PBS Inner Game Broadcast Airs

PBS and the Inner Game team up to offer new DVD Series.

WGBH aired a half hour introduction to the Inner Game of Tennis during their pledge drive promotion on Saturday, November 13 and Saturday, November 20th. Tim Gallwey’s groundbreaking 1972 book, The Inner Game of Tennis, forever changed the realm of performance psychology.  The book sold over a million copies and was the impetus for the whole mind game genre that is so popular now. It contains a revolutionary way to learn and think about the game.

A phenomenon when first published in 1972, the Inner Game was a real revelation. Instead of serving up technique, it concentrated on the fact that, as Gallwey wrote, “Every game is composed of two parts, an outer game and an inner game.” The former is played against opponents, and is filled with lots of contradictory advice; the latter is played not against, but within the mind of the player, and its principal obstacles are self-doubt and anxiety.

Currently in pre-production and set to air in 2012, the series continues with DVD releases of both the Inner Game of Tennis and The Inner Game of Golf. We encourage you to make sure your local PBS affiliate will air the show.


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