Fortunately, you don’t need a tremendous amount of space to throw darts. The height you mount your dartboard and the distance you stand back from your dartboard will depend on whether you’re throwing steel tip or soft tip darts. When throwing steel tip darts, your board should be mounted 5’8” from the floor to the center of the bull’s-eye. The distance you should stand back from the dartboard to throw is 7’ 9 ¼”. When throwing soft tip darts, your board should be mounted 5’8” from the floor to the center of the bull’s-eye (the same as steel tip darts). The distance you should stand back from the dartboard to throw is 9’ 9 1/2”. Please note that this is measured from the face of the dartboard (not the wall) to the front of the throw line (since most people like to stand on the line itself!).