The teen superstar strikes fear into opponents by admitting he never gets his arrows out at home and only has a chuck before going out to try and win another tournament
Luke Littler has hit the bullseye when it comes to striking fear in his rivals – by revealing he hardly practices. The back-to-back teen world champion said he never gets his arrows out when he is chilling at home between tournaments.
He only hits the board when he turns up at a venue to play for another trophy. Asked if he felt unbeatable right now the 19-year-old replied: “Yeah. I think I’m playing very well.
“Obviously the last three weeks have been wins and that’s all down to me and just the right preparation.
“I can say when I’ve been at home I’ve not been practising.
“But yeah, that’s just what I do. I’ll turn up here and have a few hours if that and just produce it on the stage.
“Obviously if you beat players comfortably or if you beat them in a last-leg it’s always on the mind.
“If I get these wins over everyone week-in, week-out, then obviously it gives me a lot of confidence and then, when they next face me, they’ve got to produce even better.”
Luke admitted he was on the hunt for all the sport’s major trophies and ‘chasing to tick everything off’. His pal and two-time world semi-finalist Nathan Aspinall, 34, said Luke was darts’ ‘flagbearer’.
Speaking on podcast Double Tops sponsored by BetMGM Nathan said: “People say he doesn’t practice and he genuinely doesn’t at all.
“I don’t know how he does it because most of us need to practice before we play.
“Luke literally will throw 12 darts, go on stage and average 115. I couldn’t do that if I practised for five hours.”
Darts legend Phil Taylor admitted he had been stunned by Luke’s lack of preparation before producing out-of-this-world scores.
Taylor, 65, won a record 16 world championships, 87 major titles and 214 professional tournaments but admits the teen is better than him.
He told BBC Radio Stoke Luke’s ability left him stunned when the pair did a darts show together just before the world championship.
Phil said: “He sat there and never threw a dart, went on stage, did 10 180s and had a 110-average – which is crazy. I could never do that.
“He’s a lot better, more talented, than I was. He’s just not fazed by it. He’s so relaxed it’s unbelievable.”