the inner game of tennis by robert gallwey

It, too, has a goal: proper preparation for the outer-game instructions. It, too, includes some obstacles: lapses in concentration, nervousness, self-doubt, and self-condemnation. This is the game that takes place inside the mind of a player. There are many books which offer instructions on how to achieve this but, for some reason, reminds as Gallwey, “most of us find these instructions easier to remember than to execute.”Īnd that’s where the inner game of tennis comes into play. The goal, of course, is to beat your opponent and, in the long run, win Wimbledon. If you’re playing the game of tennis, then mastering the outer game means learning how to position your arms and legs, how to swing a racket, or how to improve your forehand. The outer game is the one played against an external opponent to overcome external obstacles and to reach an external goal. It is, he goes on, the inner game you need to win so as to have any chance in winning the outer game.

Timothy Gallwey, “an outer game and an inner game.” “Every game is composed of two parts,” writes tennis instructor W. However, give it a go even if you’re an entrepreneur: it may boost your performance by telling you when you should be a thinker, and when just a doer. The Inner Game of Tennis is written by a tennis instructor and, though it uses tennis as a metaphor to talk about other things as well, most of its conclusions and advices would interest tennis players (or athletes, in general) the most.

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The inner game of tennis by robert gallwey