With nicknames is that sometimes such a thing. The best dart player on this planet have virtually all of the a, and usually quite ordinary. “Mighty Mike”, the new world champion means, for example, the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen, so that throws the arrows with such high precision, that he also won in the final on Tuesday evening against the “Bully Boy” Michael Smith loose. 7:3’s at the end of a total one-sided match at London’s Alexandra Palace. Pretty mighty.
In his home country of you have for Mighty Mike (or “MvG”) by the way another nickname: De kale Sloopkogel. The bald wrecking ball. Bald, because it is not too much hair grows on the head of the 29-Year-old. And wrecking ball, because of the now three-time world champion (2014, 2017, 2019) everything is flat, what opposes him on the Darts stage. 39 tournaments played van Gerwen in this year, 20 of them won. Since 2014, he leads the world rankings of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Especially on the double fields van Gerwen aims to be better than all the others. If he has the ability to be a game to “check out”, he suggests.
The heart of the Fans belong to the losers
Because he operates almost flawlessly, works van Gerwen a little like a machine, cold and calculating. The hearts of the London audience, he doesn’t fly yet, unlike the smart losers Michael Smith. The Darts-extra class, but it’s not a Sloopkogel. Because the circling in their own orbit, it could be a bit boring in this colorful arrow world. This is dangerous, because the Darts will be based mainly on the assumption that the power relations from one shot to the next often change abruptly. A millimetre off – it can be over. Except in the case of van Gerwen – is because of over throws.
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It is possible, therefore, that the success of the perfectionists, at the expense of the sport. Especially since just last year, Phil “The Power” Taylor finished his career with 16 world titles in the Luggage. The next high Flyer, the disenchanted, the essence of the game, it could be for the Darts Boom of the past few years, a lot of.
