CAN YOU PLAY YOUR BEST TENNIS AT 3AM?
Why Tournament Champions Thrive While Practice Players Crumble (And the 3AM Theory That Builds Instant Adaptability) By Paul Dale | The 3AM Method Several years ago, I was on a practice court with Tamarine Tanasugarn at 7am after a long international flight. While everyone else struggled to adjust to unfamiliar conditions, Tamarine was striking the ball as cleanly as ever. Her timing was perfect from the first ball until the last. Here's what most coaches need to understand: Every tournament breakdown, every first-round loss by a superior player, every collapse when conditions change stems from training methods that prioritise comfort over competitive reality. We're approaching tournament preparation completely wrong. Players don't need more perfect practice—they need systematic exposure to the unpredictability that defines competitive tennis. Your next breakthrough doesn't come from perfecting strokes in ideal conditions. It comes from mastering what I call the ...