Yang Ching-shun may have impeccable technique, but he isn't without fault. Tsou Ming-te, another national-level coach and long-time observer of Yang, has noticed that whenever Yang falls far behind in a match, "He tends to throw in the towel way too early. He could do with a little more will to fight."
不過，球技上無懈可擊的楊清順也非全然沒有缺點，另一位長期觀察楊清順的國家級教練鄒明德注意到，每當比賽大幅落後，「楊清順就會傾向於早早放棄，鬥志似乎還不夠，」鄒明德指出。