On a hard day, play for the teammate next to you. Showing up for them is easier than showing up for a score.

On a flat day, abstract reasons fail. Winning, improving, the standings: none of that reaches you when you are tired and nothing is working, but the person beside you is concrete and right there, and showing up for one named human is a smaller ask than showing up for an outcome. Obligation to a person carries further than motivation does.

Next bad session, pick one teammate and decide you are doing it for them. Tell them or do not, whichever is less awkward. Narrow the target until it is a size you can actually hit on a day like this one.