A brilliant technician who tightly and slowly drags the ball past the opponent's defenders, pulling one player after another and thus opening his partners. And then comes the tactically unmistakable passing of the ball to exactly the player who is in the best position to hit the goal. Yakushin feels the general situation of the match well, captures those psychological turning points when a sudden onslaught can decide the fate of the game. Technical, with soft plasticity of movements when handling the ball, somewhat viscous, calm, self-confident, had a pronounced combinational talent, the ability to organize an attack, find an unexpected tactical move, perfectly orientate himself on the field, subtly and instantly assess the most difficult game situations, could the right moment to take over the completion of the attack, because he owned the good shot from the right foot. He was the leader of the team's attacks, knew how to control the ball without lowering his head, due to his well-developed peripheral vision, he saw all the movements of partners and rivals; effectively applied deceptive movements during the stroke, was a master of the unexpected for the opponent, but the most reasonable for the moment pass to the partners, one of the first in our country began to practice a pass to an empty place, often used a half-forgotten heel pass. He was a versatile athlete, played basketball and volleyball at a high level, and performed decently in middle-distance running. But he was especially great in bandy, where in the 30-40s he was the strongest central striker in the country, the leader and organizer of the Dynamo Moscow game, his playing coach and captain, a hockey player of the highest class.