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Understand how different dart properties affect your throw. Knowledge is the first step to finding your perfect dart.
Beginner's Guide to Choosing Darts
New to darts, or never thought about specs before? This is the one to read first: tungsten percentages, weights, grips and how to put together a setup that helps you improve fast.
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Beginner's Guide to Choosing Darts
New to darts? Start here. We cover the basics of tungsten percentages, point systems, flights, shafts, and how to put together a setup that helps you improve fast.
How Barrel Weight Affects Your Throw
Heavier darts fly more stable but need more force. Lighter darts are faster but can drift. Learn how to find the weight range that suits your throwing style and grip pressure.
Complete Dart Setup Guide: Barrel, Shaft, and Flight
Barrel, shaft, and flight are one system — change one and the others may need adjusting. A step-by-step framework for building a coherent setup, with links to the deep-dive guides for each component.
Grip
Grip Types Explained
Ringed, knurled, pixel, razor, smooth — every grip style offers a different level of traction and release. Discover which grip pattern matches how you hold your dart.
Dart Grip Position: Front, Middle, and Rear Explained
Where you hold the dart on the barrel determines which barrel will feel right. Learn to identify your grip position and what it means for grip area, balance point, and barrel shape selection.
Best Darts for Front Grippers
Torpedo and teardrop barrels suit front grip best — their front-weighted mass aligns with where your fingers contact the dart. Learn which grip area, barrel shape, and weight to prioritise.
Best Darts for Middle Grippers
Middle grip players need texture at the centre of the barrel and a centre-balanced dart. Straight and rear-tapered barrels work best. The grip position used by Michael van Gerwen, explained.
Best Darts for Rear Grippers
Rear grippers need grip texture at the back of the barrel — scalloped shapes and full-length milling work best. Balance point matters less than where the texture sits. Here is what to filter for.
Barrels
Barrel Shapes: Which Suits Your Style?
Straight barrels for consistent grouping, torpedo for front-weighted power, bomb for compact grip zones. A breakdown of every barrel shape and when to use it.
How to Measure Your Ideal Dart Length & Diameter
Your hand size, finger length, and grip position all influence the optimal barrel dimensions. A practical guide to measuring and matching your anatomy to dart specs.
Balance Point: Front, Center, or Rear?
Where the weight sits in the barrel changes your dart's flight arc. Learn how front-weighted, center-balanced, and rear-loaded darts behave differently in the air.
Understanding Tungsten Percentages
What's the real difference between 80%, 90%, and 97% tungsten? We explain density, slimness, durability and value so you can decide how much tungsten you actually need.
Equipment
Dart Flights Explained: Shape, Size, and Material
Larger flights slow the dart and add stability; smaller flights flatten the trajectory. How to match standard, kite, pear, and slim flights to your throw — plus integrated systems like Target K-Flex.
Dart Shafts Explained: Length, Material, and Systems
Shaft length shifts your dart's centre of gravity and changes the board entry angle. Five length categories from extra short to long — with materials, integrated systems, and a diagnostic guide.
Interchangeable Dart Tip Systems Explained
How Target Swiss Point, Harrows Quick Point, and Winmau Switch Point work — mechanisms, cross-compatibility, and honest forum-sourced breakage data. Steel tip only, no soft tip switching.
Steel Tip vs Soft Tip Darts: Which Should You Choose?
Bristle boards need steel tips, electronic boards need soft tips. Weight rules, throwing distances, regional scenes, and how 2BA conversion points let one set play both formats.
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