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How to Setup a Dartboard:

Steel-Point Type Dart Board Measurements for hanging a dartboard:

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The Official throwing distance for darts, in most countries, is 2.37 meters, as measured along the floor, from the plane of the face of the dartboard. In feet, that is 7 feet, 9-1/4 inches.

The height of the board, to the center of the bull, is 173 centimeters, or 5 feet, 8 inches.

To easily check your throw line measurement, the diagonal distance from the Bull, down and out to the Throw Line, should be 9 feet, 7-3/8 inches.


Soft-Tip Type Electronic Dart Board Setup Measurements:

The height of the Bullseye is the same as for steel-tip dartboards: Height to the center of the bull, is 173 centimeters, or 5 feet, 8 inches.

However, Soft-Tip Darts is played from a throwing distance of 8 feet, measured along the floor from the plane of the face of the electronic dartboard.



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