Darts Around the Clock – the popular dart game quickly explained

There are many games in darts that you can use to improve your everyday training . Be it on triple fields, doubles or, for beginners, single fields. One game always comes into focus.

We're talking about Darts Around the Clock . As a synonym, it is often referred to as Dart Around the World. However, the same thing is meant.

In this blog post we would like to go into more detail about the different ways in which Around the Clock can be played . Because you can practice Around the Clock both alone and with friends during training .

The name Around the Clock, meaning around the clock in German, can be derived from the dartboard. The board is, so to speak, the clock that needs to be “worked through”.

Darts Around the Clock – basic rules and classic version

The basic rules of Darts Around the World are to hit all squares in a set order . Here every player can play alone on the board or with friends and acquaintances in training . As usual in darts, each player has three darts in their hand for a shot and throws them onto the board.

The classic version of the game now requires the 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 manages to cover all 20 fields with 7 shots of three throws each .

If a player does not hit the desired number, he must throw onto the field until it is hit. Only then can he 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. The popular dart game ensures that players get to know the entire board and also have to play it.

While in 501 Double Out the players only concentrate on a few fields, in Around the Clock the entire package comes into play . Anyone who does not train in certain fields and therefore cannot do so will be punished.

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

In the following paragraph we show a few possibilities of what exactly this could look like 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 all 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 explanation by adapting Dart Around the Clock slightly.

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

• Double: While beginners will probably struggle to hit the single fields at the beginning, advanced players often take the next step and hit all the double fields in Around the Clock.

  So starting with the D1 up to the D20.
  This not only has the advantage that you get a feel for all directions on the board. You can also train the important double fields with precision .
  This variant is particularly useful when played with friends, as here, like in a real game, you are under significantly more pressure - the competitive situation is simulated , so to speak.

• Triple: Of course, professionals go one step further. Of course, they also train the double fields - often with Around the Clock - but the triple fields also have to be mastered . So Around the Clock is played on the small triple fields .

  What might take 2 hours for a hobby player might take 10 minutes for a professional .
• All of the variants mentioned can be further customized. For example, by changing the order. Instead of playing from the 1 to the 20, it would also be possible to start at the one and actually continue throwing in a clockwise direction . So like this: 1, 18, 4, 13, etc.

Quickly Around the World

This variant uses a reward stimulus. A hit in the double field means that the player can skip the next number . A hit in the triple field even causes two numbers to be skipped.

This gives the player more incentive to aim precisely and not just stupidly throw off the single field .

If you want to vary the game a little more, you can also include a form of punishment in addition to the reward. For example, if you don't hit the field with a shot, you fall another number behind .

This creates a certain pressure situation that also arises during competition. Repeating it several times should create a wear and tear effect.

How the world's number one plays Around the Clock

World number one, Michael van Gerwen , is also an advocate of darts around the clock. He also plays the variant with a type of reward and skips fields if he was successful on the previous field or even exceeded expectations.