The Inner Game of Tennis - (In a Nutshell) 

This book changed my life. In weeks I went from a frustrated, self-deprecating, ineffective player to one who truly enjoyed tennis (win or lose). I have incorporated these non-judgmental concepts into my work (doctor) and into my coaching (youth basketball). Observation: Kids take longer to latch on to Inner Game concepts and some adults just can't seem master it all, at least not from reading a book. For me it makes so much sense. I am forever grateful for Gallwey's genius.

this book is the absolute best book on tennis. it changed me as a player drastically and i am so much better. best example, i was playing a mixed doubles match, we were down 1-4 in the deciding tiebreaker. I totally cleared my mind and allowed self 2 to take over. blasted two amazing serves out of nowhere and inspired my partner to start playing better and we went on to win the match.

For anyone interested, this audio segment is taken from the audiobook "50 Success Classics" by Tom Bowden. Great book.

I think this is a great book, not only for sports but for many other areas of life, including language learning...

Am using this for Smash Bros

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A revolution in tennis instruction...the book by Galway is a classic! ZEN!

This is just brilliant! So glad I came across this!

This blew my mind. great job! I won't punish myself anymore...

That is such an amazing knowledge!

"In a state of flow." Yeah. I like the sound of that.

"Effortless effort..." Brilliant 😎

Nice summary.

This is fantastic, as a Pickleball player this will sure come in handy.

Great summary.

Great video!! I am a horse rider, but l play music as well, l m trying to apply this principles to improve my horse riding and self confidence !!!

thank you scar

My teacher gave me this title after I freaked out over state tests and wow... this book... 10/10

Great and very inspiring. Minor correction "Through not being attached to the fruit of victory" is driven from the statement in Bhagavad Gita in which Lord Krishana says you only have right to karma (action) the fruit is not in your control.

7/20/2021 It is the best book on tennis. The only error is in referring to the unconscious mind. No such thing. He should have said “subconscious” mind.

“to play to your best, you must live every second in the present”

This is excellent, it has helped overcome my frustrations and self destructive behaviour on the court

I really would like to read this book. My dad suggested it to me to help me get over my mental blocks regarding my ability as a trumpet player. I've always thought teaching and leading by example was the best method, but I've never really applied it to my trumpet playing.

this is not only good for tennis, its amazing for all sports

Thanks

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I have to reread this book again. I'm making all the same mistake again during competition.

I reckon this can be applied to Pool🎱

Justin Dyal of Dialed In Training sent me here.

Wow

This is why John Daly plays his best golf drunk

Trust yourself and look for the seams of the tennis ball.

Yup.

Being in the zone???

I fucking love melee

I got gc thx

VIC BRADEN book Future if tennis and Vic Braden Mental tennis are books to buy It is biomechanics and science

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Using for untitled boxinng game

Zuh-Ha-BEE!!!

This is really outdated and incorrect information unfortunately, but it's understandable how he came to this conclusion. Yes, performance *is* boosted significantly when you don't focus on the little details of how to do things right, or better, but development is not. This is a misunderstanding of the difference between performance and development. A simple example would be if a basketball player knew that technically, he should be rounding a defender to the left, but cannot dribble well to his left so he goes right. Going right is the *correct* choice for performance because attempting to do what you can't do well is going to end badly, but it is the *wrong* choice for development, because we do not get better at things we do not practice, and deliberate practice and error correction is how you develop. This necessarily means you will drop performance while you practice the things you aren't as good at, but by doing so you will be able to -- at your discretion -- switch off the developmental focus and go back to performance where you will find that you will now dribble left when you need to without any attention put into it, because you did enough work that your mind now selects for it as an easy path. So the main take away I recommend people take from this is that yes, when you want raw performance (competitions), you switch off your mind from developmental focus, free up cognition and let your mind take you through the easiest paths it knows. But when you are practicing, and seeking to improve, you absolutely 3000% focus on the details, and just be aware of how to switch off that focus when you're ready to perform.

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I had to stop listening because this guy talks as if he's giving a speech.

Most of this stuff is utterly false - you ARE thinking about all those things at your best and most fluid - you're just processing the information so quickly it feels like you're not thinking. The key is to get to that mental acuity. Most of the stuff in this book prevents you from ever reaching there and most of the motivation behind these techniques are based on coaches failing to find the proper teaching techniques and then throwing the baby out with the bathwater. And most of this books success, as is typical for the misguided, is based on excuse culture and idolizing strangers (i.e. I can't accomplish what I want because my mental and physical techniques have been improper, I don't know what the proper techniques are, but here's something that famous people have aggrandized so I'll just worship this source as the "secret" to something I still haven't found). You want to get good at something - stop assuming you're correct.