-With strikers, the key of becoming the best revolves around anticipation. ORDINARY players approach other strikers straight on. This scenario relies only on instinct and reaction time, thus rendering it unreliable and risky.

-If the player being approached was a ORDINARY player as well, he would respond in a predictable straight-on approach.

-If the player being approached was a GOOD player, he would shift toward to the side and attack the ordinary player (a similar relationship is between a circle and a tangent, where the tangent is the attacking player, and the adjacent circle the good player). Avoiding a direct encounter, the GOOD player greatly increases his chance of landing his attack on the opposing player and at the same time greatly reduces the probability of getting attacked himself.

-EXCEPTIONAL players "anticipate their opponent's anticipation" They have a mindset where they are ready to attack another player from the right, left, straight and even make a missed approach if they have to. They are always ready to change plans if their opponent happens to anticipate their movement.
- When an EXCEPTIONAL player approaches a GOOD opponent, he might instead of attacking straight change angles at the last second and catch the GOOD opponent off-guard as they are trying to shift over to the side(sidestep). EXCEPTIONAL players have different plans off attack with every single kind of opponent; a different play style when fighting groups vs. fighting a single opponent. They are versatile and are always one step ahead of their opponent regardless of their skill level. That's what sets them apart.

-Like in Chess, if you always anticipate one move ahead of your opponent you win. Or in Tennis, if you hit one more shot than your opponent you win the point. Your opponent makes 8 shots you do 9, when they hit 9 shots you make 10. You win the Point!

-In Lockdown, the key is anticipation, unpredictability, and versatility; that's what sets EXCEPTIONAL players far above the rest.