Hal v. Stice: the shadow that makes a kid freeze

The Show Courts are wired to the nerves. Schtitt watches from a crow's-nested transom, and the shadow of his head, wheeling black across the nets, is enough that "just the sight of Schtitt's little head's shadow could make a younger kid on the Show Courts clutch and freeze." The institution's gaze has a physical reach onto the court — it can lock a body up mid-point — which is the flip side of the players loving to be watched.