Originally posted by Lowell Goudge Forget the dart. It would be a waste of time trying to freeze it in flight. You want faces and expressions of the players. .....
I believe you might WANT the dart to show motion blur. That would add a dynamic feeling to the photo and help the viewer understand what's going on.
A motion frozen flash photo conveys little dynamic information and will just look like a dart magically suspended in space in front of a white faced mannequin. I'd much rather see/feel the motion of the thrower's wrist at the moment of release in the dimness of the pub. It will take many tries to get this photo, but the results could be worth the effort.
However, if your purpose is simply to document that a couple people played darts, flash once & be done with it!