With the conclusion of the tennis Australian Open, the book “The Inner Game of Tennis” comes to mind.
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Tim Gallwey, who wrote “The Inner Game of Tennis,” said athletes such as Henin and Clijsters who devote their lives to sports starting as youngsters often have to get away from the game to regain control of their lives. That changed in 1974, the year Gallwey published The Inner Game of Tennis. He shifted the focus from what was happening on the outside, to what was happening in the mind of the tennis player. PERFORMANCE = Potential less Interference This equation has important implications for managers and coaches as it recognizes that the working environment can have a major impact on individual performance and productivity. It also provides the pathway for Self-coaching. Tips on Self-coaching follow: 1. Learning the Lessons of Self- Talk and tool for controlling it. “There is [...] His emphasis on fun comes mainly from his DNA but also from his reading, specifically W. Timothy Gallwey’s The Inner Game of Tennis, a 122-page book with a cult-like following. Getting in the zone either happens by chance, on any given day and there aren’t really any events that trigger it. It just happens. Sometimes you do everything right to prepare and have the worst day on court. Other days it feels like you’re not ready and then all of a sudden it clicks. There are [...] The blog “Tennis Articles and Tennis Videos” a part of Fitness Model World posts some information directly related to Tim Gallwey and The Inner Game of Tennis. Gallwey was a tennis coach who was frustrated by the limitations of conventional sports coaching methods. He noticed that he could often see the faults in a player’s game, but that simply telling him what to do to improve did not bring about lasting change. In his brilliant book ‘The Inner Game of Tennis’ Tim Gallwey first showed a new way to look at this: On offense, Carroll is known for using an aggressive, nonconservative play-calling that is open to trick plays as well as “going for it” on 4th down instead of punting the ball away |
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