Nina's Week — A Quick Recap
A short read on the week that was, so nothing gets lost between sessions.
A good week. Two court sessions and a match, and the second serve is starting to look like a weapon instead of a liability — more spin, more margin. The offense is coming; the push still sneaks back on the biggest points.
- The second serve — kick-serve spin reps. She's brushing up the ball and clearing the net with margin more consistently.
- Playing offense — big-point simulations. Better, but she still gets tentative on true break points.
- The reset — the between-points routine held after a double fault in the match. Small, but that's the whole thing.
The point she lost at 30-40 in the second set — she went for her shot, played offense, and lost it, then ran her routine and held the game. Losing a big point the right way is exactly the mental win we're after.
- Keep the second-serve reps first, before she's tired.
- One practice set where every big point is played on offense, no matter what.
- A pre-match routine run-through before Saturday.
One thing to keep an eye on: on the pressure points, does she keep swinging through the ball, or does the swing get short and tentative? The swing is the tell for everything else.
