Read the goal out loud
If you cannot say the goal in one sentence after the overlay, do not tap yet. Scroll to the playbook heading that names the verb. Lane Switch is stand in a clear lane. Sum Ten is chain to ten without overshoot. Keeper Dive is pick a third before the ball flies. Saying it uses a different memory than seeing it.
Then play one round with the score ignored. Confirm the control from the how-to strip. If the first death is unnameable, read “after a mistake” on that page before restarting. Instant restart is how unexplained collisions become a personality story.
One drill, then a boundary
Every playbook has a two-minute drill that is complete even if the number stays low. Do that drill once. Then either stop or play for a personal best once. The third sitting of a brand-new verb is usually frustration dressed as practice.
If the title was the wrong family, use cousins-not-clones or the /games groups to pick a different verb instead of another coat of the same one. The week-of-sittings essay is a longer rotation. This checklist is the first minute so a new canvas does not eat the evening.