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Putting pressure on himself is a brave thing to do, but this strategy doesnt work everytime and for everyone. Yuzu is very sensitive and emotional (despite the scary focused face) and I feel that it might do him more harm than good. The reasons he is a king of comebacks is because as the chaser, he, regardless of what he says, actually prolly subconsciously has less pressure on himself. Note that I am not saying he is mentally weak/can't bear pressure because he has done remarkably bearing the weight of expectations. It's just that the pressure strategy is the best fit only in certain situations. Being a guy sensitive to various changes physically, mentally, emotionally and of the environment, I wonder if it would be better to deliberately ease off on those occasions. Intense is good, but when intense becomes one of the reasons (cos we dont really know why he performed like this this time) for failure, then it's time to reflect about it. He was very wound up right from the start, even at the opening ceremony, he only smiled for the short cheer cos he was leading it and at the little girl. Otherwise, he was rather grave today, a big difference from the presscon and practice.
 
Oh my what a surprise. Yuzuru in 7th (is this right? :shocked: ). In anycase, I believe he can pull off a great LP to podium. Cheer up Yuzuru, everyone has bad days. Fans still love you and a single disastrous SP will not change that. Do your best with the LP! :hap10:
 
the50person said:
Putting pressure on himself is a brave thing to do, but this strategy doesnt work everytime and for everyone. Yuzu is very sensitive and emotional (despite the scary focused face) and I feel that it might do him more harm than good. The reasons he is a king of comebacks is because as the chaser, he, regardless of what he says, actually prolly subconsciously has less pressure on himself. Note that I am not saying he is mentally weak/can't bear pressure because he has done remarkably bearing the weight of expectations. It's just that the pressure strategy is the best fit only in certain situations. Being a guy sensitive to various changes physically, mentally, emotionally and of the environment, I wonder if it would be better to deliberately ease off on those occasions. Intense is good, but when intense becomes one of the reasons (cos we dont really know why he performed like this this time) for failure, then it's time to reflect about it. He was very wound up right from the start, even at the opening ceremony, he only smiled for the short cheer cos he was leading it and at the little girl. Otherwise, he was rather grave today, a big difference from the presscon and practice.
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"I am beginning to feel that I am not good at SPs, I need to obliterate this image" and that time he got so depressed at 2017 WC to the point that ppl could literally see and worried his team.

And that comment that Brian made about him after 2017 WC free skate being not so intense.
 
May not be a Japanese thing to do but I think it may be time for a sports psychologist.

I'm just checking in quickly.
 
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well that's 100% the worst thing that could have come out of today, I don't even know where to begin with this :sad21:
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Imo he can do more in his SP, he just let the mental-block disturbs his performance.. Anyway He's still the WR holder in the SP.. I hope yuzu clear his mind.. And not too think about that SP.
 
Yuzu could bomb at WTT for all i all care. Heck, he could bomb at skate canada or others if it will fire him up and get his second olympic gold next year. No biggie it a small price to pay. What I don't want is if he let what happened become a mental block for him everytime he perform. God forbid NO. He's a fighter so i will just believe in him. He can get pass this for sure.
 
I feel so sad for him :(
I wondered if something bad upsetted him beforehand or if it was just pressure ?
In any case, ganbatte Yuzuru ! Bombing at WTT is the best moment for bombing, and you can't be perfect everytime, nobody can well, except Zhenia.
 
the50person said:
"I am beginning to feel that I am not good at SPs, I need to obliterate this image" and that time he got so depressed at 2017 WC to the point that ppl could literally see and worried his team.

And that comment that Brian made about him after 2017 WC free skate being not so intense.
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I somehow feel that Brian's absense wasn't positive.
 
the50person said:
"I am beginning to feel that I am not good at SPs, I need to obliterate this image" and that time he got so depressed at 2017 WC to the point that ppl could literally see and worried his team.

And that comment that Brian made about him after 2017 WC free skate being not so intense.
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Idea: Don't think too much. Just focus on the immediate task beforehand. Don't even think about scores. Whatever mistakes are made, they are behind and just do one's best to max out everything ahead. Dwelling on it will do no good and causes more harm, esp in Yuzu's case cos he will have an inclination to lapse into depression. He recovers quick but the word 'quick' implies that time is needed for recovery, a luxury he cannot afford in the heat of competition. He has improved greatly in this aspect anyway.

But with his overly responsible personality I still worry for him.
 
NordEsque said:
https://twitter.com/Iron_Klaus/status/855024308707569665 Sorry if someone's already posted this

Yuzuru, don't be so hard on yourself :console: :gaah: It is a crazy difficult program with two new elements basically. You have been landing that 4Lo so well, it is still new and at some point mistakes will happen. It is okay, human, and not a fault in you.
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:gaah: No Yuzu! Don't say things like that! No! No! No!!! Everyone can have an off day, don't let this discourage you! :roll5:
 
sigh.. from what i saw, he hesitated a bit and slipped on the quad loop take off, popped the jump and got distracted before 4S3T. then disappointment and doubt creeped in through the rest of the programme. I was hoping he would just take it easy and enjoy the competition. Competing without Brian by his side, i guessed this is the first time in a long while. when was the last time he competed without Brian?

All the best for the rest of the competition, please please please just enjoy the competition in front of the home crowd. you don't need to prove anything, you are the best, everyone knows it (well.. whether they accept it or not).

And all your fans believe in you and proud of you no matter what.
 
I really hope he doesn't keep the SP. That thing is just bad luck and I hope he can let it go. If it makes him doubt himself, then it definitely needs to go, because he is capable of doing so much better and he needs a reminder of what he can do, not of what he can't.

It's sad that he feels like he let anybody down, because he hasn't. But I'm sure there are plenty of people around him who will let him know.
Although I will say that I do feel a bit bad for the people at the event. It's never fun to see someone bomb and then look beaten like this, least of all when it's your favorite. And I would like to thank my personal karma that I got spared the experience so far.
 
Oh lord. I'm glad I wasn't watching the livestream this time... I don't care about the results, WTT is the most pointless competition anyway, but I hate to see him like this :/ I wish he would consider a sports psychologist, like xeyra said...
 
I hope that with FS so near he will not have time to dwell too much on the SP errors, but I fear that he will aprroach the FS with the same intensity and thus with the same results. He has been intense today but not focused, with his mind in another place IMO. I wish Brian could talk to him and say the right words for tomorrow.
 
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