But earlier this year, he went to throw a dart and it physically would not leave his hand. "You're in shock, I stood there for ages. I just couldn't get my arm up to let go of the dart," he said.

Ryan Searle is an exception on the PDC Pro Tour. Where most players throw arrows of between 22 and 24 grams, the 37-year-old ...

The 20 is the highest individual number on the board - meaning its treble, worth 60, is the biggest score a player can achieve from a single dart. Players throw three darts on each turn ...

Where most players throw arrows of between 22 and 24 grams, the 37-year-old Englishman chooses to use 32-gram darts. In his own words, the world number nineteen feels most comfortable with it.