‘Bullet’ took home the £65,000 trophy at the Kazoo Masters in Milton Keynes on Sunday night, clinching his first major on the PDC circuit after a barren decade.
His 11-7 victory over Michael van Gerwen in the final, with an astonishing average of 102.50, marked Bunting’s second victory over the Dutch maestro in about eight years.
And Bunting, 38, the 2014 Lakeside world champion, credits his transformation to weekly work with Prescott-based hypnotherapist Chris O’Connor.
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He insists that this is not a matter of a stopwatch being dangled in front of your eyes until it falls under its spell, but rather a scientific way to banish negative thoughts.
Bunting says, “A one-hour session with a hypnotist is (effectively) equivalent to a four-hour state, so you can improve your concentration, focus on all the positives, and see the negatives. It helps you stop.”
“The human mind is 95 percent negative, so we all fall into the negative side of our brains without realizing it.
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“I don’t think many players have soaked up that (positive) side, but having that extra percent or two has helped me become the champion I am today. I’ve managed to improve my form. I had to. Depress me.
“It was horrible. I walked into the event and felt like everyone was laughing at me. I felt like no matter what I did, it wouldn’t work.
“I was taking it out on my family and locking myself away. I was depressed, it was a terrible place. Thankfully, working with a psychologist and hypnotist helped.
“To be honest, at first I was against[consulting a psychologist]but I decided to go because I knew I needed to do something and it was probably the last step I could take. ”
“He taught me how to think, not just about darts, but about my family and home life. You know, in Peter Pan, if you think about happy things, you can fly. But it’s the same logic in darts. If you show up and feel happy, you can win anything.”
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Liverpool’s Van Bunting has admitted that winning the Masters will not make up for the shock of Jurgen Klopp leaving the club at the end of the season.
But the German savior’s farewell on the final day of the season was Bunting’s first since parading the trophy at Lakeside in 2014, when Kopp serenaded Bunting with chants of “There’s only one Phil Taylor.” It’s definitely going to be the biggest day at Anfield.
The Bulletin newspaper stated: “It actually felt like I lost a family member. I was in Ireland when I heard the news about Jurgen Klopp and I was really shocked. There’s no manager in the world who could replace him. I don’t think so.
“I’m going to the League Cup final and I’ve got tickets for the last game of the season so I can pay my respects and see him off. It’s going to be emotional for Liverpool fans.
“I’ve got to talk to people at the club, but I’d love to do something like that trophy parade again. I remember Steven Gerrard looking at me and thinking, ‘Who is he?’ I am. But today was a special day. ”
