Phil Taylor knows something in darts, and now he can become a Luke Ritler mentor after a teenager enters sports earlier this year.
Phil Taylor is ready to move with Luke Ritler to make sure that the teenager is not too late in PlayStation and will not prepare the next day.
Nickname The Power, 64 Taylor, is as good as retired retired after surgery and exchanges hip seals and laser operations.
The 16-time world darts champion now says he has the chance to mentor Littler and believes he will be rich enough to retire within 10 years.
Littler has already won around £1 million in prize money this year alone and reached the final of the PDC World Championship in January.
Taylor has reportedly been asked by his management team to mentor his client. However, he will only do so under one condition
Speaking on talkSPORT, Taylor said: “With young Luke, they asked me if I could have a chat with him and I said, ‘Of course I will.’ But I’m going to have to live with him for a few days and see what he’s like.
The darts legend detailed his possible approach to mentoring: “If I was spending time with him, I would look at how he trains, how he eats and exercises, how he does whatever.
If he plays on one of these playstations, I would give him a while – maybe an hour in the night or something like that – then prepared for the next day.
“Make sure you won’t sleep too late and don’t wake up in the morning, and you are broken. I’ve seen it so many times, players who have been drinking afterwards start drinking and don’t go to bed until 1 or 2 in the morning. ”
After losing 7-4 to Luke Humphreys in a thrilling World Championship final at Ally Pally nine months ago, Littler went on to win the Premier League title, the second highest prize in darts, and also wins in Bahrain, Austria, Belgium and Poland. Taylor, meanwhile, missed next month’s World Senior Masters in Sunderland, which was meant to be his swan song.
