I asked this in a different forum awhile back and no one had an idea...might as well try here.
The raised oche on most PDC televised events tend to be the same width everytime. It makes sense since you'll see players like Bunting standing near the same right side edge during most televised games.
We can all go look at the rule book but the measurements they give are too narrow and nowhere near the width of the televised oche.
Here is some pictures to give you an idea...
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Let's say an average shoe size is a 10.5 (or 10 UK, 43/44 Euro). Physically that means the shoe's sole is around 10.5-11"
So looking at the pictures above, that looks like the oche is about 38-39" wide...which makes me wonder if PDC tries to keep it simple by making it one meter wide (1 meter = 39.3")
Has anyone thrown on a televised style PDC oche and confirm this?
The reason this came up is that a friend and me were talking about how Ted Hankey throws with half his front foot off the oche....knowing the actual oche width would be interesting since you could replicate his position (just for curiosity sake)...and see if he truly is that far over or if the camera just makes it look like he's further over than he really is.
It's kind of a "who cares?" thread..but I figured it would be interesting for people considering building a raised oche and knowing you'll actually have the exact PDC dimensions.
Thanks.
The raised oche on most PDC televised events tend to be the same width everytime. It makes sense since you'll see players like Bunting standing near the same right side edge during most televised games.
We can all go look at the rule book but the measurements they give are too narrow and nowhere near the width of the televised oche.
Here is some pictures to give you an idea...
Broken link removed
Let's say an average shoe size is a 10.5 (or 10 UK, 43/44 Euro). Physically that means the shoe's sole is around 10.5-11"
So looking at the pictures above, that looks like the oche is about 38-39" wide...which makes me wonder if PDC tries to keep it simple by making it one meter wide (1 meter = 39.3")
Has anyone thrown on a televised style PDC oche and confirm this?
The reason this came up is that a friend and me were talking about how Ted Hankey throws with half his front foot off the oche....knowing the actual oche width would be interesting since you could replicate his position (just for curiosity sake)...and see if he truly is that far over or if the camera just makes it look like he's further over than he really is.
It's kind of a "who cares?" thread..but I figured it would be interesting for people considering building a raised oche and knowing you'll actually have the exact PDC dimensions.
Thanks.
