Darts Around the Clock – the popular dart game quickly explained

In darts, there are many games that can help you improve during your daily practice . Whether it's triples, doubles, or, for beginners, singles, one game always takes center stage.

We're talking about Darts Around the Clock . It's often referred to as Darts Around the World as a synonym, but they mean the same thing.

In this blog post, we'd like to take a closer look at the different ways to play Around the Clock. You can practice Around the Clock both alone and with friends .

The name "Around the Clock " is derived from the dartboard. The board is, so to speak, the clock that must be "worked through."

Darts Around the Clock – Basic rules and classic version

The basic rules of Darts Around the World involve hitting all the targets in a set order . Each player can play alone at the board or with friends and acquaintances for practice . As usual in darts, each player holds three darts for a shot and throws them at the board.

The classic version of the game requires players to hit all the numbers on the dartboard one after the other, starting with 1 – up to 20. In the best case scenario, a player will be able to hit all 20 fields with 7 shots of three throws each.

If a player doesn't hit the desired number, they must keep throwing at the field until they hit it. Only then may they move on to the next number.

The advantages of Darts Around the Clock at a glance

Dart Around the Clock is a useful training game in many ways. This popular dart game requires players to familiarize themselves with the entire board and play it.

While players in 501 Double Out focus on just a few squares, Around the Clock involves the entire package . Those who don't practice certain squares and therefore can't play them will be penalized.

Infobox: Another great advantage of this dart game is that the game and the rules can be adapted to your own abilities .

In the following section, we'll show you a few ways this might work in practice. Even professional players use Darts Around the Clock to warm up and get a feel for all the fields .

Different variants – single fields, doubles, triples or around the board

As already mentioned, Around the Clock can be customized to take your skills to the next level and challenge yourself during training.

We now provide the darts game explanation by slightly adapting Dart Around the Clock.

Infobox: There are many games in darts that you can use to improve your daily practice.

• Double: While beginners may struggle to hit the singles at the beginning, advanced players often take the next step and hit all the doubles in Around the Clock.

  So starting with the D1 up to the D20.
  This not only has the advantage of giving you a feel for all directions on the board, but also allows you to precisely practice the important double fields .
  This variant is particularly useful when played with friends, as you are under significantly more pressure than in the real game - it simulates the competitive situation , so to speak.

• Triple: Professionals, of course, go one step further. They also practice the doubles – often with Around the Clock – but they also need to master the triples . Therefore, Around the Clock is played on the small triples .

  What might take an amateur player two hours might take a professional player ten minutes .
• All of the above variations can be further customized. For example, by changing the order. Instead of playing from 1 to 20, it would also be possible to start at 1 and continue throwing clockwise . So, like this: 1, 18, 4, 13, etc.

Quickly Around the World

This variation uses a reward incentive. A hit in the double field results in the player skipping the next number . A hit in the triple field even allows the player to skip two numbers.

This gives the player a greater incentive to aim precisely and not just mindlessly discard the single field .

If you want to vary the game a bit more, you can add a kind of punishment alongside the reward. For example, if you miss the square with a shot, you fall back a number .

This creates a certain pressure situation , which also arises in competition. Repeated repetition is intended to create a wear-and-tear effect.

How the world number one plays Around the Clock

World number one Michael van Gerwen is also a proponent of around-the-clock darts. He plays the variant with a reward system , skipping squares if he's been successful on the previous square or even exceeded expectations.

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