The nemesisEvery meeting logged, the record kept, the gap tracked. 6–0 gets one reaction. 7–5 gets a very different one.
The coachWhat you're paying, what you're being told, and whether anything has moved since. Plus: beat the coach, first to 11, every session.
The thing that won't improveOne flaw, picked by you, charted week by week until it shifts. Usually the second serve. It's always the second serve.
The stagnant monthTwo weeks with nothing booked and you'll hear about it. That's the whole job.
The bodyThe niggle you've been playing through, and how many days a week you can actually take.
The headWhat happens at 4–4. Nobody sees it but you and whoever's in your corner.
And it still does all the boring bits, quietly:
when you playwhere you playwho you play
court scoressun & shadeUVwindrain
parkingtraffic at that hourbooking linksbag-of-balls courts
set-by-set scoreskit & string wearyour diaryyour circle