New coach did not help. He was much better but stick to the same game plan. Mental issue again. Reminds me how he lost to XX leading 10:6
Mizutani has much more options, his serve, received spin variation and even bh is much better then ARUNA. He sticked to the same serve, while his Reverse pendulum is quite effective and he also did not use long serve even once. Also serve placement and first attack placement was terrible.I don't think its mental. ARUNA played better than him. MIZUTANI could not do better. He had clearly less stamina, and doesn't move as well as he used to, he's much more easily pinned on his BH now and I suspect his eye vision problems are real
great match of ARUNA indeed, what a devastating FH ! and he's improved very much in other aspects of the game.
I'm a bit sad for MIZUTANI, he's clearly not the player he used to be.
I don't think its mental. ARUNA played better than him. MIZUTANI could not do better. He had clearly less stamina, and doesn't move as well as he used to, he's much more easily pinned on his BH now and I suspect his eye vision problems are real
If the body and eyes were the issue why would he change the coach? I would consider the coach who can motivate me better.Yup. He's spoken in a TV program, sometime after All-Japan Champ 2018 that he first noticed his body declining at 27, so roughly some time after Rio 2016, that the big upset to Harimoto at WTTC 2017 would've happened sooner or later. And as you first reported here, the vision problem that first bothered him in 2014 suddenly turned for the worse in 2018. The glasses are enough proof. Why wear them when they could potentially hinder your performance?
Yup. He's spoken in a TV program, sometime after All-Japan Champ 2018 that he first noticed his body declining at 27, so roughly some time after Rio 2016, that the big upset to Harimoto at WTTC 2017 would've happened sooner or later. And as you first reported here, the vision problem that first bothered him in 2014 suddenly turned for the worse in 2018. The glasses are enough proof. Why wear them when they could potentially hinder your performance?
I think there are much more problems. First place is Korea with many great players. I am also not sure if they can beat sweden or Germany in that shape.Another big problem for Japan next year is Chinese Taipei. Lin Yun Ju seems to have elevated the Hope's of all the Taiwanese players and I can see them being another contender for gold in all events if LYJ plays sufficiently well. CCA and CCY are not pushovers and are a strong doubles team as well.