I am a big fan of LYJ but recently he isnt winning against these top players which he was easily doing and named the silent assassin. why is that? i’m not a pro, just a beginner so i was hoping i can get some pretty detailed explanation.
He is playing badly.
Maybe play the same a lot? Bananaflip at everything?
The other top players know his patterns now, too predictable. FZD got even stronger when he stopped banana flicking everything and added more variety. Maybe LYJ will do the same.
Those were league matches and in a format where the matches didn't mean much (his team was going to win regardless because of how overpowered it was). You never know what specifically informs the goals or practice in such matches.BTW I think it is not just getting figured out but also that he must be tired or in bad shape because he was not just losing against top15 players but also against some lower ranked players.
He for example lost against sgoroupolous and Katsman in the champions league, I Don't think you go from almost beating FZD and Dima at the Olympics to getting figured out by everyone in the top50 in the world within two months.
I am a big fan of LYJ but recently he isnt winning against these top players which he was easily doing and named the silent assassin. why is that? i’m not a pro, just a beginner so i was hoping i can get some pretty detailed explanation.
Just like LGY, TH and WCQ, (3 of these 4 are lefties) he tries to dominate with his BH, covering nearly the whole table on BH receive. Thus his FH is inferior. LGY and WCQ are now improving their speed and athleticism on the FH side, so as to have two big weapons. I don't see this happening with LYJ, whose FH seems quite lightweight by comparison. These 3 lefties also create some chaos as doubles partners, in the receive position: there they are all ready (in theory) to stand wide and unleash big FHs, leaving maximum space for the right hander to hit his FH, and what do they do? They shuffle across into the forbidden territory to use their BHs, because they are so obsessed with BH receive.