I’m Deakin Ng, a soft-tip darts coach based in Vancouver, a sponsored athlete, author, and the founder of iDartsLife.
I grew up in Hong Kong and moved to Canada when I was twelve. Before darts, I spent over a decade in radio, where I learned that before you tell a good story, you have to learn to listen.
I picked up darts in 2014. The more I played, the more I realized the game wasn’t only about hitting the board. It revealed how I handled focus, pressure, and habit.
That’s why I founded iDartsLife in 2023.
My goal is simple. To help people see darts differently. Not simply as a game of scores, but as a way to better understand ourselves.
Today, I coach players in Vancouver, compete as a sponsored athlete with Target Sports Japan and Phoenix Darts North America, and write about what darts continues to show me.
My book, Darts Don’t Lie, has been published in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese. It isn’t a book about throwing technique. It’s about what darts reveals when the pressure is real.
Whether I’m coaching, competing, or writing, I’m trying to do the same thing.
Help people understand themselves a little better through darts.
If you’d like to know more about the person behind iDartsLife and the work I do beyond darts, you’re welcome to visit dkng.ca.
Target Official Player (2024 – recent)
PHOENIXDARTS Official Player (2024 – recent)
Personal Achievements in Soft-tip Darts
🥉 Best in Vancouver Soft-Tip Darts Championship Open Division (2026)
🥇 PHOENIXDARTS Revolution Global North America Continental Finals Platinum Division champion (2025)
🥈 PHOENIXDARTS Revolution Global North America Continental Finals Platinum Division 2nd place (2024)
🥇 PHOENIXDARTS 1 on 1 League Open Division (2023-2024)
🥉 PHOENIXDARTS 1 on 1 League Open Division (2019)
🥉 Vancouver Battle Royale PHOENIXDARTS Open Divison (2018)
🥈 (Team Canada) – Phoenix Cup Las Vegas World Cup (2017)
🥉 Phoenix Cup Las Vegas Cricket Doubles Gold Division (2017)
🥇 (4 stages overall) – Phoenix Tour for Vegas (2017)
🥉 (4 stages overall) – Phoenix Tour for Vegas (2016)
Beyond the Achievements
The list above tells you what I’ve done. It doesn’t tell you why I keep throwing.
The reason isn’t another trophy or a higher rating.
I keep coming back because the throw line has a way of showing me things I might otherwise miss. How I react. What changes under pressure. Whether I’m still present, or already carrying the last throw with me.
That’s the idea behind iDartsLife. Everything I coach, write, and share begins there.
Every throw shows you something.
You just have to be willing to notice.
