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There were two aspects to the thread actually, starting with the first video.
The first was that this poor young guy was completely unable to cope with what the old chopper was throwing at him for a variety of reasons (which including bad timing, lazy footwork contributing to his mistiming, didn't see that the older guy was varying the spin quite a great deal, never attempted to attack the choppers body, failed to realize that this particular defender never attacks so was extremely impatient tactically, to name just a few things). I can see those mistakes, not because I'm some sort of super high-level player, but because I've made all of them against choppers who are better than they first appear and who are very good at extreme spin variation. I can't know for sure without knowing the players or talking to them, but my impression watching this is that the young guy completely underestimated the level of the older guy, who like I said earlier, probably beats guys like this all the time. It is very possible that he was throwing some of those chops kind of high to bait this young guy who does have a bunch of technical limitations like just about anyone who is not a professional player. (There are two coaches in my city who are high-level defenders, I have played with them both quite a bit, one for many years, so I have seen many times firsthand how things aren't always what they appear. Nobody would underestimate those two coaches in my city, but then again, they are both about 30, instead of older, and young people almost always underestimate older players).
The second was the fact that the young guy went completely out of his mind because of the frustration which is the thing that probably led the OP to post the video. I know what that feels like too. It can be pretty hilarious --- when it happens to somebody else. It seems like both of these things were worth talking about, so I don't think I hijacked the thread by showing it happening in professional players too.
Getting really mad never helps you play better. Finding zen in matches is more important for me personally than any technical thing.
The first was that this poor young guy was completely unable to cope with what the old chopper was throwing at him for a variety of reasons (which including bad timing, lazy footwork contributing to his mistiming, didn't see that the older guy was varying the spin quite a great deal, never attempted to attack the choppers body, failed to realize that this particular defender never attacks so was extremely impatient tactically, to name just a few things). I can see those mistakes, not because I'm some sort of super high-level player, but because I've made all of them against choppers who are better than they first appear and who are very good at extreme spin variation. I can't know for sure without knowing the players or talking to them, but my impression watching this is that the young guy completely underestimated the level of the older guy, who like I said earlier, probably beats guys like this all the time. It is very possible that he was throwing some of those chops kind of high to bait this young guy who does have a bunch of technical limitations like just about anyone who is not a professional player. (There are two coaches in my city who are high-level defenders, I have played with them both quite a bit, one for many years, so I have seen many times firsthand how things aren't always what they appear. Nobody would underestimate those two coaches in my city, but then again, they are both about 30, instead of older, and young people almost always underestimate older players).
The second was the fact that the young guy went completely out of his mind because of the frustration which is the thing that probably led the OP to post the video. I know what that feels like too. It can be pretty hilarious --- when it happens to somebody else. It seems like both of these things were worth talking about, so I don't think I hijacked the thread by showing it happening in professional players too.
Getting really mad never helps you play better. Finding zen in matches is more important for me personally than any technical thing.
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