Jamie Hughes thinks that he could jolt Michael van Gerwen at the World Grand Prix following a year that owes much to staying in occupation.
His big break came since 2019 rebounds, after he worked on the Challenge Tour at 2018 – the Englishman sealing his PDC tour card at Q School in January. He has never looked back since.
In June, he scooped his maiden PDC name, beating on Stephen Bunting from the Darts Open closing, which ensured him a spot in the World Matchplay. Though he glanced in Blackpool in the first round, losing he will have taken heart.
The 33-year-old certainly isnt lacking confidence even though being drawn from the worlds greatest player in Sundays first round of the Grand Prix heading to his major.
It is quite a brief format actually, first to two collections, he told The Darts Show Podcast. It is essentially like a Pro Tour, youve got to win six legs. That is the way I am looking at it. It is quite a format. If I can hit the floor runninginto it ancient , I could cause a huge upset.
He has no reason to lack belief.
The assurance has always been there, but [that the Czech Darts Open name ] wasnt to myself to everyone else just how much of a threat Im when I am playing well, he continued.
If anything, it added a little more pressure, since theres a bit more anticipation. I am likely regarded as a potential winner of Euro Tours now since Ive already won one.
Players must acclimatise to thedouble-in arrangement of this World Grand Prix in Dublin, but it will not unsettle the two-time BDO World Championship semi-finalist.
Ive played all my darting career in double-in championships, in lesser leagues, so I have a great deal of experience, Hughes explained.
I dont try and do anything else [in training]… I only carry on with the very exact routines. I am a tiny creature of habit. I love to get into patterns, and I think thats more important.
You can throw the form book out the window just a little bit whenever you do mix up things. It [the format] is different. The players arent going to be in that respect in shape.
It probably will be easier for audiences to freshen up things a bit, because it does appear like the same sort of players playing with the TV the entire time, so it may freshen this up with a few more upsets though it did spice things up a little.
For Hughes, hell revert to kind – it has gotten him this way. When many players elect to commit to the oche,Yozza has stayed in employment.
As he proceeds to climb through the rankings, staying occupied has worked a treat for him. Playing fulltime never satisfied his game.
Id try this about 12 months before I switched [to the PDC], he clarified. It didnt work very, and it was a lot of darts. There was nothing actually [else]. It had been 24/7. This was a bit overly intensive. Thats why I went back to work. I wanted to take my mind off the match.
I was placing myself under far more pressure since I was putting a lot more time , expecting to find a lot more out. That will not always work like this.
I have found my sport popped back up once I started working . Its one of the sort of functions. You need to balance it. You will need to give yourself a rest time that is good as well as getting the practice in, and of course the travelling and matches.
If you get the balance right, then wonderful. I believe that the balance is not too bad at the moment.
Hughes knows what works for him, and he has no lack of belief. He will be looking to show exactly what he is capable of.
You can listen with Jamie Hughes about this Darts Show Podcasts episode.
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