01-24-2017, 12:08 AM
^^
I disagree.
Tanking by definition is deliberately losing.
I don't think you can accuse someone of tanking under your circumstances.
Particularly when they are actually trying to win.
At this level (read the elite competition), blokes are pushing themselves to the point of exhaustion to win matches. When you are exhausted the body actually sends the signal to the brain that its done and cannot continue pushing, and at some point the brain needs to start saying I know my limits, and I haven't reached them yet. Problem being if you only ever push to those limits on game day, you will submit to the body more frequently where the really strong inidividuals will find something somewhere and dig in to try and win. That is from the brain. But it only comes once you have been pushed to that point frequently and recognise the signs. As Carlton supporters we know exactly what this point is. Chris Judd was a prime example of going to the peak and then willing himself to the next level. Why? preparation, fitness, strength which leads to a mental fortitude that a lot players don't have. On the flipside we have a few players who were blessed physically who never really put in the work that a Judd would, and would play many poor games and the odd sterling one.
Thats where Kyrgios is at the moment. To accuse these players of tanking is too derogatory. They compete. They are just incapable of competing with players that are doing all the 1% stuff.
Most of them have learned in the past what they were doing wrong and have had more time to fix it. Kyrgios hasn't. He beat Nadal once, and thought "ive made it" and that it would be easy enough from there. He is wrong. It gets harder in time. Its very easy to be young and talented. The hard bit is going on with it, and really going to the levels you are capable of.
I disagree.
Tanking by definition is deliberately losing.
I don't think you can accuse someone of tanking under your circumstances.
Particularly when they are actually trying to win.
At this level (read the elite competition), blokes are pushing themselves to the point of exhaustion to win matches. When you are exhausted the body actually sends the signal to the brain that its done and cannot continue pushing, and at some point the brain needs to start saying I know my limits, and I haven't reached them yet. Problem being if you only ever push to those limits on game day, you will submit to the body more frequently where the really strong inidividuals will find something somewhere and dig in to try and win. That is from the brain. But it only comes once you have been pushed to that point frequently and recognise the signs. As Carlton supporters we know exactly what this point is. Chris Judd was a prime example of going to the peak and then willing himself to the next level. Why? preparation, fitness, strength which leads to a mental fortitude that a lot players don't have. On the flipside we have a few players who were blessed physically who never really put in the work that a Judd would, and would play many poor games and the odd sterling one.
Thats where Kyrgios is at the moment. To accuse these players of tanking is too derogatory. They compete. They are just incapable of competing with players that are doing all the 1% stuff.
Most of them have learned in the past what they were doing wrong and have had more time to fix it. Kyrgios hasn't. He beat Nadal once, and thought "ive made it" and that it would be easy enough from there. He is wrong. It gets harder in time. Its very easy to be young and talented. The hard bit is going on with it, and really going to the levels you are capable of.
"everything you know is wrong"
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