What recovery actually looked like

Recovery isn't something you do if there's time left over. On a tournament weekend it's the reason you're still playing well in the fourth game, and the reason Sunday doesn't feel like a write-off.

I was structured about it. Same things, in the same order, whether I felt like it or not — which is the only reason any of it still happened on day three, when I was tired and it would have been easy to skip. Here's how it ran through a normal day:

On tournament weekends the boots came out between games too, whenever the schedule left room for it. And they were the first thing I went back to after an injury — sitting with my legs up was something I could still do on the days when there wasn't much else I was allowed to.

It's the reason you're still playing well in the fourth game.

I did my cryotherapy at CRYO Coppell, which is where I'd send anyone training in the area. Not a sponsor — I paid like any other customer

I saw Dr. Doug Bedichek at Riverchase Rehab and Wellness all the way through high school. Sports chiropractic was part of the routine rather than something I saved for when things already hurt — and across four sports and a full club season, he is a big part of why I kept performing at my best. If you're training around Coppell, that's where I'd send you. Not a sponsor — I was a regular patient and paid like anyone else