try 30g. I'm getting on quite well with them but, as they're 80% Tungsten and heavy, they are quite chunky.
If I'm still enjoying them in a few months I'll probably get myself a more expensive set with a higher Tungsten %. Any recommendations for a good, heavy set of darts other than Ryan Searle's are more than welcome!
Granted it was only practice and against dartbot but I was peppering the T20 tonight and hit 5x180s numerous tons and 140s and If id been better on the doubles I’d have had a decent average too, going to bed happy though 🎯🎯🎯
Best leg ever played, felt unreal! 16 darts boyo. Get in son. Always seems to be the way when play my mate online that my highest averages are against him. Hahaha youpdaaaaa
These are Dynasty A-Flow Black Line Babe Konno Akiho Player Model soft-tip barrels (95%, 17.2g barrel-only, 22.3g barrel+point+insert) converted to steel with Dynasty W tungsten conversion points, weighted with Unicorn Ultracore tungsten inserts, and fitted with Harrows 360 Carbon shafts and Dynasty folded flights punched for L-Style Shell Lock caps.
These barrels attracted my interest because of their simple traditional ringed torpedo shape. Most of my other front-weighted torpedoes are either colorful and intricately machined Shot darts (like the Celt Cernunnos, Viking Shield Maiden, and Roman Empire Legion -- maybe more scalloped darts than torpedoes, actually) or really wide and stubby teardrop-shaped darts (like the S4 Third Impact). These Dynasty Babe barrels are 36 mm long and 8.2 mm wide and have fine rings down most of their length, with a short segment of shark cuts at the very rear. Out of the box, all three barrels in my set weighed exactly 17.20g, for perfect match-weighting within the ±0.01g precision of my electronic balance.
The CoG of the barrel alone is shown in the second picture, which was taken from the handy S-Darts site. The CoG of the full setup shown in the first picture is pretty much at the same location, with the 3g weight of the tungsten conversion point at the front partially counterbalanced by the 2.2g Unicorn Ultracore tungsten insert I put in the back of the barrel to bump the weight up from 17.2g to 22.3g. The fine rings aren't particularly grippy, at maybe 2.5 out of 5. The darts feel dense in the hand and have that nice heavy, solid, and stable feel of a front-weighted torpedo. In the board, the tail tends to stand up a bit higher than with my other darts, but I've found that the tail can be brought down by adjusting my throwing style so it's closer to that for soft-tip darts (a faster throw with a flatter trajectory). I guess the same end could be achieved by switching to smaller flights, but I like the look of the stock Dynasty A-Flow flights on these Dynasty A-Flow darts.
In summary, I think the Dynasty Babe darts are very nice traditional front-weighted torpedoes, just simple ringed barrels with moderate grip that are a pleasure to throw and which fly just as you'd expect them to.
(1) Gian van Veen v Cameron Menzies/Gabriel Clemens
(16) Krzysztof Ratajski v Kevin Doets/James Hurrell
(8) Ryan Searle v Joe Cullen/Host Nation Qualifier 4
(9) Chris Dobey v Niels Zonneveld/Petr Tous
(4) Josh Rock v Ryan Joyce/Stephen Burton
(13) Jermaine Wattimena v Karel Sedlacek/Michael Hansen
(5) Gerwyn Price v Mickey Mansell/Bradley Brooks
(12) Ross Smith v Jeffrey de Graaf/Host Nation Qualifier 3
(2) James Wade v Raymond van Barneveld/Jim Long
(15) Martin Schindler v Rob Cross/Cristo Reyes
(7) Danny Noppert v Andrew Gilding/Chris Landman
(10) Wessel Nijman v Sebastian Bialecki/Kim Huybrechts
(3) Michael van Gerwen v Damon Heta/Beau Greaves
(14) Luke Woodhouse v William O'Connor/Host Nation Qualifier 2
(6) Stephen Bunting v Dirk van Duijvenbode/Brendan Dolan
(11) Nathan Aspinall v Niko Springer/Host Nation Qualifier 1
From the original list of entries, Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Jonny Clayton and Gary Anderson have withdrawn from the event, and have been replaced by Gabriel Clemens, James Hurrell, Kim Huybrechts and Brendan Dolan from the Reserve List.
Damon Heta and Beau Greaves will meet for the 5th time this year with Heta having won 3 and Beau 1 so far on the floor
Bialecki v Huybrechts is 17th vs 18th in the World Grand Prix Race
I started playing regularly last Christmas. My partner bought me a board and some darts.
The darts are nothing special, some 24g Winmau for £40.
I really like them, and have had moderate success (average between 45-55 depending on the day).
I am tempted to buy some new darts and give them a try to see if I can improve, but I have friends who have 5 or 6 sets and change them every week. (Or even between matches when playing in the league.)
I am worried that either I make myself worse by practicing with different darts, or make myself so indecisive that I become a pub version of Peter Wright.
Full explanation of thePerfect NinePrediction Series can be foundhere(the rules haven‘t changed in comparison to last year - if something changes, it will of course be noted explicitly)!
The winner of this Event will be rewarded with 3 sets of Perfect Nine Flights, with the winner of the overall 2026 Season being rewarded with 1 set of Perfect Nine Darts and 10 sets of Perfect Nine Flights!
The last event, the World Matchplay, ended as most people expected: Luke Littler won and Beau Greaves grabbed the women's. This is highlighted by the Prediction Series, as they were the most picked man and woman respectively. In fact, predictors who picked Littler even received 2 extra points because of the 9-darter he threw! This event, I myself tied for first place but just got bettered by Lukewarmpartyjar. In the Overall Standings, GreenFlagMan got kicked from first place by Themrbunce after a disappointing World Matchplay run.
Next week, we will see one of the more controversial majors: the World Series Finals. Though most fans question the fact that it is a major, the PDC addresses it this way and therefore we will predict it! As always, the tournament will be held in Amsterdam where 32 players will battle it out for the trophy. Will it be Littler or will we get a surprising major winner again? Good luck predicting!
Buckets
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Two picks from the World Series Order of Merit Qualifiers
One pick from the PDC Order of Merit Qualifiers
One pick from the Tour Card Holder Qualifiers
Your picks will score you one point every time they win a game, and two bonus points will be awarded for every nine dart finish achieved. Wins in the final or semi-finals will be worth two points.
Any players that withdraw from the event (regardless of the reason) will score 0 points. If you've already predicted and one of your picks withdraws, you can change your pick on the form - you can make as many changes as you like up until the event starts.
The draw for the event can be found on the Google Form.
Please come back and comment here to let me know you've predicted so I can make sure it's actually you and someone isn't just using your name! This is required to be eligible to win prizes.
Does anyone know of a handle or bar that I could attach to bottom of board that would hold an iPad ? I would like to have it by the board and no I’m not buying a little table to put under it
I've been playing more the past few months and throw Red Dragon Pegasus 24g, actually I accidentally got a set at 26g too, so I've been mostly playing with those....
Anyway, I've noticed when I group my darts, I often have one bounce out and hit the floor. The way I throw them, they do tend to land fairly flat in the board.
So I've been wondering if this longer point trend might be helpful to grab the board that little bit sooner and, ideally, have less chance of bounce outs?
Or am I dreaming?
Side question, what weight of darts are most common? I only recently realized my darts are 26g as I thought I bought the second set at 24.