It wasn't without any reasons why one of your friends had been going gaga about the sports of darts.
It is a game that is ideally suited for people who are known to possess an enormous amount of concentration.
Since your friend had excelled in his academic field owing to the fact that he had the best level of concentration in entire classroom, it was natural for him to instantly fall in love with this sport.
But, having only this characteristic cannot guarantee success all the time.
Together with this, you will probably require a bit of luck in your favor.
There have been many instances in the past, where players possessing finest nature of concentration with them, became a big failure in various tournaments.
Besides, you also need to religiously practice your skills at this game.
It is only then you can expect to imbibe within you requisite expertise that is warranted to play this game successfully.
History records dating back to medieval England find mention of longbow what was a huge hit with masses.
During this time, format of the game wasn't the way it exists in modern times.
Though currently, this sport is believed to be a low cost affair, previously it was the upper class of society that was known to play it.
Most of this lot took it as a status symbol and would often take this route of playing this sport just to show their wealthy status.
References of it are also clearly available during the era of Henry VIII.
In fact if history records are to be believed he did have a penchant for this game.
The evidence to this fact can be vouched from the ornate set that was gifted to him by Anne Boleyn.
The game's increased popularity can be seen from the fact that, today organizations like the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Darts Federation of Australia and British Darts Organization organize numerous tournaments and events from time to time where players from different countries take an active part in it.
Birth of such associations and organizing these tournaments of international repute has brought along with some standardized set of rules and regulations.
The laying down of these rules and regulations ensures smooth conduct of such events.
A spurt in events of such magnitude taking place around the globe has also led to an increment in demand for a dart board.
Rampant use of electronic dartboard only goes on to add to delights of most players who take part in such tournaments.
Though original cork and metal dartboards still has a fan following, it is existence of an electronic score board in an electronic board that has made a popular choice of many.
Manufacturers of these boards also keep in mind prescribed safety measures need to be incorporated by them while manufacturing it.
That is one of the reasons you can witness these boards having features such as plastic pin-ridden and blunter soft tipped metal board.