The condition that can throw the world’s best players off their game The feeling of ‘freezing’ and being unable to throw a dart can strike at any moment, but there are ways to combat the psychological phenomenon.
One of the world title contenders over the next couple of weeks, Nathan Aspinall, opened up on his experience during the recent Sky Sports documentary Game of Throws.
It is the one thing all darts players fear: ‘dartitis’, the condition that creeps out of nowhere to strip them of all their powers.
“I lost the game 6-5, I went upstairs after the game and I was in the toilet and I was absolutely smashing ten lumps of s*** out of the hand dryer.
“All of a sudden out of nowhere I couldn’t throw my effing dart,” Aspinall said.
