Michael Smith sets out charity aim away from darts: "I earn enough, it's about giving back now"

Michael Smith battled back to see off Karel Sedlacek in a confidence boosting win after a week that he described as the worst in his darting career at the recent ProTour.

Speaking post match, he said why that was and also the reasoning for switching at times from his usual double 20.

"I was being outscored, people were missing doubles and I was crawling down and winning them. That's not my game. I was missing doubles which was my game and I was losing. I was getting lucky, I hate being lucky. I'd rather play really well and get smashed. In Barnsley I wasn't playing well and I was lucky for 10 games," said Smith to Online Darts.

"I'm not where I was but you can see tonight when I was coming away from double 20 and going for double eight and 16, in the practice room I wasn't missing 32 so I thought I'll give it a shot and then I went back to double 20 and hit that so I think maybe having a break that were fine, I wasn't missing much. I'm 32, you're not too old to learn. I had to give something else a try."

Well known for giving back with his Autism Awareness shirts, Smith also set out that off the oche he wants to set up a charity to see all money funnelled from his shirt sales to help those in need including his nephew who has autism and give back.

"I must spend £15-20k on shirts a year and then we sell them and double the price and people may think it's lining my pockets but it doesn't see my pockets. It goes into a different account which I give out to people who need it. I want a non-profit charity where I take nothing, I earn enough. It's about giving back now."