Hi Reader,

This weekend, a 14-year-old junior I work with in Bangkok—let's call him "M"—was up 5-2 in a first-set tiebreak against the best player in the country.

He'd been in this position dozens of times before. And dozens of times before, he'd lost.

The pattern was always the same: the moment he got close to winning, he'd start trying to end points in two shots. Go for too much. Hand his opponent free points. By 5-5, the match was slipping away. By 6-7, it was already over in his head.

But this weekend was different.

At 5-4, I watched him take his time between points. He didn't rush. Didn't go for the knockout blow. Just played his next point—the only thing he could actually control.

He won 7-5.

After the match, he said, "I wasn't thinking about closing it out anymore. I just kept asking myself: what's the right play for this ball, right now?"

That's the 3AM methodology in action. Not theory. Not motivational quotes. A practical, repeatable process that works under match pressure.

If you haven't seen the full 3AM framework yet, I want to give it to you:

I've put together a complete introductory course—the same foundation I teach daily. This alone will change the way you work with competitive players forever.

Obviously, a course can't replicate being court-side with me. But it can give you the same framework M learned—the one that changed how he competes.

Inside, you'll learn:

• Why 'stay positive' and 'believe in yourself' fail under pressure
• The exact mental building blocks that will create elite competitors
• How to train decision-making and strategy under pressure (not just technique)
• Real examples from competitive juniors I've worked with

I'm giving this away because it's how I build the 3AM community—one person at a time. If the methodology resonates, we'll talk about going deeper.

Either way, I'm here.

Best,
​Paul D.

P.S. That junior? He's now 8-2 in tiebreaks since we started working together. The framework works.

P.P.S. If you coach players under 14, I just published something critical: "THE CRITICAL WINDOW: What You Must Teach Before They Turn 14." It's about building the mental, strategic and technical foundations that will guide your coaching of competitive junior players.