Devin Peterson
Appearances
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
It's still in its infancy if you compare it to the UK and obviously Europe as well as US. But I think that the ability and having almost a blueprint of what they've achieved globally, we can quickly adopt that into our system. And you realize and understand exactly what is needed. And I don't feel as though from a... performance perspective that we're that far away.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
I have the Devin Peterson Darts Academy. We're launching the International School Darts League this year as well. We're closer, closer to that. And then obviously also with the education side. So the myth has always been darts is great for maths. We're bringing that forward now by creating dartboard maths, bringing that to the front and bringing it into the classroom.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
Because a lot of people then understand and they learn with practical engagement. And a dartboard is exactly that. We've now created one that fits on your desk with a magnetized movement. So now you're literally creating a fun engagement tool that centers around the sport.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
but teaches you math so how do you make math fun numbers is all about memory mathematics is all about memory but what if i told you that we could teach math through a movement and that movement is on a dartboard so when you you're showing a pattern for example if i asked you what was your pin number you'd almost remember it as a pattern rather than the number sequence
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
which is exactly what dartboard maths is in general. Because when you're asking a dart player, finish 167 for me, they'll tell you it's treble 20, treble 19, bullseye. We don't even need to tell you what the numbers are because we know that by pattern. Now, if I can teach a kid from the age of, let's say, four to the age of nine and create a champion maths through the dartboard maths,
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
By the time they get to the age of 10 and 11, we're literally looking at Luke Littler's coming through at the age of 12, 13, which will change the way of the sport, number one. Number two is confidence breeds competence. So they'll go into the classroom not being shy, not being fearful and have number anxiety that cripples most of the world right now.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
So we need to remove that number anxiety through our sport. And what better sport to do it than having it as Dart before Maths?
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
Yeah, 100%. And that specific event that you were talking about, that's one that we hosted. And when we hosted it there, it was well-received. I mean, like you said, it's the first time we ever had a Vuvuzela at a DART event, which is fantastic. But the crowd itself was... They've welcomed it in such a big way.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
And, I mean, the finalist, which was Cameron Corraleson, who won, but Peter Washuri, he's from the Kenyan mountains. So he's a villager that got to the finals and the money that he made that weekend certainly set him up for the year as well.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
So we're trying to make sure that the sport, obviously the theme continues, that we always talk about there's no barriers in the sport, developing a platform and getting all of these things ready. But I think that... When you actually implement it and you see the people that it affects and the lives that it changes, the sport itself is almost as the sport of the people.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
I can't see it ever slowing down. And I think that the next five, 10 years, we're going to see loads more people from different parts. I mean, I think that it's going to open up more doors. It's going to introduce more rock stars to the sport and just bring cultures together and show how how united the sport is.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Football while fasting -- Egypt's Ramadan pastime
Coming up in this podcast... Bringing that to the front and bringing it into the classroom. A lot of people then understand and they learn with practical engagement and a dartboard is exactly that.