The trip to Düsseldorf, when Shay led even outside the table

Seeing the other

From a sporting perspective too, Shay faced an interesting challenge. In the doubles competition, he was paired with a German player he had not known beforehand. They had not trained together, they had not arrived as a pair, and there was also a language barrier between them.

That is not a simple situation. You need to play with someone you do not know, understand how he moves, how he thinks, how he reacts, how to encourage him, how to signal to him, how to build trust quickly.