Darts is a form of throwing sport in which a player throws small darts (missiles) at a circular dartboard fixed to a wall. The standard dartboard is 18 inches in diameter and contains 20 pie-shaped and numbered segments of equal size with the bull’s eye in the center.
This sport has many variants which may have variations in rules and scoring systems. It is played either individually between two players or as a team. Each player or team takes turn throwing three darts in sequence. Even though this sport is not an Olympic sport, it has World Championship competitions since 1978.
*See “Energy Systems” under the section of “Sports Nutrition”.
**See “Carbohydrate Loading” under the section of “Sports Nutrition”.
***Your body weight and body metabolism are important elements affecting the average calories you burn during any physical activities. This is the average amount of calories burned by a person with a body weight of 155 Ibs (70 Kg) within one hour of this sport.
****See “Post – Exercise Rhabdomyolysis” under the section of “Athletic Disorders”.
*****See “Creatine Monohydrate” under the section of “Sports – Performance Enhancers”.
For the “energy paths” of this sport, see the “energy map” below.
