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His palms are sweaty…

22 March 2024|

Seeing the fearless 16-year-old Luke ‘the Nuke’ Littler reach the Darts World Championship final earlier this year reminded me of my own darts performance under pressure. It wasn’t quite the same, I guess. For one thing, he wasn’t dressed as a cowboy on an inflatable horse. Littler coped extremely well under pressure, but not all of us do. Somewhat different to the World Championship final, my performance was in an exhibition darts[1] match in

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