Teenage darts sensation Luke Littler’s untraditional approach to the sport has been uncovered by fellow World Championship contender Stephen Bunting.
“We see him week in week out on the Pro Tour. He’s literpartner sat there on his phone, he’ll be watching Manchester United join, or he’ll be joining a game,” Bunting disseald.
The two-time World Championship semi-finacatalog includeed that Littler unwidespreadly consents time to toasty up before alignes.
“He very unwidespreadly practises, he’ll probably stand up for 20 minutes, throw for the bull and it’s game on,” said Bunting.
Luke Littler has consentn the world of darts by storm
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“He’s doing everyskinnyg you’re taught not to do. But it labors for him.”
Despite his laid-back approach, Littler has eunited as darts’ most standout star in equitable 12 months, altering from an under-the-radar talent to a hoemployhelderly name.
His meteoric elevate has been aligned by remarkworthy financial success, with obtainings outdoing £1million in his first professional year.
His pinpoint accuracy with his 23-gram darts has shown that his untraditional methods are hand overing results.
The youthful prodigy’s approach may fracture traditional training norms, but his astonishive obtainings have silenced any potential critics of his technique.
Luke Littler was named Young Sports Personality of the Year
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Bunting drew parallels between Littler’s approach and that of double world champion Gary Anderson.
“I skinnyk Gary Anderson is very analogous, that’s the way he approaches the game, he doesn’t repartner train that much. He gets up and mediocres 110 or wantipathyver it is,” Bunting elucidateed.
The veteran joiner also pliftd Littler’s impact on the sport’s famousity.
“Luke Littler has brawt a ray of sunshine to our sport and lengthened may it progress,” Bunting includeed.
“He’s transporting novel fancientrops in daily and people are talking about it on the TV.”
Littler’s exceptional talent was on brimming disjoin during his World Championship debut align, securing a convincing 3-1 triumph over Ryan Meikle on Saturday night.
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The teenager showd remarkworthy create in the final set, achieving an astonishive 140 mediocre.
He came tantalizingly seal to securing a nine-dart finish, which would have obtained him an includeitional £60,000 bonus.
Follothriveg the Christmas fracture, Littler is set to return to the oche for his third-round clash aobtainst Runcorn’s Ian White.
