The morning of a trial: the routine that sets up the best chance.

The alarm has gone at 7am. The trial is at 9am. The kid is awake and looks pale. You have one hour and 45 minutes from now to the moment they walk onto the field. Most of that window is fixed by routine, but four pieces of the routine make the difference between the kid arriving ready and the kid arriving stiff and underfed. Here is the 90-minute routine: wake-and-hydrate at 7am, light breakfast at 7:15, gear and bathroom by 8am, leave the house at 8:15 for a 9am trial 20 minutes away. The buffer is deliberate. The detail of each piece is below.