lawn darts
Object of Game
Lawn Darts is a target game where the object is to throw the darts so that the weighted tip lands inside a plastic ring. The first player or team to reach a pre-agreed score wins the game. Players score one point for every dart which
lands within the ring. Lawn darts from opposing players within the ring cancel each other out. Two opposing players, or two teams of two players may play Lawn Darts. This game is easy to learn, simple to play, but difficult to
master.
1. Get Ready!
Lawn Darts is a target game where the object is to throw the darts so that the weighted tip lands inside a plastic ring. The first player or team to reach a pre-agreed score wins the game. Players score one point for every dart which
lands within the ring. Lawn darts from opposing players within the ring cancel each other out. Two opposing players, or two teams of two players may play Lawn Darts. This game is easy to learn, simple to play, but difficult to
master.
1. Get Ready!
- Gather one other player or three other players and create two teams.
- Select an open area without overhead objects, such as clotheslines or trees, and about 10 feet wide and 50 feet long.
- Stretch to warm up your muscles.
- Place the two target rings about 35 feet apart. The distance between target rings may be decreased for younger players, or increased to about 60 feet for a more challenging game, if space permits.
- Watch out for people and pets in the playing area. The players and spectators not currently throwing a Lawn Dart are responsible for watching to make sure that the game area is safe. They are responsible for alerting both the throwing player of unsafe conditions, and any nearby people or pets to stop and stay away from the path of the Lawn Dart. It is the thrower’s responsibility to be watchful before swinging and releasing the Lawn Dart.
- Practice throwing the Lawn Darts. To throw one, hold it from the top not the blunt tip, and toss underhand. They must land with the weighted tip inside the target ring to count for a point. If the tip rests on top of the target ring for any reason, more than half the tip must be inside the ring to count as a point.
- Decide on game points before starting the game. Possible game points include 3, 15, or 21 points.
- Flip a coin to determine the player or team who throws first to begin the game.
- Keep score verbally. A point is scored when a Lawn Dart lands in the target ring. However, if a player lands a Lawn Dart in the target ring, and then an opposing player also lands a dart in the target ring, the scores cancel each other out. For example, if Team A landed two Lawn Darts in the target ring and Team B landed one Lawn Dart in the target ring, Team A would score one point and Team B would score no points.