The Darter's "10 Commandments" For Keeping Score

The Darter's "10 Commandments"
For Keeping Score

[ 1]. The Scorekeeper Shall Not talk while keeping score!
[ 2].The Scorekeeper Shall Not move about while keeping score, Stand Still!
[ 3].The Scorekeeper Shall Not look at the shooter, stand facing the board!
[ 4].The Scorekeeper Shall Not call out a score, of one dart or all three--unless the shooter asks you!
[ 5].The Scorekeeper Shall Not tell a shooter what to shoot or what combination to shoot for an out!
[ 6].The Scorekeeper Shall Not change a score unless it is brought to the attention of both shooters (teams).
[ 7].The Scorekeeper Shall Not change a score--regardless--if that player (team) has shot again and a second score written down. An error in a shooter's score MUST be corrected BEFORE he(team) shoots again or the score stands.
[ 8].The Scorekeeper Shall Not lean out to see where a dart is or is going nor shall he follow the darts with body or head movement.
[ 9].The Scorekeeper Shall Not show any sign of disgust or excitement while at the scoreboard!
[10].The Scorekeeper Shall Not change the side of the scoreboard of the player in three leg matches or a team during a league match...if you start a player(team) on the left side of the scoreboard, continue to keep his(their) score on the left-regardless of what the bull shots are.

The "10 Commandments" were originally written by Sarah Parsons in the 1970's.

This was posted on the following site: www.dda-darts.org

While these are not hard and fast rules in our league they are words to live by, and I will be thinking of this as we enter our match tonight.