MASTERING THE MATCH SERIES

Game, Set,
Life

The companion workbook for The Six-Hour Silence and The Unforced Error.

A SOLUTION-ORIENTED APPROACH TO RECONNECTING WITH YOUR TEENAGER

✓ Instant PDF download ✓ Companion to 2 books · 30 years of coaching

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You read what went wrong. Now practise what goes right.

The Six-Hour Silence showed you what happens when a parent finally stops talking and starts listening. The Unforced Error showed you why the things you were doing were pushing your teenager further away. Game, Set, Life is where you put both into practice.

This is not a summary and it is not more reading. It is the doing. Every principle from those two books is laid out here as an exercise you complete in real time, with your real teenager, in your real week.

THE APPROACH

Solution-oriented. Not blame-oriented.

Each section takes one idea from the books and turns it into something you can do this week — then reflect on, then repeat.

The Listening Pause

Practice pages built on the five-second pause — the technique at the heart of The Six-Hour Silence.

Manager to Consultant

The role-shift exercises from The Unforced Error, worked through step by step.

III

The Silence Audit

A structured way to understand what your teenager’s silence is actually telling you.

Conversation Repair

The four-step sequence for rebuilding dialogue after it has broken down.

Connection Rituals

Weekly rituals you can start tonight that cost nothing and build everything.

Weekly Reflection

Track what shifted, what didn’t, and what to try next — week by week.

INSIDE THIS WORKBOOK

One conversation at a time.

—Listening practice pages built on the five-second pause from The Six-Hour Silence.
—The Manager-to-Consultant role shift exercises from The Unforced Error.
—The Silence Audit — understanding what withdrawal is really communicating.
—The Conversation Repair Sequence, worked through step by step.
—Weekly connection rituals you can begin tonight.
—Reflection pages so you can see the relationship change over weeks and months.

You didn’t ask, Papa. That’s why I could tell you.

LUCIA, FOURTEEN

WHO IT’S FOR

For anyone who has read the books and thought: now what?

Parents

Of a teenager who has gone quiet — ready to practise, not just read.

Coaches & mentors

Who want to support the whole family, not only the player.

Any adult

Rebuilding a relationship with a young person that has quietly drifted.

THE COACH

Paulo da Silva

30 Years on Court

ELITE TENNIS COACH · ITIP SPORT MANAGEMENT

Founder of ITIP Sport Management, with three decades developing elite junior players across Europe. Game, Set, Life turns the insight of The Six-Hour Silence and The Unforced Error into a practical, week-by-week companion.

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QUESTIONS

Before you buy

Do I need to have read the books first?

It helps, but it is not required. Each section names the book it comes from, so you always know the context. The workbook also stands on its own as a practical guide.

How do I receive it?

Immediately after checkout you receive a secure download link to the PDF. It also lands in your email for future access.

Can I print it?

Yes — the workbook is designed to be printed and written in. Use it digitally, or bring it to the kitchen table in paper form.

Is this a physical book?

No. This is a digital PDF workbook. Instant access, no shipping, no waiting.