LUKE HUMPHRIES admits he needs to ditch the “negative attitude” and use a new set-up to succeed again.
The World No1 survived TWO match darts to edge James Wade 6-5 in a scrappy World Series Finals opener at Amsterdam.
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Humphries then lost out to eventual winner Michael van Gerwen in the quarter-finals.
But he confessed he hasn’t looked or felt settled on the big stage.
On the clash with Wade, he admitted: “I didn’t feel comfortable throughout the whole game to be honest.
“I was swapping and changing flights just to try and appease my mind, to change things up and make myself more comfortable.
“The white flights worked for a little bit and then I had to go back because they weren’t working again. So yeah, it felt like a struggle.
“When I’m on it, nothing like that goes through my mind. I’m not thinking about changing flights, stems, darts.
“At the moment, all I’m thinking about is changing darts, changing points, changing flights, changing stems – just trying to get something to work.”
He added: “That’s a negative attitude and not something I’m used to, but I feel like at this point in my career I’m up for trying anything.
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“Next year after the Worlds, I’m going to try something new. Same barrel shape, same everything, but I’ll give something else a go because maybe this set-up has had its day.
“I know there’s a level in me that can be really, really good, and I’m excited to try something new to get that out of me.
“I know there’s a level in me that can match the big averages the top players like Luke [Littler] and all the others do.
“I’ve won so much being a good player, but I feel like there’s a level in me – without sounding arrogant – that I know I can get out of myself.
“I have to try now before it’s too late, to unearth something that could be very, very special.”
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