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I don't see a rule but may also be skimming past it. I was always told if you bust on your throw, your turn is done and you don't throw any more darts. No practicing at the game board once the game is on. Is this a rule or just an etiquette thing?

Not sure I understand the question. If you bust your turn is over. Are you asking can the shooter throw his / her subsequent darts after the bust occurred?

Turn is over,that is a rule-the throwing of the 1 or 2 darts left over-"practice" as you called it,is not against any rules as they do not count,however-it is poor form.

Yes say a player has 10 left and hits the double 5's neighbor the double 20 on the first dart. A bust. He knows it is a bust as he is told so by the scorer, but then he lines up and takes a shot with his second, then does the same with his third. Just like he is still shooting for the out.

So I take it that it is poor form but not against the rules. This was a first for me seeing this in my short 6 years playing one night. Everyone else I have ever seen would go up and take their darts out and the next player would shoot. It wasn't a big deal and I said something kiddingly but he seemed to want to look at the rules and show me it wasn't against the rules so he could do it. I thought it was just a way to either get his distance to it or slow us down. I went up and took out the out for us anyway so it didn't matter.