by Inner Game | Feb 27, 2010 | Goals, The Inner Game, Tim Gallwey
Tim Gallwey, a former captain of the Harvard tennis team, wrote a series of books in which he described his findings that performance error resulted primarily from “doubt, tension and lapses of concentration.” We are at our most effective and creative in the moment....
by Inner Game | Feb 27, 2010 | Inner Game of Tennis, The Inner Game, Tim Gallwey
With the conclusion of the tennis Australian Open, the book “The Inner Game of Tennis” comes to mind. It was written back in 1972 by Timothy Gallwey when the mental game was little understood and his approach was considered radical. Now it is commonplace...
by Inner Game | Feb 26, 2010 | football, The Inner Game, Tim Gallwey
When we coach jumps and drops we always work on two things – the “outer game” and the “inner game”. The idea of working on your inner game comes from some great coaching research carried out in the 1970s, in tennis, and has developed a lot...
by Inner Game | Feb 26, 2010 | Goals, The Inner Game, Tim Gallwey
Nic Askew has been making a series of beautiful short films that he calls Soul Biographies, each film features Nic's guitar music in the background and a poignant message from the featured subject of the film. Nic decided to re-release this old clip “At...
by Inner Game | Feb 26, 2010 | Goals, health, The Inner Game, Tim Gallwey
“There is no need to fight old habits. Start new ones. It is the resisting of an old habit that puts you in that trench. Starting a new pattern is easy when done with childlike disregard for imagined difficulties. You can prove this to yourself by your own...
by Inner Game | Feb 26, 2010 | The Inner Game, Tim Gallwey
The following passage taken from The Inner Game of Tennis (1977) by W. Timothy Gallwey offers insight into the non-judgmental process of improving skill level. “Read this simple analogy and see if an alternative to the judging process doesn't begin to...