‘I’ve got nothing to lose’ – Luke Humphries reveals TWO changes to his game as he begins ‘experiment’
LUKE HUMPHRIES has revealed how Luke Littler winning the Darts World Championship has freed him up to make TWO experimental changes.
In fact, the world No1 has passionately insisted: “I’ve got nothing to lose!”
Humphries, who turned 30 on Tuesday, has claimed his darts had “lost their feel” towards the end of last year – but, being reigning world champ, he didn’t want to risk making any major changes.
Now, with Littler dethroning him last month, Cool Hand Luke feels liberating to make TWO changes as part of an “experiment”.
Humphries – who believes Littler is the best in the world – said: “I’ve changed a lot of things about my game… I’ve got a newer set of darts, new footwear.
“Last year, being world champion, I wanted to keep everything the same.
“Now I’m not, I can experiment and try different things.”
Humphries explained: “I decided to make the changes two-thirds of the way through last year but I didn’t want to change anything at an important moment.
“At the back end of the year, you don’t want to be making big changes. I waited until the year was over.
“I’ve got nothing lose.”
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Humphries – set to make history in the coming months – went on to reveal he wasn’t using different darts – just a fresher set.
He continued: “It’s not a different set of darts, just a newer version. I’d used the old ones for three years and they’d run their course a little bit.
“You lose that feel with them after a while so I needed a newer set. It won’t hinder me and I’ve played all right so far with them.”
The world No1 then went on to explain he’s happy with the controversial Premier League line up despite a backlash from fans and even some players, most-notably Mike De Decker.
Humphries said: “Selfishly, I’m really happy with the line-up because I get on with most of them. I’m glad Chris Dobey and Nathan Aspinall are in it.
“I know there’s a lot of talk about who’s in and who’s not in, but is there anyone [among the wildcard contenders], apart from Stephen Bunting, who was really good for 12 months? Probably not.
“I don’t think Nathan, Chris or Gezzy [Price] were amazing but no one around them shone either. The PDC has got to pick what they think is best, and that’s what they’ve done.
“People moan about it at this time of year but once the competition starts, everyone forgets. It should be a really good Premier League.”