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 enlarge | Author: W. Timothy Gallwey
Creators: Pete Carroll, Zach Kleiman
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 4073
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0679778314
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.342019
EAN: 9780679778318
ASIN: 0679778314
Publication Date: May 27, 1997
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Condition: cover is worn
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 Best book ever for teachers of every sort March 17, 2008
This book is more useful than almost anything I have read. It makes all of life easier and better. I use the techniques in the book to help myself and my music students. It contains the best method I know of to achieve excellence in any skill.
Inner Energy for sucess February 27, 2008
Every of us has problems when he stay alone. Like tennis player who has to fight agains his opponent, audience, sometimes referees, and of course, agains his the greatest "enemy" - himself.
When we are alone, in similar mental situations, like tennis players are, we have to match the pattern how to win. Excellent approach to everyday situations.
A philosophy for tennis February 6, 2008
As an educational psychology doctoral candidate, I can say with confidence that this book, though written 25 years ago, was well ahead of its time then, and it still is today. Major principles of self-talk, relaxation, and imagery used in todays sport psychology are introduced in a manner which is understandable to the reader. Much of my philosophy for teaching tennis and sport psychology consulting is based on the ideas presented in this book.
Know Your "Selves" Better January 27, 2008
180 out of 181 found this review helpful
As most people can guess by the title, the "inner game" of tennis is the game that takes place iin the mind of the player and is played against barriers such as nervousness, self-doubt, etc.
To gain clarity on the mental problems in tennis, the book looks at the concepts of "Self 1" and "Self 2". Self 1 is the name that is given to the conscious ego-mind which likes the tell Self 2, you and your potential, how to hit the ball and play the game. Or, to put it another way, Self 1 is the "teller" and Self 2 the "doer". I found this to be an interesting idea, as we have all caught ourselves talking to ourselves or have seen others talking to themselves during a game. If you ask someone who they are talking to, they will usually say "I'm talking to myself." This, of course, implies that there are 2 "selves", "I" and "myself"- and so is born the idea of Self 1 and Self 2. Pretty astutue observation in my opinion.
Now according to the book, to achieve peak performance, the key is to resolve any lack of harmony between the two selves, as it is the contrary thinking of Self 1 which causes interference with the natural abilities of Self 2. This requires the learning of several inner skills, such as the art of letting go of self-judgements, letting Self 2 do the hitting, recognizing and trusting the natural learning process, and so on- which is what much of the books spends discussing.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who plays tennis (or any other sport for that matter) as it does a great job in dealing with the fact that many of our difficulties in tennis are indeed mental in origin. Other helpful books for tennis players I've come across include Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff.
Great book! January 12, 2008
I think this is a great read and an interesting approach to tennis. A must have for professionals, amateurs and coaches alike. Bringing meditation and tennis together.
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