I worked 12-hour days as a roofer before becoming a darts star… there's no chance I would suffer from burnout
HIT THE ROOF I worked 12-hour days as a roofer before becoming a darts star… there's no chance I would suffer from burnout
DAMON HETA vows he wouldn't get Premier League 'burnout' because he worked 12-hour days as a roofer in Australia!
The Aussie admits breaking into the PDC's top four Order of Merit is his big target as he has ambitions of playing in the prestigious PL.
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Damon Heta used to work as a roofer in Australia
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He has insisted he will not suffer from burnout
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World No. 10 Heta reached the semi-final of the US Masters last weekend but was knocked out by Nathan Aspinall despite averaging 104 and thumping in the big fish.
'The Heat' has been in good form this year as he won Players Championship 13 and made the final of European Darts Open.
Heta is confident burnout won't hold him back if he gets a Premier League call-up — claiming the grind of the PDC schedule is easy after years of back-breaking work on roofs Down Under.
He told the Tops and Tales podcast: 'Yeah, I'd love getting into that top four and the Premier League.
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"I find myself pretty conditioned where I don't think I would be one to be burnt out.
'Players talk about burnout and playing too much. But I practice pretty much four hours every day, two here and two there minimum — sometimes even more.
'I always look back and think, you know what I did? I did 12-hour days, six days a week, roofing.
'If I can't chuck darts for 12 hours a day, you know what I mean? Because I can always compare it to back then.'
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He added: 'If I'm ever down about where I am or what I'm doing, I just think, you know what? I've come this far.
'I could be doing this or that. Man, I'm very lucky. I'm throwing darts for a living and I'm travelling.
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'Even doing an exhibition — you get paid half decent to do an exhibition.
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'People want to come see you for four or five hours to chuck some darts and have a bit of fun. Man, that's insane.'
Former World Cup winner Heta boasts the fourth-highest checkout rate on tour at a tidy 43.13 per cent in 2025.
Heta will return to action next week on the ProTour at the Mattioli Arena.
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