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Sacramento-area youth dart player to represent Team USA Sacramento's Tyler Burnett is one of the top youth dart players in the country and has earned a spot on Team USA in the Americas Cup in Barbados. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT KE AMERICAN DART HISTORY THIS SUMMER, KCRA 3'S MICHELLE DAPPER HAS HIS STORY. MICHELLE: THE MAGIC HAPPENS HERE, MAGIC DARTS AND BILLIARDS >> IT'S AN AWESOME ENTERTAINING GAME. MICHELLE: IT TRACES BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIME. FOR TYLER BURNETT, AN INSTANT CONNECTION WITH THE GAME. >> HE HAD THE HAND EYE COORDINATION RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. A UNIQUE PHENOMENAL TALENT. MICHELLE: A BOND BUILT AROUND THE BULL'S-EYE. IN FACT, HIS FATHER, SCOTT BURNETT, PLAYS PROFESSIONALLY. PROBABLY MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS WOULD IN THE ADULT YOUTH TITLE WITH TYLER. THE BOND IS STRONG BETWEEN FATHER AND SON. I KNOW THE ANSWER AND I HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF. I CAN GIVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT FOR YOURSELF, NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WIN ON OWN, HE'S DONE PRETTY WITH IT. >> MICHELLE: HIS SECRET WEAPON THOUGH, THE STEEL TIP SCOTTY B'S. >> I'VE BEEN USING EM ALL MY LIFE, MY DAD'S DARTS. MICHELLE: TYLER WAS RECENTLY SELECTED TO REPRESENT TEAM USA, AT THE AMERICA'S CUP IN BARBADOS. SO BIG, HE'S MAKING AMERICAN HISTORY. >> I GUESS I'M THE FIRST YOUTH TO PLAY IN IT FOR NORTH AMERICA THIS BEING THE FIRST, WHERE HE GETS TO ACTUALLY GO DOWN THERE AND REPRESENT THE YOUTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. MICHELLE: WITH BEING THE TOP YOUTH PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY, COMES THE PRESSURE, SO MUCH SO, THE TARGET IS ON HIS BACK HE DEFINITELY HAS THE DRIVE,