The work

The work nobody sees.

Almost none of this shows up on a scorecard. It’s where the next level actually gets built — fuel, strength, recovery, and the routine that holds it all together. More detail will follow, session by session.

A normal week

MonRest

TueNets + strength

WedSkill / keeping

ThuNets + strength

FriLight nets

SatMatch

SunMatch / recover

Train, fuel, recover, repeat. Two matches in a week means one strength session drops — fresh legs beat extra reps.

Fuel & recovery

→Protein, 2–3 times a day. Eggs, milk, dal, paneer, chicken — the simple stuff.
→Eat around training. Something before; milk and a banana within half an hour after.
→Hydrate. Through the day, and small sips through a long innings.
→Sleep. Where the growth actually happens — guarded as hard as the nets.

The 5:30 startsHe found a senior player in the society and now trains with him before any of us are awake. Nobody arranged it. That’s the part you can’t coach.