Laszlo Gyimothi, CEO Scolia

How can a system teach counting instead of replacing it?

Counting in darts is less about pure arithmetic skills and more about memory & repetition. The more you see finish routes, the faster you recognise the next dart. Just like pros who instantly know the follow-up when the first treble becomes a single.

What in Scolia supports that learning?

Two toggles help a lot.

First (and my favourite for training), Score update per visit. when this toggle is turned ON, the remaining score updates only after all three darts are thrown. You must add/subtract the scores in your head during the visit. Great for mental math.

Second, Checkout suggestions: you can show/hide recommended routes depending on level.

Any practice modes you recommend for “math under pressure”?

Our Quick Practice Games are fast and entertaining. Checkout Streak is super popular and it can help players of all skill levels sharpen their counting skills. There are 3 levels, easy, medium and hard. In Easy, you have 15 darts to finish a given target number, like 75. If you manage to do that in 15 darts, you increase your streak by one and you get another goal number to finish. The system also suggests possible checkout routes and updates as you throw.

Medium/Hard raise the targets and reduce the number of darts (Hard gives you only 9). Trains both finishing and recognition, at your own level.

Tip: These are quick practice games that you can play at any time, for instance when you are in an online tournament and you must wait your turn.

Medium/Hard raise the targets and reduce the number of darts (Hard gives you only 9). Trains both finishing and recognition, at your own level.

Tip: These are quick practice games that you can play at any time, for instance when you are in an online tournament and you must wait your turn.

Currently tablets are taking over in local tournaments. Even though at Dartschool we teach manual scoring we like this trend, as it reduces the barrier to participate.

I’m with you: tech reduces the threshold to compete. People who avoid tournaments because of manual scoring can finally join. After a few events, players feel comfortable and many then also feel ready to score manually.

And the GoDartsPro integration?

GoDartsPro is a deep training platform with 100+ games, and most of them work directly with Scolia. You focus on throwing, we register the darts. It’s a different experience than manual entry.