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You don't need a tracking app to tell you your kid plays tennis. You need the layer on top: opponents decoded, pressure quantified, and a record that means something to coaches.

Add the ratings on day one

Add your athlete's USTA ID and WTN so the rating picture lives in one place — alongside the development data those services can't see (live linking through official USTA channels is on the way). The point isn't the number; it's the number next to the work that moves it.

Opponent dossiers

Before a match against someone you've seen before, open their dossier. TierBreak assembles what your history says: head-to-head with per-match context (recent 12 months vs all time), patterns from your tracked points against them, and your scouting notes. The AI write-up frames tendencies and matchups — what worked, what bled points, what to expect stylistically.

Scouting notes that compound

Thirty seconds after any match — yours or one you watched from the next court — drop a scouting note: serve patterns, backhand under pressure, attitude at 4–4. Junior sections are small worlds. You will see that player again, and you'll walk on court with a file while everyone else has a vibe.

The evidence engine, used properly

With a real volume of tracked matches, The Proof becomes a coaching instrument:

• Error Recovery Rate tells you if the reset routine survives real pressure. Average cascade after an error should trend toward 0–1 points.
• Big-Point Index exposes whether the player lifts or dips when it matters. A dip is not a character flaw — it's a training assignment (Pathway step 3.3 exists precisely for this).
• Fresh-set starts show whether "every set is a fresh start" is real or a slogan.

Bring these three numbers to your coach once a month. They turn lesson time from "what should we work on?" into "we know exactly what to work on."

The Training Resume

One tap exports a Training Resume PDF: training volume and consistency over 12 months, match record, rating trends, mental-pathway phase. Use it for new coaches, academy tryouts, and — eventually — college conversations. It's the difference between saying "she works hard" and handing over the receipts.

Tournament weeks

• Multi-match days: each match gets its own Match Day card; the reflection from match one feeds the focus for match two.
• Between matches: Muscle Release (quick) + light fuel beats two hours of phone scrolling. The audio library is built for the gap.
• After the week: the Weekly Review will catch the records; your job is to point at one process win, not the draw result.

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