[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":570},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fofficial-darts-rules":3,"post-other-\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fofficial-darts-rules":298},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":288,"description":289,"extension":290,"key":291,"meta":292,"navigation":293,"path":294,"seo":295,"stem":296,"__hash__":297},"blog_en\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fofficial-darts-rules.md","Official darts rules: the essentials for competition play",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":274},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,49,62,66,69,83,86,90,100,104,115,118,122,125,152,156,167,170,174,184,215,219,226,233,237,240,251,259,263],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Among friends, everyone has their own house rules. But as soon as you want to play at a club, enter a tournament, or just settle an argument down the pub, it pays to know the rules that steel-tip competitions share. Here are the essentials, without the rulebook jargon.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-board-and-the-distance","The board and the distance",[10,19,20],{},"The measurements are the same everywhere, from your local to the televised finals:",[22,23,24,36,42],"ul",{},[25,26,27,31,32,35],"li",{},[28,29,30],"strong",{},"1.73 m"," from the floor to the ",[28,33,34],{},"centre of the bull",";",[25,37,38,41],{},[28,39,40],{},"2.37 m"," from the face of the board to the oche, the throwing line, measured along the floor;",[25,43,44,45,48],{},"which makes roughly ",[28,46,47],{},"2.93 m"," on the diagonal, from the centre of the bull down to the oche on the floor. Handy for checking your setup with a single tape measure.",[10,50,51,52,55,56,61],{},"The board is a standard bristle (sisal) board with the ",[28,53,54],{},"20 at the top",". To put yours up properly, follow our guide to ",[57,58,60],"a",{"href":59},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fdartboard-height-and-throw-distance","dartboard height and throwing distance",".",[14,63,65],{"id":64},"the-darts","The darts",[10,67,68],{},"Under WDF (World Darts Federation) rules, a dart must not exceed:",[22,70,71,77],{},[25,72,73,76],{},[28,74,75],{},"50 g"," in weight;",[25,78,79,82],{},[28,80,81],{},"30.5 cm"," in overall length.",[10,84,85],{},"In practice nobody comes close to the limit: plenty of players pick darts of around twenty grams. Every player throws their own darts, by hand, one at a time.",[14,87,89],{"id":88},"throwing-from-the-oche","Throwing from the oche",[10,91,92,93,96,97,61],{},"You throw from ",[28,94,95],{},"behind the oche",": your feet mustn't cross it as you throw. You're allowed to lean forward, as long as your feet stay behind the line. Each turn, called a visit, is ",[28,98,99],{},"3 darts",[14,101,103],{"id":102},"who-goes-first-the-bull-off","Who goes first: the bull-off",[10,105,106,107,110,111,114],{},"To decide who opens the match, players do a ",[28,108,109],{},"bull-off",": each throws one dart at the bull, and whoever lands closest to the centre throws first in the first leg. After that, the start ",[28,112,113],{},"alternates",": a different player opens each leg, so nobody keeps the advantage of throwing first.",[10,116,117],{},"Among friends, other customs exist, such as letting the loser of the previous leg start the next one. Just agree on it before you play.",[14,119,121],{"id":120},"darts-that-count-and-darts-that-dont","Darts that count (and darts that don't)",[10,123,124],{},"This is the rule that causes the most arguments:",[22,126,127,134,149],{},[25,128,129,130,133],{},"A dart scores where ",[28,131,132],{},"its point is in the board",", not where its flight is pointing.",[25,135,136,137,140,141,144,145,148],{},"A dart that ",[28,138,139],{},"bounces out"," off the board or a wire, or ",[28,142,143],{},"falls out"," before it's been removed, ",[28,146,147],{},"doesn't score",". And you can't throw it again: it's lost for that visit.",[25,150,151],{},"A dart that misses the board scores nothing, but it still counts as thrown.",[14,153,155],{"id":154},"score-before-you-pull-the-darts-out","Score before you pull the darts out",[10,157,158,159,162,163,166],{},"A visit's score is read ",[28,160,161],{},"off the board",", with the darts still in. It's called and written down ",[28,164,165],{},"before"," the darts come out. Once they're out, there's no going back: if you think a dart is in the treble, get it checked before you touch it.",[10,168,169],{},"In competition, a referee or a scorer usually calls the scores. At home, it's the player or their opponent.",[14,171,173],{"id":172},"the-standard-format-501-double-out","The standard format: 501 double out",[10,175,176,177,183],{},"The reference format in competition is ",[28,178,179],{},[57,180,182],{"href":181},"\u002Fen\u002Frules\u002Fx01","501 double out",":",[22,185,186,193,208],{},[25,187,188,189,192],{},"each player starts from ",[28,190,191],{},"501"," and takes off the total of each visit;",[25,194,195,196,199,200,203,204,207],{},"you have to reach ",[28,197,198],{},"exactly zero",", with your last dart in a ",[28,201,202],{},"double"," or the ",[28,205,206],{},"inner bull"," (50);",[25,209,210,211,214],{},"going below zero, dropping to 1 or finishing without a double is a ",[28,212,213],{},"bust",": the visit is wiped and the score goes back to where it was.",[14,216,218],{"id":217},"legs-and-sets","Legs and sets",[10,220,221,222,225],{},"One game of 501 down to zero is a ",[28,223,224],{},"leg",". A match is played over the best of a set number of legs: in best of 5, the first to 3 legs wins.",[10,227,228,229,232],{},"In the big tournaments, legs are grouped into ",[28,230,231],{},"sets",", and the match is played over the best of a number of sets. How many legs and sets depends on each competition and each round: there's nothing universal about it.",[14,234,236],{"id":235},"sportsmanship","Sportsmanship",[10,238,239],{},"A few customs are part of the game, even if they aren't always written down:",[22,241,242,245,248],{},[25,243,244],{},"don't talk, move or walk into the eyeline of the player throwing;",[25,246,247],{},"stand well back from the oche during your opponent's turn;",[25,249,250],{},"shake hands at the start and the end of the match.",[10,252,253,254,258],{},"If you come across a term you don't know, our ",[57,255,257],{"href":256},"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fdarts-glossary","darts glossary"," has you covered.",[14,260,262],{"id":261},"with-throw","With Throw",[10,264,265,266,269,270,273],{},"Throw follows the same principles. Your phone, standing beside the board, reads each dart where its point is in the board, and the visit is confirmed ",[28,267,268],{},"when you pull your darts out",", just like scoring before you remove them. If a dart bounces out, you tag it with a tap. In ",[57,271,272],{"href":181},"x01",", busts are applied automatically. And it's all free, from a web app you install without an app store.",{"title":275,"searchDepth":276,"depth":276,"links":277},"",2,[278,279,280,281,282,283,284,285,286,287],{"id":16,"depth":276,"text":17},{"id":64,"depth":276,"text":65},{"id":88,"depth":276,"text":89},{"id":102,"depth":276,"text":103},{"id":120,"depth":276,"text":121},{"id":154,"depth":276,"text":155},{"id":172,"depth":276,"text":173},{"id":217,"depth":276,"text":218},{"id":235,"depth":276,"text":236},{"id":261,"depth":276,"text":262},"2026-10-27","Board height, throwing distance, dart weight, the bull-off, bounce-outs, legs and sets: the main rules of competitive steel-tip darts, explained simply.","md","official-rules",{},true,"\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Fofficial-darts-rules",{"title":5,"description":289},"en\u002Fblog\u002Fofficial-darts-rules","6X2zcZwBsUcMc2WTg8DJnwyfd4f19ZmxAcDCGepggt8",{"id":299,"title":300,"body":301,"date":288,"description":564,"extension":290,"key":291,"meta":565,"navigation":293,"path":566,"seo":567,"stem":568,"__hash__":569},"blog_fr\u002Fblog\u002Fregles-officielles-flechettes.md","Règles officielles des fléchettes : ce qu'il faut savoir",{"type":7,"value":302,"toc":552},[303,306,310,313,338,349,353,356,369,372,376,386,390,400,403,407,410,437,441,452,455,459,468,496,500,506,512,516,519,530,538,542],[10,304,305],{},"Entre amis, chacun a ses petites règles maison. Mais dès que tu veux jouer en club, en tournoi, ou simplement trancher un débat au bar, mieux vaut connaître les règles communes aux compétitions de fléchettes pointe acier. Voici l'essentiel, sans le jargon des règlements.",[14,307,309],{"id":308},"la-cible-et-la-distance","La cible et la distance",[10,311,312],{},"Les mesures sont les mêmes partout, du bar du coin aux finales télévisées :",[22,314,315,325,331],{},[25,316,317,320,321,324],{},[28,318,319],{},"1,73 m"," entre le sol et le ",[28,322,323],{},"centre du bull"," ;",[25,326,327,330],{},[28,328,329],{},"2,37 m"," entre la face de la cible et l'oche, la ligne de lancer, mesurés au sol ;",[25,332,333,334,337],{},"soit environ ",[28,335,336],{},"2,93 m"," en diagonale, du centre du bull jusqu'à l'oche au sol. Pratique pour vérifier ton installation d'un seul coup de mètre.",[10,339,340,341,344,345,61],{},"La cible est une cible en sisal standard, avec le ",[28,342,343],{},"20 en haut",". Pour installer la tienne correctement, suis notre guide sur la ",[57,346,348],{"href":347},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhauteur-distance-cible-flechettes","hauteur et la distance de la cible",[14,350,352],{"id":351},"les-fléchettes","Les fléchettes",[10,354,355],{},"Selon les règles de la WDF (World Darts Federation), une fléchette ne doit pas dépasser :",[22,357,358,363],{},[25,359,360,362],{},[28,361,75],{}," de poids ;",[25,364,365,368],{},[28,366,367],{},"30,5 cm"," de longueur totale.",[10,370,371],{},"En pratique, on est loin de la limite : beaucoup de joueurs choisissent des fléchettes d'une vingtaine de grammes. Chaque joueur lance ses propres fléchettes, à la main, une par une.",[14,373,375],{"id":374},"lancer-depuis-loche","Lancer depuis l'oche",[10,377,378,379,382,383,61],{},"Tu lances ",[28,380,381],{},"derrière l'oche"," : tes pieds ne doivent pas la dépasser au moment du lancer. Tu as le droit de te pencher en avant, tant que tes pieds restent derrière la ligne. Chaque tour, appelé volée, compte ",[28,384,385],{},"3 fléchettes",[14,387,389],{"id":388},"qui-commence-le-bull-off","Qui commence : le bull-off",[10,391,392,393,395,396,399],{},"Pour savoir qui ouvre le match, on fait un ",[28,394,109],{}," : chaque joueur lance une fléchette vers le bull, et le plus proche du centre commence le premier leg. Ensuite, on ",[28,397,398],{},"alterne"," : le joueur qui commence change à chaque leg, pour que personne ne garde l'avantage de lancer en premier.",[10,401,402],{},"Entre amis, d'autres usages existent, comme laisser le perdant du leg précédent commencer le suivant. Mettez-vous d'accord avant de jouer.",[14,404,406],{"id":405},"les-fléchettes-qui-comptent-et-celles-qui-ne-comptent-pas","Les fléchettes qui comptent (et celles qui ne comptent pas)",[10,408,409],{},"C'est la règle qui fait le plus débat :",[22,411,412,419,434],{},[25,413,414,415,418],{},"Une fléchette compte là où ",[28,416,417],{},"sa pointe est plantée"," dans la cible, pas là où pointe son empennage.",[25,420,421,422,425,426,429,430,433],{},"Une fléchette qui ",[28,423,424],{},"rebondit"," sur la cible ou sur un fil, ou qui ",[28,427,428],{},"tombe"," avant d'être retirée, ",[28,431,432],{},"ne compte pas",". Et elle ne se relance pas : elle est perdue pour la volée.",[25,435,436],{},"Une fléchette qui manque la cible ne marque rien, mais elle compte comme lancée.",[14,438,440],{"id":439},"on-compte-avant-de-retirer","On compte avant de retirer",[10,442,443,444,447,448,451],{},"Le score d'une volée se lit ",[28,445,446],{},"sur la cible",", fléchettes en place. On l'annonce et on le note ",[28,449,450],{},"avant"," de retirer les fléchettes. Une fois qu'elles sont retirées, plus de réclamation possible : si tu penses qu'une fléchette est dans le triple, fais-le vérifier avant d'y toucher.",[10,453,454],{},"En compétition, c'est souvent un arbitre ou un marqueur qui annonce les scores. À la maison, c'est le joueur lui-même ou son adversaire.",[14,456,458],{"id":457},"le-format-standard-501-double-out","Le format standard : 501 double out",[10,460,461,462,467],{},"Le format de référence en compétition est le ",[28,463,464],{},[57,465,182],{"href":466},"\u002Fregles\u002Fx01"," :",[22,469,470,476,490],{},[25,471,472,473,475],{},"chaque joueur part de ",[28,474,191],{}," et soustrait le total de chaque volée ;",[25,477,478,479,482,483,485,486,489],{},"il faut arriver ",[28,480,481],{},"exactement à zéro",", la dernière fléchette dans un ",[28,484,202],{}," ou dans le ",[28,487,488],{},"bull central"," (50) ;",[25,491,492,493,495],{},"passer sous zéro, tomber à 1 ou finir sans double, c'est le ",[28,494,213],{}," : la volée est annulée et le score revient à ce qu'il était avant.",[14,497,499],{"id":498},"legs-et-sets","Legs et sets",[10,501,502,503,505],{},"Une partie de 501 jusqu'à zéro s'appelle un ",[28,504,224],{},". Un match se joue au meilleur d'un certain nombre de legs : en best of 5, le premier à 3 legs gagne.",[10,507,508,509,511],{},"Dans les grands tournois, les legs sont regroupés en ",[28,510,231],{},", et le match se joue au meilleur d'un certain nombre de sets. Le nombre de legs et de sets dépend de chaque compétition et de chaque tour : rien d'universel là-dessus.",[14,513,515],{"id":514},"le-fair-play","Le fair-play",[10,517,518],{},"Quelques usages font partie du jeu, même s'ils ne sont pas toujours écrits :",[22,520,521,524,527],{},[25,522,523],{},"ne pas parler, bouger ou passer dans le champ de vision de celui qui lance ;",[25,525,526],{},"se tenir en retrait de l'oche pendant le tour de l'adversaire ;",[25,528,529],{},"serrer la main en début et en fin de match.",[10,531,532,533,537],{},"Si tu croises un terme que tu ne connais pas, notre ",[57,534,536],{"href":535},"\u002Fblog\u002Flexique-flechettes","lexique des fléchettes"," est là pour ça.",[14,539,541],{"id":540},"avec-throw","Avec Throw",[10,543,544,545,548,549,551],{},"Throw suit les mêmes principes. Le téléphone, posé à côté de la cible, lit chaque fléchette là où sa pointe est plantée, et la volée est validée ",[28,546,547],{},"quand tu retires tes fléchettes",", comme quand on compte avant de retirer. Une fléchette qui a rebondi, tu la marques d'un tap. Au ",[57,550,272],{"href":466},", le bust est appliqué tout seul. Et tout ça, gratuitement, depuis une app web qui s'installe sans store.",{"title":275,"searchDepth":276,"depth":276,"links":553},[554,555,556,557,558,559,560,561,562,563],{"id":308,"depth":276,"text":309},{"id":351,"depth":276,"text":352},{"id":374,"depth":276,"text":375},{"id":388,"depth":276,"text":389},{"id":405,"depth":276,"text":406},{"id":439,"depth":276,"text":440},{"id":457,"depth":276,"text":458},{"id":498,"depth":276,"text":499},{"id":514,"depth":276,"text":515},{"id":540,"depth":276,"text":541},"Hauteur de la cible, distance de lancer, poids des fléchettes, bull-off, rebonds, legs et sets : les grandes règles des fléchettes en compétition, expliquées.",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fregles-officielles-flechettes",{"title":300,"description":564},"blog\u002Fregles-officielles-flechettes","gPpGt7iBkeCXnci2bEb6Ic_e8duy09BBJsbJUSb4XHs",1794595397498]