PRICE MAKES SCHEDULE CONFESSION
15/05/2025 By Aaron Nijjar
By Phil Lanning
GERWYN PRICE admits that the PDC schedule has become too hectic for the top stars.
The World No.11 has joined Luke Humphries and Luke Littler in believing that managing their own schedules has become vital to success.
Humphries revealed he was too tired last month and Littler reckons avoiding burnout is the biggest task for the big players.
Price, 40, didn’t play in the ProTours earlier in the week before facing Stephen Bunting in the Premier League in Aberdeen on Thursday night.
He said: “I definitely think there’s way too many events. I understand the PDC have a product that they want to improve and keep expanding.
“Do you want players turning up and going through the motions or playing at their ultimate best?
“But as far as players like myself and Luke Humphries, Luke Littler and the boys that are in the Premier League, it is quite tough.
“They do say you can manage your schedule and miss tournaments here and there.
“But if you do miss a tournament and you don’t pick up any ranking points, then when you do play you are under added pressure.
“It is a little bit hectic at the minute. It is tough. I missed out of ProTours this week, I’m going to miss out on a couple of Europeans in Germany. It puts me under pressure at the back end of the year. I’m sure I can back it up.”
Price has already qualified for the Premier League play-offs at the O2 later this month.
With three nightly wins already in the bag, he has renewed belief.
He added: “I just believe if I play my A game there’s no way I lose. Every time I go on stage I expect to bring that out. It doesn’t happen all the time.
Price could also test out a new set of darts for his clash with Bunting.
He said: “The pressure is off but it’s still a big reward if you win the night. There’s £10,000 so I still want to win.
“I might be using a new set of darts. I’m just not feeling the grip right in my own darts.
“One game I feel like I can’t miss and the next I feel like the grip isn’t there.
“There’s no loss for me to use them in Aberdeen on one of the biggest stages under the ultimate pressure. I’ll see how they go, if they don’t work, I’ll go back to what I know.”
Image by Taylor Lanning.
