You were up 4–0.
You still lost.
Your forehand didn't break. Your head did. Smashed Cat is the ritual that keeps it together — before the first point, and at every changeover.
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You know exactly
when it happens.
- You're one game from the set, and you start managing instead of playing.
- 5–5 in the tie-break and your arm turns to concrete.
- One double fault, and you're still replaying it three games later.
- He loops every ball back like a wall. You hand him the match out of frustration.
- You lose the first set and something in you quietly checks out.
You've never lost sleep over losing to a better player.
You lose sleep over the ones you gave away.
It's not a skill problem.
Under pressure, your brain flips into survival mode. Vision narrows. Muscles tighten. You stop playing to win and start playing not to lose — and you make the exact decision you'd never make at 0–0.
That's biology, not weakness. Which is the good news: biology responds to training. Pros have someone for this. You have a phone in your bag.
A ritual that fits
your actual life.
Not a training plan you'll abandon in a week. Three minutes before you walk on, ninety seconds when you sit down.
Warm-up for people in a rush
You came straight from work and you're on court in five minutes. Pick 5, 10 or 20 minutes — guided, timed, no court and no racket needed. Stop losing the first set to a cold body.
12 changeover cards
Ninety seconds on the bench and no idea what to do with them. Tap the situation you're actually living — "I just got broken to love", "tie-break coming up", "he loops everything" — and get one thing to do. Not a lecture.
Talk for two minutes
Nobody fills in a form after a tough loss. So you just talk. Hit record, tell the story like you'd tell a mate at the club, and it gets read for you — the patterns you can't see from inside your own head.
Two targets, then you grade yourself
You get two things to work on next match — tied to your weakest pillar, not generic advice. Next time you log in, you score yourself out of five. That's the loop that actually moves the needle.
You can finally
see it move.
Your head gets scored on four pillars. Every match you talk about shifts them. Like watching muscle grow — except it's the part that actually loses you matches.
This isn't for everyone.
It's for you if
- You play matches that mean something to you
- You lose ones you had no business losing
- You've been stuck at the same level for a while
- You'd rather fix your head than buy a new racket
It's not for you if
- You want stroke analysis or ball tracking — other apps do that well
- You want a scorekeeper or a stats dashboard
- You only hit socially and never feel the pressure
- You want a shortcut. This is two minutes a match, every match
Play ten matches with it.
Everything above. Fourteen days free, no card. Then less than the price of one can of balls a month.
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If your head isn't steadier after ten matches, email me and I'll refund you. I'm one person, not a support desk. I read every message myself.
I built this because I kept losing matches my opponent didn't win.
I'm a competitor. I play every tournament I can. And for years I've been stuck at the same level — not because my strokes stopped improving, but because my head shows up differently at 5–5 than it does at 2–1.
Nobody sells you the fix for that. Coaches drill your backhand. Apps count your shots. So I built the thing I wanted in my own bag, and a few dozen competitive players have been beating on it with me since day one.
Armand
Competitive player · Built Smashed Cat
Fair questions.
Is this just another stats app?
No. It doesn't count your winners, track the ball, or film your serve. It only deals with the part between your ears — the reason you lose matches you should win. If you want stats, there are good apps for that. This isn't one.
How much time does it actually take?
Three minutes before you walk on. Ninety seconds at a changeover, only when you need it. Two minutes talking after the match. If it took longer, you'd stop doing it — and I'd rather build something you'll still use in March.
Do I need to be a good player?
You need to play matches you care about. A club player who tightens up at 4–4 and a nationally ranked player who tightens up at 4–4 have the exact same problem. The ranking is different. The head isn't.
Does it work with my country's ranking system?
It doesn't use one. No FFT, no UTR, no NTRP, no LTA. Rankings are the outcome, not the work — and tying an app to one country's system helps nobody. You tell it about your matches. That's it.
Do I have to install anything?
No. It opens in your browser and installs to your home screen in two taps if you want it there. iPhone and Android.
What happens to what I write?
It's yours. Your match journals, your scores, your worst days on court — they're not shared, sold, or shown to anyone. That's not a marketing line, it's the whole point: you won't be honest with an app you don't trust.
Next match, be the one
who doesn't fold.
Fourteen days free. Two minutes a match. Then decide.
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