Vincent van der Voort advises Gerwyn Price to get a mentor: ''He would benefit from a better plan"

It has been three seasons since Gerwyn Price last managed to win a ranking major. When "The Iceman" won the Grand Slam of Darts in 2021, he was still ranked No. 1 in the world. He has since dropped to fifth place.

Fellow darter Vincent van der Voort feels Price does not appear fully focused at the oche at tournaments. He notices a change in behavior with "The Iceman" over the years.

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''With Price right now you feel like he's not quite there,'' Van der Voort told Double Top. ''He's not playing bad, but it's not the Price of a year ago who was screaming across that stage and showing that he was just there to win. This year he's already given up a tournament, and at the Masters he didn't feel like it. You don't really feel like he's all there.''

According to Van der Voort, Price would do well to hire a mentor. ''It's also the disadvantage with him that he does everything by himself. He has no management, he has no supervisor, no one to kick his ass once in a while. He has to solve it all by himself, he chooses that consciously. He would benefit from a better plan,'' Van der Voort said.