10/25/2026
Step 1: Check if your child is training more hours this year than last year.
Step 2: Compare that to how their results actually changed.
More hours and flat results is not a work ethic problem.
Step 3: Ask what specific stage your child is training for right now.
If nobody can name a stage, the extra hours are just extra hours.
Step 4: Watch whether your child's basic shots hold up under pressure.
A shot that only works in practice is not a finished skill yet.
Step 5: Stop adding hours before you check the stage.
More reps of the wrong thing just builds the wrong thing faster.
Ok, here's how this works.
Old model: more hours equals more progress.
New model: the right hours at the right stage equals progress.
After 40 years and two world #1 juniors, I can tell you hours were never the real variable.
Comment "PYRAMID" and I'll send you the diagnostic that shows the stage your child is actually training for ⤵️